New Orleans SunUP Lowdown

A visitor’s guide to New Orleans (on NewOrleans.com) sums up New Orleans history pretty well: “Volleyed between the French and the Spanish from the late 17th century until the United States bought Louisiana for pennies an acre in 1803, New Orleans is forever shaped by its European heritage.”

New Orleans is a great American city, and one of Uncle PK’s favorite places.

This is certainly one of the best cities in America.

One of old Uncle PK’s favorite things is the muffaletta. This proto-subway was created at Central Grocery and Deli on Decatur Street in New Orleans’s French Quarter. It was at Central Grocery that this treasure was first made for the working people of the city. It was created in 1906, according to neworleanshistorical.org website.

Muffuletta sandwich birthplace, the Central Grocery in New Orleans is a must-see.

And Bourbon Street. Bourbon Street to me is the cool older cousin of Rush Street, Broadway Street in NashVegas and the Strip in Vegas Vegas. I like it. Street performers, strip clubs, little bars, cheesy bars, Old Absinthe House, just a lot of touristy fun. And … with the “open carry,” I got to walk down the street with a beer. OK, not the most punk rock thing there ever was, but I always feel a little like a rebel doing that.