Putting the camera away and agreeing with the guard is the easiest and generally the better way to go, but...
He was dead wrong.
From looking at your pictures, and a bit of Googling, it looks like the CBD is a neighborhood and you were in some kind of mall? While malls are private property, they are open to the public so that makes them public spaces where you have every right to take photos. Sure you could push back and tell him you have the right, but it's probably not worth the hassle.
You can take pictures of practically everything in public (including celebrities and children, actually, unless there's an expectation of privacy) unless it's a matter of national security (an example I found was military bases.) They can't take your camera from you, that would constitute theft.
Actually the guard was a she, and she seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. There was an office building attached that was at least 14 stories, but the first two floors were Mall/Food Court. I didn't see any harm in taking pictures of restaurants.
But I'm the kind of person who usually says, "Yes M'am" and does what I'm told.
It was really good! The brisket was slow cooked and tender with a ton of flavor. I didn't expect that on my first bite.
Said it already, but I'll say it again.
Sorry to hear about your loss, Alison.
It was sad, but it was better for everyone involved. There are consequences when pets/humans get that old and such.
Believe it or not, by grandmother's first name was Fedora.
That's kind of a cool name!
Oh, you...
Lrotfl2:
1. I never knew there was such a thing.
2. You should've gone in! (unless there was cover charge... then probably not worth it.)
No thanks. I'm sure there was a cover, and I wouldn't have wanted to deal with the kind of folks that were probably in there.
I went to Google street view to see if I could find you, but no luck.
I think it was on it's was back to the Mothership and not taping.
I hate having to stoop that low at home, certainly not in New Orleans!
Was she angry? Or just kidding? Or?...
I have no idea. Luckily they were walking really fast and passed me by quickly, but I was just sort of taking my time strolling. But I realized that being out on the street in the dark by myself probably wasn't a great idea.
Dining in the Grand Manner indeed!
It was!
I just love Blue Curacao. One of my favorite drinks in college was a shooter called, "Windex" I can't even remember what was in it. Probably Vodka, Blue Curacao, triple sec....who knows what else.
It was good, Duck and Venison sausage.
So did I
What a great idea! Never would've thought of that.
They were all over so it wasn't hard to come up with the idea. However when I started to look for them I had a hard time finding them.
Yeah, she likes to wander away from the house. And with the Coyotes wandering the neighborhood it's not good for her to be out at night.
He looks like a fun and friendly dude.
I had fun with him (good clean fun) and you'll see he makes a repeat appearance.
I saw on a TV show before we left that the owner (descendent) of Antoine's got married and the husband thought finally he would get the recipe for the dish, but no.
Huh. Interesting. (Knew he never made it, but still...)
Cool that the name stuck.
Had to Google that one.
Sounds (no pun intended... well maybe a little) interesting.
As a music scholar and having done a thesis on the saxophone, that was just something that has always been in my knowledge base, but I can see where other folks wouldn't have inherent knowledge.
First time for me too. I presume that's short for traditional?
I guess. Just wondering what "non traditional jazz" would be.
Enjoyed all the photos, but that one stuck out.
This end of the quarter was very picturesque.
I took a look and while the hotel website doesn't have prices, I did see that average prices were around $215 - $376.
I seem to remember him saying that Brangelina stayed there before they bought a house, and maybe the Clintons.
Well, that certainly explains it.
His reputation and cooking ability are what sold me on him. Not his boyish good looks. When he was on The Next Iron Chef, he was my candidate that I was rooting for. His dishes always sounded so tasty. Then when Katrina hit and all the wonderful things that he did for the people who were left without a home. That was the reason I wanted to try one his restaurants.
Those puppies are big!
I think I'd be the same. One or two, sure. But that'd be about my limit... if I'd order them at all.
If I go back, I'll be skipping the oysters.
I despise poor service.
Me too. There are so many places where I get excellent service, I hate when I get bad service.
Sure. When suddenly his tip is on the line. Please.
Wonder what he would have done.
Yeah, I'm sure that was all that was on his mind! I bet the Manager would have taken good care of me.
I'm finally catching up on all of my watched threads so a mega reply is coming your way.
I'm ready!
I love this. I have something similar in our camping box and I'm planning on packing a smaller version for WDW.
That sounds great, if we could go camping I would bring this on trips too!
Geez Louise. Almost makes you wonder if they just sit at their front window waiting for someone to do something so they can immediately complain.
No they sit out on their front porch and walk and drive the neighborhood looking for stuff. These people are militant about their historic district.
Oh Mylanta, this looks fabulous! I love it when they serve it with horseradish too. Yummmmm!
I asked for the horseradish, but it was so good! I've already put Prime Rib on our dinner list sometime in the next few weeks!
What she really should have done is just kept quiet to you about it and complained to her co-workers later on. LOL I would have been tempted to take longer every night just to irk her off.
Yeah, that's true. I'm too nice, I just took the candy, papers and whatever and let her off with a pass on the second cleaning.
Ut-oh....no bueno. I am familiar with that tickle and it's never a good sign.
Yeah, it became really no bueno.
This made me laugh out loud. Sorry they were so evil.
They really were, they were like lumps of dough. I have had beignets and even though it was
Disneyland they were way better than what they had on the boat.
That is a cool bottle. That distillery tour sounds really interesting. And free rum punch?? Where do I sign up??
I think you have to be on the boat, the price is not worth just a drink, but I bet if you went there, you could work out a deal!
We have a lot of houses like that here in St. Louis and where I grew up in Iowa. It provides some protection from the floods but sometimes Mother Nature is a real you-know-what and even being on stilts doesn't save your house.
Thats so crazy. Especially for us in a drought, I can't imagine getting flooded like that but I don't even want to!
I would totally break a leg walking down this!
The sad thing is that no one would have cared except for your family. It's awful how the slaves were treated!
Proof of your animal magnetism
Either that or they were trapped in that shot!
Great. Now I've got that sound stuck in my head lol
Not that I remember it that well, but we couldn't understand a word that he said!
Smart man but also very sweet of him.
We were so thrilled that he led us out of there, because we had no idea where we were going!
Aww, I'm so sorry to hear about Olga. I know how special she was to you guys.
Yes she was special, but by the end, she became quite the handful. I'm glad that it all worked out. I'm not sure I could have returned home to what we had to do before we left. Especially being that sick.
Sorry your NOLA portion has gotten off to such a rocky start. I've heard that Bourbon Street has gotten pretty undesirable. That's one of the reasons I kind of crossed it off my bucket list. Sounds like you had a really knowledgeable tour guide though!
I wouldn't say cross it off, just avoid the part within a couple blocks of Canal Street otherwise it was much better. See my next update.
The sugar killed me!
