It's a pretty good joke, Tom put a lot of work into it but it wouldn't surprise me, so many businesses (department stores, dentists, doctors) have been displaced from the CBD. Since you asked.... Seems like everything is turning into another hotel or restaurant in pursuit of the convention and tourist dollar. The French Quarter is turning into a theme part, teeshirt shops on every corner. The ambience and character is fading as many artist residents move out. Quality of Life is down and Noise is Up. This from an ethnomusicologist who loves music but often can't hear her own in her garden over the teeshirt shops droning Cajun and Dixieland tapes & the doo wops who sing Under the Boardwalk over and over and over.......again. Guess that's why I like to garden, it's a little bit of country humanity above the city insanity :) BTW, I know this has little to do with chiles but y'all discuss travel and restaurants a lot and Nawlins is known for its spicy cooking. If you know New Orleans, there's a survey you can take on Quality of Life. A bunch of residents are trying to get the mayor to listen. http://members.aol.com/FrQtrRat/editorial.html http://members.aol.com/FrQtrRat/survey.html kvetchin tonite from Pottersville, guess the news is gettin me down this week... Rose http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/7207/Lily.html --- Charles Demas <demas@sunspot.tiac.net> wrote: > Rose, > > Saw this article for a restaurant in New Orleans, and > I was wondering if > it was for real or an April Fools' Day joke. You > live there, so perhaps > you can tell me. It sounds far too good to be true, > but strange things > happen. > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com