[AGL] NO, Springsteen and beach bash redux

[Connie Clark]

Mike,
  The NO Jazzfest concerts was a report from Randy.  I guess it was not too clear in my post.  I'm not there, but he calls daily with briefings.
   
  He says that NO is definitely different.  The French Quarter is just fine, but lacks the cheap labor of bus boys.  So, service is mightly slow, and a table at one of the local joints Sunday night was a 2.5-hour wait.  Bourbon Street has more titty bars, and he spotted a latino, as well as an asian gang.  Some locals he met in a bar off-handedly said that the NO 'riff-raff' gotten taken away - and the voodoos are gone, whatever that means. Local news fills their hour with stories like families living in leaky FEMA tents.
   
  He noticed a striking increase in the number of bicyclists.  The bicycle seems to be a very efficient way to get around these days.  Some of the houses in areas near the FQ have a new paint job and looking good, some are marked with spray paint to be uninhabitable.  He hasn't ventured too far out yet, but has a few days this week to explore.
   
  He was really impressed with the spirit of Springsteens effort to be a protest singer.  I don't really care how they sound (scream), as long as they are sincere and lots of people listen. 
   
  Oh yea, the little Redstarts (lots of them) were cute with their fan tails flashing as they dug for berries or bugs circling round a branch.  The female is more yellow or buff than the redder male.  Black and whites I spotted scaling up and down tree branches and trunks - easy to spot. Someone also pointed out a Northern Waterthrush - in the water another first for me.  They said that 70% of the birds would be gone the next day because the wind was coming from the south, and there is not all that much food source in these little woodsy scrubs near the beach.
   
  Connie



		
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