Comments on: I’m So Easily Distracted http://www.brokeass-student.com/im-so-easily-distracted/ ... where my idea of splurging is feeding my cat Fancy Feast. As a full-time student with a limited income stream, follow my journey in obtaining financial awareness and prosperity Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:42:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Murphy http://www.brokeass-student.com/im-so-easily-distracted/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jim Murphy Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:25:03 +0000 http://www.brokeass-student.com/im-so-easily-distracted/#comment-298 New Orleans was something of a "crumbling and nearly-forgotten city" *before* Katrina...I've spent some time there over the years and always considered it to be arguably the most overrated city in the country. Before I got divorced I lived in Charleston, SC for a number of years. Even before Katrina, Charleston kicked ass on New Orleans. You had a similar history and vibe to the city, only without rampant crime, staggering drunks and the strong stench of urine. If you're into spooky things there's all kinds of ghosts haunting the city--and we're talking cool ghosts like Confederate soldiers, Rhett Butler-type Antebellum cotton barons and pirates. There's plenty of voodoo, hoodoo and similar there as well. It seems like a good town for vampires, though I never ran into any. And since I'm something of a gourmand I'll let you in on a *big* secret--Charleston even has better restaurants than New Orleans. NOLA has big tourist trap places like Commander's Palace and K-Paul's, but "pound for pound" the dining in Charleston is better. While we're at it, I might as well mention that IMO South Carolina has the best indigenous cuisine of any state in the country. While I was living in Charleston I inadvertently "swam with dolphins" on a few occasions. Dolphins are kinda scary--and this coming from someone who's not the least bit afraid of big critters (as the presence of my dearly departed rottweiler, Fitz, in the MyBlogLog avitar will confirm). The dolphins I encountered always acted like they wanted to eat my smaller dogs--sort of like aligators, only with a better PR person. I was supposed to go swimming with the dolphins at the Mirage in Las Vegas once but I didn't wake up in time... New Orleans was something of a “crumbling and nearly-forgotten city” *before* Katrina…I’ve spent some time there over the years and always considered it to be arguably the most overrated city in the country. Before I got divorced I lived in Charleston, SC for a number of years. Even before Katrina, Charleston kicked ass on New Orleans. You had a similar history and vibe to the city, only without rampant crime, staggering drunks and the strong stench of urine. If you’re into spooky things there’s all kinds of ghosts haunting the city–and we’re talking cool ghosts like Confederate soldiers, Rhett Butler-type Antebellum cotton barons and pirates. There’s plenty of voodoo, hoodoo and similar there as well. It seems like a good town for vampires, though I never ran into any. And since I’m something of a gourmand I’ll let you in on a *big* secret–Charleston even has better restaurants than New Orleans. NOLA has big tourist trap places like Commander’s Palace and K-Paul’s, but “pound for pound” the dining in Charleston is better. While we’re at it, I might as well mention that IMO South Carolina has the best indigenous cuisine of any state in the country.

While I was living in Charleston I inadvertently “swam with dolphins” on a few occasions. Dolphins are kinda scary–and this coming from someone who’s not the least bit afraid of big critters (as the presence of my dearly departed rottweiler, Fitz, in the MyBlogLog avitar will confirm). The dolphins I encountered always acted like they wanted to eat my smaller dogs–sort of like aligators, only with a better PR person.

I was supposed to go swimming with the dolphins at the Mirage in Las Vegas once but I didn’t wake up in time…

]]> By: Jason http://www.brokeass-student.com/im-so-easily-distracted/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Jason Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:54:45 +0000 http://www.brokeass-student.com/im-so-easily-distracted/#comment-288 I LOVE Poppy! I LOVE Poppy!

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