[Skooz]

The first time I went to New Orleans was with a friend who had family there. We got lost so he called his cousin from a pay phone to get directions.

The first thing she asked him was where he was calling from. He read her the street from the sign. She then told him to immediately hang up, get in the car, and drive someplace else and call her again. He started to question her, but she just yelled "Get out of there....NOW!"

Welcome to New Orleans.

[OB1kNOb]

The first time I went to New Orleans was with a friend who had family there. We got lost so he called his cousin from a pay phone to get directions. The first thing she asked him was where he was calling from. He read her the street from the sign. She then told him to immediately hang up, get in the car, and drive someplace else and call her again. He started to question her, but she just yelled "Get out of there....NOW!" Welcome to New Orleans. Been there, done that. Lived to tell about it.

[OB1kNOb]

The first time I went to New Orleans was with a friend who had family there. We got lost so he called his cousin from a pay phone to get directions. The first thing she asked him was where he was calling from. He read her the street from the sign. She then told him to immediately hang up, get in the car, and drive someplace else and call her again. He started to question her, but she just yelled "Get out of there....NOW!" Welcome to New Orleans.

Been there, done that. Lived to tell about it.

[Crolis]

The first time I went to New Orleans was with a friend who had family there. We got lost so he called his cousin from a pay phone to get directions. The first thing she asked him was where he was calling from. He read her the street from the sign. She then told him to immediately hang up, get in the car, and drive someplace else and call her again. He started to question her, but she just yelled "Get out of there....NOW!" Welcome to New Orleans.

I took the Grey Line bus tour when I was down in the Big Easy several years ago to run the half-marathon. The map we had showed areas shaded in green, yellow and red. Our bus driver told us to stay in the green area, avoid the yellow area after dark, and under no circumstances enter the red area. These regions were only several blocks away from each other.

Fortunately, there weren't too many things to worry about during the half-marathon, unless a gator decided to poke out of a canal and see what was going on.