I did a 2-week contract job for Schlumberger in Houma, LA years ago; aside from the 100-degree heat, 99% humidity, daily thunderstorm, and people who spoke a language other than English, mediocre food and weird highways, it was simply wonderful!

I did have some interesting times in New Orleans in my younger days, when much alcohol was consumed... I don't remember her name, but she had hair down to her waist and bodacious ta-ta's... There was a $100 bottle of champagne involved, and the flight back to Cincinnati the next day was pretty painful... Damn- that's all I can remember!

These days when I'm in N.O. I go to the Crescent City Brewery to drink hefeweizen beer and eat bratwursts, while the rest of the family sees Bourbon St. and the rest... Once you've walked one block of Bourbon, you've pretty much seen all the others. ...and the mayor? He'll be in Webster's new dictionary, with a photo next to 'incompetent.'