hoyainspirit
Platinum Hoya (over 5000 posts)
When life puts that voodoo on me, music is my gris-gris.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 28, 2006 12:24:46 GMT -5
to one and all.  Jazz Fest is just around the corner. Oh, to be in New Orleans again... |
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Gold Hoya
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
Posts: 1,578
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Post by Gold Hoya on Feb 28, 2006 12:35:35 GMT -5
Hope you can find enough fun in Chicago tonight, HIS. See you next week for the BET!
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 28, 2006 14:24:55 GMT -5
What's mardi gras goign to be like after katrina. Are they still having a parade this year? How much of the city has been rebuilt?
any way Happy Fat Tuesday. You know what that means. Lent starts tomorrow Oh boy!
I hope the hoyas give up Losing for lent.
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prhoya
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
Posts: 23,358
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Post by prhoya on Feb 28, 2006 15:30:17 GMT -5
to one and all. Jazz Fest is just around the corner. Oh, to be in New Orleans again... Go to Rio's... It's another league. I've done them both. |
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doublehoya
Silver Hoya (over 500 posts)
That's Right, I Said Minivan!
Posts: 980
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Post by doublehoya on Feb 28, 2006 18:33:56 GMT -5
to one and all. Jazz Fest is just around the corner. Oh, to be in New Orleans again... Happy Mardi Gras, HIS!! Great meeting you last weekend! Laissez les bon temps roulez! |
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MEGAFAN
Silver Hoya (over 500 posts)
Posts: 649
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Post by MEGAFAN on Mar 1, 2006 0:26:47 GMT -5
Happy Mardi Gras to you HIS! And to the rest of HoyaTalk! It was great meeting you at the Syracuse game...
LET'S GO HOYAS!!! SINK SOUTH FLORIDA!
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2ndRyan
Bulldog (over 250 posts)
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Post by 2ndRyan on Mar 1, 2006 7:25:00 GMT -5
I was in New Orleans last week on business. The devastation is far worse than television captures it.
The Ninth Ward is truly unworldly, but East New Orleans where the flooding ranged from feet of water to inches is staggering. One sees block after block of deserted homes. Here and there one can see a trailer in the driveway where family members live as they try to get their house gutted (moldy sheetrock and insulation removed).
In the French Quarter I would say that 30% of the businesses are still not open. Bourbon Street was not flooded, but months of no tourism have clearly taken their toll. Every native you speak to has a story. Even those who weren't flooded out have close relatives who were. Recovery will take years.
As we turn from Mardi Gras to Lent, have a thought (prayer) for New Orleanians.
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