New Orleans

Made the cut to Unified Area Command (UAC) in New Orleans, located at 1250 Poydras in downtown New Orleans. The Command Center formally known as Houma now occupies four floors of the downtown high-rise. So much for the bayou.

Fresh off the plane from Houston, I marked my first day in the UAC with a night out on Frenchmen Street, a narrow enclave of bars, restaurants, tattoo parlors, and ethic food, music, and folk. This is where the locals hang and thumb their nose at Bourbon St. I and some friends sampled great food, music, and various forms and quantities of alcohol on foot at such places as Cafe Negril, Blue Nile, Spotted Cat, and Snug Harbor.


Cafe Negril


Spotted Cat

The focus of this area and the highlight of our night was definitely the live music at every venue. The streets were just getting livened up at 2:30 am when we caught a cab back to our new home, the JW Marriott. At the Marriott I have an exquisite view of the city from the 21st floor. There is a pool and workout room on the 8th floor. In my spare time.



The UAC still feeds us and does our laundry, but it's a different feel than slow-paced, polite little Houma. Not better or worse, just different. Proximity to the city of New Orleans is also very different, as is the weather, which has evolved from a sweltering hot blanket to a cool, breezy evening.

Just throwin' my peeps a bone on the haps here. More soon about the work I'm doing.