Welcome from Wyoming, averaging 13 inches of rain per year and 70 inches of snow.
Hello from New Orleans!
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Welcome from Cajun Company, spent a lot of time in Nerleans, during an arbratration, mine, we won, learned a lot of local folks hang outs, daughter lived in Chalmette, wiped out for Katarina. You got a Slidell man here also.
I agree with you on that, New Orleans is as strange and special as they come! And on music, isn't it interesting that we as humans can connect so deeply to sounds organized as music? It's always fascinated me, and thankfully music has been very good to me.
Love your thoughts and cover song analogy on Burley Flake #5, that was actually the first of the series that I wanted to try. However, I've been on an English/Balkan kick recently which leads me to think that I should choose Burley Flake #1 for variety's sake. Any thoughts on #1? I still do want to try #5, it sounds delicious. I'll get to it after I finish one of my latakia-related tins.
You must have been giving off some kind of local vibe while you were here! Maybe Nola suits you!
Wyoming must be so beautiful. I'm afraid my swamp blood prohibits me from living anywhere with 70 inches of snow a year!
Congrats on the winning and it sounds like you had the bonus of having an interesting time here during it. Local hangs are always a trip. I grew up on the north shore, have spent some time in Slidell. Greetings fellow Louisianian!
Howdy from upstate SC, T00th! Welcome & happy to have you here. Also a Nawlins fan, as well as Greenwell Springs, Baton Rouge, & of course the lake. Joostain Wilson was an old friend, sadly no longer with us. 
Love me dem good Cajun peoples, I garontee, you hear me, hanh?!
Bill
Love me dem good Cajun peoples, I garontee, you hear me, hanh?!Bill
I've only tried #5 though everyone I've talked to says they're all awesome. I'am also a musician very non professionally so. But I can entertain and express myself.
Welcome! Your elucidation of what draws you to pipe tobacco is spot on for so many of us.
Although I am almost as new here as you are, I feel compelled to send you a warm welcome from the Brooklyn waterfront.
For two and a half years, half a lifetime ago, I was amused to have one of the most colorful residential addresses possible on this continent: 825 Bourbon Street (two elegant rooms in an 1820 creole cottage).
But to cut directly to the chase, it was such an extraordinary time for music (albeit not so much for lucrative gigs or large audiences). Virtually the first night I'd moved there, I caught James Booker and Ellis Marsalis at the Maple Leaf (still both a bar and a laundromat), playing for a house of maybe 50 people (at least five of whom had come to do their washing); my friend Earl Turbinton played a weekly gig at TGIFs (definitely not dinner music); and Bobby Marchan (normally dressed up in a soiled pink chiffon tutu) would sing his heart out (and graciously dash over to my table between sets to be sure other patrons were okay with us being there to hear him). And, in that distant time, there was no happier sanctuary than the Napoleon House after midnight nursing a Pimm's Cup--at least until 4am, when they'd swiftly clear out the last of us by turning up the lights and blasting a recording of Pachelbel's canon at about 120db. And of course the Saturn Bar elevated the dive to the level of poetry.
Meanwhile, my own order of Spark Plug arrived yesterday, and I am keen to try it--wondering how well it will compare with the 2007 vintage Caravan I started on this weekend. Be well, stay safe!
For two and a half years, half a lifetime ago, I was amused to have one of the most colorful residential addresses possible on this continent: 825 Bourbon Street (two elegant rooms in an 1820 creole cottage).
But to cut directly to the chase, it was such an extraordinary time for music (albeit not so much for lucrative gigs or large audiences). Virtually the first night I'd moved there, I caught James Booker and Ellis Marsalis at the Maple Leaf (still both a bar and a laundromat), playing for a house of maybe 50 people (at least five of whom had come to do their washing); my friend Earl Turbinton played a weekly gig at TGIFs (definitely not dinner music); and Bobby Marchan (normally dressed up in a soiled pink chiffon tutu) would sing his heart out (and graciously dash over to my table between sets to be sure other patrons were okay with us being there to hear him). And, in that distant time, there was no happier sanctuary than the Napoleon House after midnight nursing a Pimm's Cup--at least until 4am, when they'd swiftly clear out the last of us by turning up the lights and blasting a recording of Pachelbel's canon at about 120db. And of course the Saturn Bar elevated the dive to the level of poetry.
Meanwhile, my own order of Spark Plug arrived yesterday, and I am keen to try it--wondering how well it will compare with the 2007 vintage Caravan I started on this weekend. Be well, stay safe!
@ChickenT00th
Welcome from your neighbor in Slidell! I'm currently the HPSIC (Head Pipe Smoker In Charge) of the New Orleans Pipe Club. Once all this Covad crap is over, we will start having meetings again. Message me your email address and I'll add you to the club email list.
For the past couple of years, we've held our monthly meetings at Mayan Imports in Metairie. Good people and a good selection of pipes and pipe tobaccos.
Welcome from your neighbor in Slidell! I'm currently the HPSIC (Head Pipe Smoker In Charge) of the New Orleans Pipe Club. Once all this Covad crap is over, we will start having meetings again. Message me your email address and I'll add you to the club email list.
For the past couple of years, we've held our monthly meetings at Mayan Imports in Metairie. Good people and a good selection of pipes and pipe tobaccos.
Thanks for letting me know! I was wondering if there was a pipe club here in town. I'm a fan of Mayan Imports and have been getting my smokes from them for a very long time.
Will send you a message!
This is really great to hear about your experience. What a special thing it must have been to see James Booker and Ellis Marsalis play at the Maple Leaf! Both of those guys had a major influence on me as a musician, being a keys player myself. I was never able to see James Booker, but I got to see Ellis a few times at Snug Harbor on his long standing gig there. It was an amazing experience and something I still think about today! May he rest in peace.
I loved your story, thank you so much for sharing. I wish I could transport to that same time and have those experiences. We are losing so many of our New Orleans greats.
What do you think of Spark Plug so far? I admittedly haven't cracked it yet. I got busy with some other things - but going to crack it open soon!
Are you a cat owner? Same here. I love kitties, they are great companions.
Haha exactly! Thank you for the welcome!Howdy from upstate SC, T00th! Welcome & happy to have you here. Also a Nawlins fan, as well as Greenwell Springs, Baton Rouge, & of course the lake. Joostain Wilson was an old friend, sadly no longer with us.
Bill
Quiet Nights is a favorite of mine. Such a great blend. Welcome!
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