Awhile back I posted links to the infamous Labor Day Weekend in NYC (2007) chronicles, in which I narrated the crazy long weekend in Manhattan two years ago. Recently I was telling the story of our trip to New Orleans over Labor Day weekend the following year, and all the insanity surrounding Southern Decadence and Hurricane Gustav.
Here, for some of my newer readers, are those stories:
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/29/predicament/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/29/our-new-orleans-hero/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/29/drag-queen-hell/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/29/seriously-2/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/30/evacuation/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/30/end-of-the-world/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/30/determination/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/30/tragedy/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/30/counting-down-2/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/31/escape/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/08/31/altercation/
http://gatoruptown.com/2008/09/01/safe-n-sound/
One hell of an adventure, that’s for sure. I still need to go out and track down Shirley Q. Liquor, damn it.
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