By Deon Roberts, Online Editor
While many people were watching the Saints beat the Carolina Panthers yesterday evening, my family and I were out and about, doing some shopping and going out for dinner.
Observation No. 1: Finding a parking space is easy when the Saints are playing.
At around 5 p.m., we had no trouble parking at Barnes & Noble in Metairie. Typically, I burn about half a tank of gas — yes, that’s an exaggeration — before a parking space opens up at B&N, especially on the weekends. Yesterday, though, there were lots of unoccupied spaces, some right next to the building. I’m guessing the B&N crowd is big on the Saints.
Observation No. 2: Restaurants are not crowded.
This might not be the case at all restaurants, but the one we went to last night in Kenner was nearly dead. The waitress even remarked about the lack of customers, saying it was unusual for a Sunday night, and she joked about needing to get a second job. It was great for us, though, because there was no wait for a table and the food came quickly. And, of course, we had a nice, nearby parking spot.
But the game was probably really good for sales at sports bars; we noticed packed parking lots at bars along Veterans Boulevard. At least somebody was cashing in.•
2 responses so far ↓
Kevin Kolb // Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:58 am |
-and snow is white. Thank you Captain Obvious. What kinda Yankee communist are you anyway? At this point being a football fan or not is no excuse. Watch the game. Join in. Drink the Kool-Aid. Believe.
neworleanscitybusiness // Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:10 pm |
Snow is not always white, Kevin. Being a bit of an armchair physicist of late, I feel compelled to address this. Sometimes, snow sparkles with various colors, a lot like a diamond does. What has happened in that instance is a dry, cold night has likely squeezed all the moisture from the air and into the upper layer of snowflakes, where it has become crystallized in a pattern that resembles, well, a diamond. The pattern then bends and splits light the way those prisms we all played with in school did. The result is snow that shimmers with a myriad of colors, instead of being only white.