79-69... LSU!

Arkansas lost to LSU at Baton Rouge tonight. This was the working part of my trip to New Orleans and I am glad its over. I posted a bunch of action photos to Behind the Lens, please be sure to check them out.


Tonight was the "A Century of Basketball" celebration at LSU and I guess these three guys were in the house in spirit... but



These two were here in body.

Also my friend Mark Saltz with The Advocate caught me acting like a giant wussy when I almost got killed in the first half of the game.


Thanks Mark!

HOB!

Tonight we went to the House of Blues to see the Bustout Burlesque featuring International Burlesque Superstar, Catherine D'Lish.




After the show we headed back to the Garden District to the Le Bon Temps Roule Bar on Magazine. One of my favorite New Orleans musicians Walter Wolfman Washington was playing. He's on the right hand side of the photo but it was dark and I was using my iPhone as a camera so it kinda sucks.


Did I mention I was using an iPhone to take all these photos?

Here is a better photo of the Wolfman from the KBBF a few years ago.


Enjoy!

Easy Biggie!

First day of my vacation in Fat City. Jammer had to work so I took the trolly downtown and walked around for few hours, listened to street music and came home on the bus. Big day! Here are some pics...














Enjoy!

Ice Ice Baby

Northwest Arkansas experienced the "Ice Storm of the Decade" yesterday. Of course this storm arrived the same day I was scheduled to fly to New Orleans to see my buddy Jammer and take some much needed R&R.

Well I was supposed to leave at 11:45 Tuesday morning but ofcourse Mother Nature and American Airlines had different plans. My flight was rescheduled and rerouted and finally canceled. Okay bad weather... Yada, yada, yada.... I re-booked for 11:45 Wednesday morning.

Well it rained and sleeted and froze Tuesday night. I was the only person I know who did not lose my power and here is what I woke up to.







And yes, these are all photos of my house.

So today (Wednesday) I was confirmed on an 11:45 flight to New Orleans Via Dallas. I got up, got ready and went to the airport.

FYI, on Tuesday the weather was coming and on Wednesday the weather was here. I usually drive to the airport in about 25 minutes, yesterday it would have taken me 40 and today... two hours! That's right 25 miles on pure ice behind some jackass who would not go faster than 15 mph and then stopped in the middle of a goddamn hill... Why???? I have no f'ing idea!

Of course... I was stuck. I had to back down the hill and get a running start. I passed the jackass and gave a good long horn blast. The only bit of good feeling I had was that this idot was also stuck on the same hill but too dumb to back-up and try again. He was just spinning his tires.

So I got to the airport and checked in. They told me if I went through Dallas I would probably spend the night there. My options were Chicago O'Hare or St. Louis Lambert.

I know from experience that O'Hare is about the most messed-up airport I have ever been to so I picked St. Louis.

Long story short... I arrived in New Orleans at 7 p.m. and Jammer and I ate a great dinner at Mandina's in Mid-City. Whew!

WTF!

I am not sure what is going on here but this guy was dancing around, banging a hand drum before he knelt to the ground in "prayer". I think this monkey is about to immolate himself Buddhist Monk style. I'll never know if he lit himself on fire or not because the traffic light turned green and I mashed the accelerator.

Stupid Monkey!

Psst!

Hey buddy need a watch?


If you do let me know because I've got two of them I need to sell for a friend.

Number one is a Victorinox Dive Master 500 Limited Edition titanium dive watch. It is number 514 of 900, very cool and very collectable.


Number two is a Victorinox Chrono Classic TT dress watch, also very cool.


Both watches are brand new and have never been worn.

Let me know.

Horns Down!

Went to watch Arkansas' 67-61 victory over #7 Texas tonight at Bud Walton Arena, The Basketball Palace of Mid-America! It was awesome! My buddy Drew got some tickets and I took the pick of our VICTORY with my iPhone.

At first the seats (which were great) were just ok compared to my normal sideline press-pass but then I noticed a grey-haired man a few rows in front of us...

That's right former Arkansas, former Oklahoma basketball coach Eddie Sutton!

If row 10 section 102 is good enough for Eddie it is good enough for me. (BTW he is in the photo, lower right quarter)

Go Hogs!