New Orleans, more than any city CJG has ever visited, is a state of mind and it is, in his humble opinion, America's most distinctive city, wholly unlike any other city in the country. Mardi Gras doesn't start for another two weeks, but this weekend there will be not one, not two, but three big pre-Mardi Gras parades, proving yet again that this city loves a party, or a parade, preferably at least one a day. There's a real charm to the city's amiable chaos, but it would drive anyone from neat and orderly Switzerland crazy. As they say, you can't think of New Orleans as the worst organized city in the United States; you have to think of it as the best organized city in the Caribbean.
My son is a 3L at Tulane Law and he and I have fallen in love with New Orleans. So he would have wheels, he and I drove down before the start of his first year. I became convinced that Alabama and Mississippi exist only to make New Orleans all the more special; you suddenly enter a world of laughter, music, fine cuisine, culture and attention to the details that make life enjoyable.
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