Mardi Gras in August
Four years after Katrina, tourism is still up and down in New Orleans, but there have been many changes that have created opportunity and optimism. (Richard Olivier)
"In New Orleans, a bohemian renaissance" by Jed Horne | August 29, 2009
.... We mark Katrina’s fourth anniversary today....
Four years later disaster has turned out to be - at least for some - a tremendous opportunity.
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I'm sick of the hurtful insults of the newspaper, readers.
Tourism is off, courtesy of the recession, but the economy appears to have been buffered against a Vegas-style swoon by the bucketloads of Katrina recovery dollars.
Incredibly, there are more restaurants than before Katrina. Bars wail long into the night; coffee shops are atwitter with bug-eyed, hyper-caffeinated visionaries plotting recovery....
It's been four f***ing years!!!!
