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We’reTexas

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  1. #cartlife at Parkway along with some beers on Bayou St John
  2. Mosca’s. Creole-Italian is the foundation of the New Orleanian concept of the neighborhood restaurant. These are small businesses that I really worry about, not necessarily because they may struggle, but because they may decide it’s a good time for the family to throw in the towel. Liuzza’s, for, example. On Bienville, mind you - I like by the Track, but Bienville is just a pure distillation of Irish-Italian ‘Yat New Orleans (“The Pope in Avignon!”, as John Goodman remarked in Treme). We were in town for Mardi Gras and had the bulk of Monday to kill before our flight, so we dropped by Liuzza’s shortly before they opened. We were sitting outside when the owner opened the door and asked, in his great Mid-City accent, “Ya hungry? Ya thirsty? Well, c’mon in!” Within minutes we we inundated with red beans, shrimp remoulade, garlic bread, and of course the big frosted mugs of Abita Amber. Professor Longhair, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint were on repeat, because this is the kind of place where they must be on repeat. I fear it will be some time before we return, and I fear that New Orleans will be very different. This August will be the 15th anniversary of the federal flood, btw.
  3. Yep, this is the other side of it that I didn’t appreciate. I’ve heard a lot of owners discuss how they felt completely out of place effectively making public health decisions and were putting their employees, families, and customers at risk. Take out wasn’t worth it.
  4. Ellis Marsalis, d.b.a. - NO is getting hit hard.
  5. When all of this is said and done we will have seen a lot of bizarre things, but I think one of the weirdest things we’ll remember is that Commander’s Palace was on uber eats and did a takeaway jazz brunch. https://wgno.com/news/commanders-palace-offering-takeout-for-the-first-time/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
  6. Newsom just issued a shelter in place order for the state. After four days of this in SF, I’d say that it’s gotten significantly more people out on the streets and parks for walks than usual (and at all times of day), though with bars and restaurants closed there’s overall net less close interaction. I was at a park by my place with my dog and it was more packed than it was for fleet week - I overheard a ton of people say it was their first time to check it out. That’s fine, I suppose, as social distancing was implicit - the boomers have cocktail block parties outside their condos were not.
  7. Doubt it, Chesa’s policy is to ignore it in normal times, doubt anything happens now. Strangely, the cable cars were still packed with tourists for most of the day. The order is a misdemeanor and won’t really be enforced so not a huge deal (the entire city has been WFH for a week and everyone got on board social distancing quickly), but I do really worry about small businesses. No cash flow in the Bay is going to hurt quickly.
  8. Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense to shut down “non-essential” movement but then basically say it’s OK to be outside.
  9. “All non-essential gatherings of any size are now banned, along with non-essential travel “on foot, bicycle, scooter, automobile or public transit.” People may travel for shopping for necessary supplies, accessing health care, and providing aid to family and friends who need assistance, and for non-residents, returning to their home outside the Bay Area. Airports, taxis, and public transit — including BART — will remain operational, but only for essential travel and people are expected to keep six feet apart when possible. People in the six counties will still be able to go shopping for items such as food and household supplies, and seek medical care. They will be able to go outside for walks or exercise as long as they keep six feet away from anyone they don’t already live with.“ Would be bizarre if the cable cars kept running. SF Chronicle
  10. Shelter in place order among six Bay Area counties expected to be announced at 1 PT. Would go through April 7. Looks like we can still walk outside provided we are six feet from other people. Thank god, about to lose my mind after one WFH week in our shoebox apartment in SF.
  11. They actually don’t. Underwriters distribute their allocations and then trading begins through exchanges. There are direct listing IPOs I guess but those aren’t really about capital raising.
  12. That board equates Mitch Landrieu with Hitler because he took down the Confederate monuments. Can you imagine how they would take a Democratic governor and black mayor telling them what to do?
  13. New Orleans had previously cancelled the Block Party and Irish Channel parades, as well as Super Sunday. That picture is NOPD breaking up the party at Tracy’s. Amazingly, NOLA has been extremely proactive about this.
