odrescu served us beignets on the balcony 10:50 A.M. Getting ready to do an interview for NPR. The tour and its eccentricities. Codrescu was a terrific host. The coffee had chicory in it. We were all nursing fairly major headaches from one too Many hurricanes, margaritas, mint juleps, Abita beers, The crawfish from the previous night, the gumbo of the late Late early morning, the transvestites and the puppeteers, The tap dancers and the tourists, the brawls and the Bare-breasted streetcars named desire And the filets with Béarnaise at the Admiral and Lunch at Petunias, Spinach Mushroom Crepes floating in Provolone Blowing glass with Andy Brott and only 1 of us getting burned Hope the hand gets better, Dirk There was a lot of time to eat in New Orleans, The interview went well Once we got William to shut up. And the levee didn’t break, Atchafallaya. Laissez les bons temps roullez!