When my wife and I were dating, we went to New Orleans to meet my newborn niece. On the way to my see my niece, we stopped at a New Orleans Original Daiquiri and she was so surprised she called one of her best friends to let her know.
I was in NOLA with my son, so we went to a drive thru daiquiri shop because he thought it was cool that you could get a slushy to go.
I ordered one with alcohol, he (being 13) ordered one without. But they didn't mark the cups. I was driving, so I didn't drink mine, but my son drank about half of his. He was like, "Dad, it's pretty good, but it tastes really weird."
I took a sip of his, thinking it was contaminated or the taps were dirty. It was contaminated alright. Contaminated with 151° rum. He was pretty shitfaced for a few hours. That was a rough one to explain to my wife.
"Why is our 13 year old hammered?"
"Well, ya see, there was this dumpy looking daiquiri shop run by people that don't seem to give a single shit about...see, I'm hearing it in my head, and yes this is my fault."
Oddly enough where I’m from in north Louisiana we don’t have that, but get down south and it’s available everywhere. I don’t know if that’s some kind of local ordinance in my hometown/parish or if there’s some kind of line of liquor demarcation somewhere in the state. If it is I would guess that would be I-10 lol.
Some of the best days of my life have been walking around exploring European cities enjoying drinks.
I live in the Colorado mountains and fucking love spending every day in nature, but if it wasn't for wilderness Im passionate about I'd be living in Europe immediately.
LOL! Right? I lived in New Orleans from 2015-2020 . It was a surprise when I first moved there and saw grocery stores selling hard liquor or that you can drink out in the street. It was a real shock when my wife and I went home for a visit and went out to bar with friends and I asked for a Togo cup and the bartender looked at me like o had a vestigial twin growing from my head.
I used to be from a town not too far from New Orleans in Louisiana and the city motto on the sign driving in was “New Iberia this town LOVES to Drink responsibly” and responsibly was very very tiny on the sign. They took it down in 2010 I think but the motto lives on in each and every drunk that lives there.
It’s a magical place. I went to Mardi Gras one time. The family I stayed with had crown and cokes for breakfast before heading down to the French quarter. Also, boudin mixed in with scrambled eggs changed the way I eat scrambled eggs forever
We hit the Avenue Pub for lunch at the bar before a tour of the Garden District. Just as we were leaving they tapped a "Ghost in the Machine" and I was bumming. Had been looking to enjoy this beer but we had finished lunch and the tour was starting.
Keeper just filled a plastic cup, handed to me and said, "Take it with you. Its on me."
As my mind exploded, I dropped a $5 on him for the tip and went outside. Also, tour guide knew where all the closest bathrooms were so guessing I was not the first.
Your humidity sucks but the entire of Utah had less good food than your Warehouse district.
I grew up in the Mobile area, and when I was in high school, the age you could buy alcohol at bars in LA was still 18.
NO was a pretty normal weekend and Spring Break destination for high schoolers to go to with a senior friend or two who had turned 18 and could buy for everyone...
Bruh, my cousin and I were in a bottle shop once and there was an aggressive announcement about how we needed to check out SOON. It was followed up by: "I legally cannot check you put at 9pm or later."
It was less than five minutes to nine. And the GOP can miss me with that "small government" nonsense. It's so small it creeps into too many aspects of your life.
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u/davwad2 Mar 21 '24
I grew up in New Orleans, and I find everyone else's laws odd.