Temptation: Living 86 miles north of New Orleans.

[Maddy McCall]

I live about an hour and a half from NOLA. I took my kid to Bourbon Street last Sunday before the concert--we had a marvelous time. I hadn't visited in 15 years before our stay last Sunday. When I was a teen/young adult, my friends and I used to travel down at least once a month.

Now I want to go back. In fact, it's all I can think about! Aaargh! The temptation! Acme Oysters! Shopping! People-watching!

What's your kryptonite? What's your weakness that incessantly tempts you?

[demosincebirth]

1. Driving through the Giant Redwoods

in Humboldt County.

[WCGreen]

2. Sex

[Maddy McCall]

3. Or, better....

sex on Bourbon Street. :hi:

[WCGreen]

8. Better still, Sex on Burbon Street with another person.....

Top that will ya

[Maddy McCall]

14. Sex on Bourbon with TWO people.

:D

[WCGreen]

15. Now you've done it. I'm gettin' on the Grey hound....

[Maddy McCall]

16. LOL!

Just remember. Acme oyster poboys are better'n sex. :D

[WCGreen]

17. Well, I need the Oysters before the Sex....

Damn, it ain't an R Month

[Maddy McCall]

19. That's ok. They cook 'em.

But people were gobbling down raw oysters at the oyster bar. It was funny, because there was a huge sign behind the shuckers warning that raw seafood can be lethal.

I love raw oysters, but not when I'm planning on walking around the French Quarter in 100+ degree heat. Ya know? Not many bathrooms down there. :D

[jobycom]

24. I got some of them lethal oysters in Dauphin Island once

Uhhhhhhh. Not my best memory.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. DU - nt

[tedoll78]

5. You and I are on the same page.

I'm from Kenner, just west of New Orleans. I spent the first 18 years of my life living there.
I then went to Ole Miss for college.

I'm now living in Austin for my second time through school. When I'm done here (in about two years), I'd like to move back closer to home. I miss New Orleans, and I miss my family. I even miss the storms & little hurricanes!

Ideally, I'd love to live north of Lake Pontchartrain (maybe around Ponchatoula, or more northward toward the border) & commute to a local hospital. Maybe build my nice solar-powered home on a few acres of rural land so that I won't be bothered with neighbors, etc. Have a nice veggie garden, go totally solar/off-the-grid, etc. It'd be so nice.

With this plan, I'll be close enough to New Orleans/Metairie/Kenner to enjoy their benefits. So that's my weakness - getting back closer to home.

[Maddy McCall]

6. If you built near Ponchatoula...

You would virtually be my neighbor. I have really good friends in Amite, and we drive down several times a year to parties at their home.

Let me know if you ever move nearby, and we'll have to meet in the Vieux Carre for some drinks! :hi:

[tedoll78]

7. Hell yeah!

I'd love it. And I'm gonna make it happen. :hi:

[WCGreen]

10. Do you guys live by Tammy....

Cause I heard she lived on a floatin boat down on the Ponchatrain....

That was before she went Hollywood of course....

[Maddy McCall]

12. Tammy?

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

18. That old Debbie Reynolds Movie......

I hear the Whiporwill Singing tonight....

Tammy, Tammy, tammy's in love ... tonight....

I guess I am just showing my age.....

[Maddy McCall]

20. OK! Yes, I remember that movie.

Wasn't she living in a big plantation house, the first floor of which was submerged in the bayou?

[WCGreen]

21. Something like that.......

I just watched it the other day on AMC....

and if I want a good cry, yes real men cry at mvoies, I put the song on the MP3 player and mourn my lost youth....

[jobycom]

23. Holy Frikkin' Mackerel!!

You've been following me, Tedoll.

I grew up in Gulfport, but my parents were from NO, so I spent a lot of time there. I went off to Mississippi State and then moved to Austin (via Dallas) for grad school. I've stayed, though, mostly because my kids were born here, and don't want to move. Plus, I have some relatives who resemble leeches in Gulfport, still, so this is a comfortable distance.

[lies and propaganda]

9. oh..NOLA, how I miss you.

I would smack an old lady in the face for a beignet right now.

Im going to the Voodoo Music Experience on Halloween weekend this year, nothing better than live music in New Orleans.

[Maddy McCall]

13. I need to check into that! We just might do that.

We usually go to Angels on the Bluffs, in Natchez, MS...it's a graveyard tour at midnight.

But the Voodoo Music Experience sounds great!

[Wapsie B]

11. Living somewhere in or around civilization

without the midwest winters or the ice storms in the south for that matter. For some reason when I went to www.findmyspot.com many of my choice destinations were in the Bayoy State like Monroe, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and The Crescent City herself.

[jobycom]

22. New Orleans does that to me, too

I visit now and then when I see my parents (who live about 50 miles east of NOLA). For weeks afterwards I find myself trying to get back. Florida does that to me, too.

[GOPisEvil]

25. Going to San Antonio for Mexican food.

:9

However, a couple of DUers from Houston are going to SA next month, so I'll be joining them!

SA is just little more than an hour or hour and a half away, and the Mexican food is so good. Especially my favorite ritzy joint, La Fogata. :9