Last night's American Experience was on New Orleans. (American Experience is a weekly historical documentary show.) It was excellent. It dealt with the history of the city up until Hurricane Katrina. I finally remember the difference between Creole and Cajun now. (At a very basic level, Creole is more urban, Cajun more rural.) There is a ton of great info on the American Experience site, including Gumbo as History. Oooh, how I love history!New Orleans is such a great city. The architecture, culture and food are simply divine. And the place just feels different than the typical American city. What the U.S. government hasn't done for the city post-hurricane is criminal.
Next week on American Experience, "New York Underground," about the construction of the subway system.
4 comments:
Gumbo - yum!!!
Indeed a wonderful city!! Nawlins gives me the wiggins. In a good way. How can you not love a city with voodoo, those awesome above-ground cemetaries and Anne Rice tours. Whee!
I lived in Louisiana as a kid. It was the only place I lived where the school lunches included chicken gumbo and okra.
Right outside the cathedral in Jackson Square, as Sunday Mass was going on inside, I saw a little table set up for palm readings. Indeed an interesting place!
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