It's always nice to meet another member of the faithful. I'm more of the "Morning Call" sect (Metairie, right next to the newsstand behind Lakeside Mall). Yeah, it's not as touristy as Cafe du Monde, but nothing goes as well with a hot cup of coffee and an order of beignets as a crisp new issue of Shotgun News.
Ah, Mother's. My dad worked at the ITM Building right there at the riverfront. He always did say that Mother's made the best RB&R... but I may have found one better. Check out Dunbar's Creole Cooking (since Katrina, moved to Pine Street just off St. Charles Ave., next to the Loyola Law School campus). Possibly the best fried chicken in town, too.
I've been to that Morning Call in Metairie, my sister likes it. Been there a couple of times, in fact. Cafe du Monde has a location out there, now, too.
He did? Did he work for Mobil? They used to have offices there. It was empty for years; when did they take it down? It was damaged in a hurricane, I remember .... I was watching a New Orleans movie just a few days ago (Bullet to the Head, Sly Stallone assassin-caper vehicle similar to Broken City, The Professional, The Mechanic, Assassination Tango.) and noticed the ITM was gone.