Quirky Quarter

And now for a little New Orleans flavor...

'Who Dat' refers to the NFL New Orleans Saints and more specifically the phrase that Saints fans chant-- "Who dat say they gonna beat dem Saints? Who dat? Who dat?"

Baby Saints fans have a different version of the above chant that goes, "Poo Dat!"

Legal Saints fans (21 & older) would be all over this beer mobile. It's a cooler with wheels!

Then you have street performers like this one decked out in silver paint and full metallic gear doing the robot for spare change....

Or you have balloon artists like this guy who will whip up a balloon and give it to your kids before you can say, "Ummm, that's ok." and then ask you for a "donation".

There are even literal street artists!

Sweet holy tackiness. Notice 'Saint Drew Brees', winner of Super Bowl XLIV and slayer of Kurt Warner, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.

Speaking of Saint Drew, how about this lovely addition to your home?

You laugh, but this is high priced art in the French Quarter all because of that iconic blue dog.

Vampire or zombie? You decide.

Who's YOUR crawdaddy?

Ahhh, yes. The Zoltar machine from the movie 'Big' with Tom Hanks. I wished that Peyton would go from a testy toddler to a perfect potty trained angel.

Yep, it didn't happen.

I want my money back.

Pan handlers, street vendors, 'psychics', portrait artists, street musicians and that guy in the red shirt... you can find them all surrounding Jackson Square.

Swing dancing in the street with a full band.

Graffitti on the trains, on buildings, sidewalks, abandoned houses, occupied houses, urinals, on top of other graffitti- in short, everywhere.

A long line of horse drawn carriages and the smell of crap they leave behind. Not as romantic as you might think.

Cajun hot sauce and seasoning are a local obsession. There are literally hundreds of variations of cajun seasonings including one called, 'Slap Ya Mama'.

Nice.

Po-boy love. Funnily enough, Troy who was born and raised in New Orleans and who has had many a po-boy has never heard of the Leidenheimer company. Guess they can't be that much a part of the 'cultcha'. :)

Mardi Gras Court Jester who likes to be paid under the table. Notice the pail-o-tips to the left.  

Watch out for those loose women. I hear they like to frequent the street below.

Bourbon Street: a one way street to Hades.

Quintessential New Orleans: a window case filled with seafood and beer bottles.