  14. Yeah LPG for sure, the progress down to Ms Mae’s and Tip’s.
  15. I completely forgot that Dunbar’s reopened. How was it? It’s great see places like that finally come back. Gabrielle and Barrow’s too.
  16. Peche is one of the best restaurants in New Orleans and is consistently excellent like few other restaurants I’ve ever been to. As for things to do, get out of the FQ. Garden District mansions, Audubon Park, City Park, Bayou St. John - it’s a great city to walk and enjoy.
  17. Funny you mention that about Commanders and Brennan’s Houston - they are owned by the same wing of the family. I was down the weekend before MG and also hit up Clancy’s and LPG, both outstanding (and surprisingly not crowded). I saw that Dick and Jenny’s closed this week and was unsurprised - ate there Saturday and it was awful. Finally checked out Lil Dizzies. If you want fried chicken without the Willie Maes’ line, I recommend it.
  18. Oh yeah, Bacchanal is an essential NOLA spot. It’s our Sunday afternoon go to. Next Saturday is Krew de Vieux, so I highly recommend checking out the Carnival festivities if you are in the Bywater.
  19. Yes, it’s very good, in the space where Mariza used to be. But it’s not a statement “New Orleans” restaurant, if that’s what you’re looking for. It’s more new American, similar to Coquette and Sylvain.
  20. I think we’re in agreement. It’s just that the study itself compares all of NYC to San Francisco (and DC, for that matter). The data analyzed by the study may be helpful in a discussion on housing affordability, but it certainly alone doesn’t tell the whole story. It also has San Jose as one of the most affordable cities - have you seen the Wall Street Journal today?
  21. I think his point is, that’s not the point - it’s about housing costs, which factor in homeowners and renters with rent control. So I actually read the study, and it’s not concerned with housing costs so much as it is with making the point that in housing policy discussions we discount the impact of transportation costs in costs of living. The thesis of the article is basically, “Hey, New Yorkers currently face a burden of housing and transportation that compares quite favorably to other major cities, but if we don’t focus on containing transportation costs, then the cost of living in NYC will rise relative to other cities.” That’s a valid argument even if you disagree with the conclusion. My problem is the use of the word affordability. The broad range of housing costs of course factors into whether one considers their current living situation affordable. But I think most think of affordability as prospective, as defining my range of options for any given choice. In the case of housing, we think of housing prices. But housing costs aren’t necessarily market prices, and pulling the percentage of household income spent on housing doesn’t necessarily tell me about affordability - I’m not sure that without any other context, the number tells me anything at all. The study implies that DC, San Jose and San Francisco are some of the most affordable cities. That’s absurd. In the case of SF, I’d say that if people really are only spending 40% of their income on housing and transportation (and 30% for professional families), it’s just because they can, either because they are rent controlled from before the boom or that 400k job at Google allows them. A recent CA Association of Realtors study found that only something like 15% of the city could afford the $1.7M median home price. The $3,600 median rent would take over half of the median income. If that doesn’t work, you just don’t do it. But I don’t think anyone would call the current situation, regardless of what the study implies, “affordable.”
  22. Oh yeah, second the recommendation of Manolito. Ran into Hannah at a second line over the holidays, he is a cool dude.
  23. Clancy’s. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_af17aa63-f235-5dc4-ba12-7cc35775952e.amp.html
  24. I don’t think it takes a lot of ingenuity to deter people from moving to Dallas.
  25. That sounds like a great trip. Thursday is local’s day and less crowded. It’s a food festival as much as a music one, so go for some Crawfish Monica and check out the Picayune’s (well, now the Advocate’s) guide to best eats of the year. It ends relatively early for a festival, but I still always leave around 5 for a breather - never really interested in headliners and the crowds (though the headliners this year do look good). A lot of big local acts will be in town and play in ad hoc jam bands with each other, so my play is to grab dinner and then hit up Tip’s, Howlin Wolf, Frenchmen etc. I’d probably hang out midweek to enjoy spring in NOLA between the crowds, maybe take a day trip to Manchac for fried catfish at Mittendorfs or check out Grand Isle (which actually made NYT’s top 100 places to visit this year).
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