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May 25, 2005

Return Trip

16:45 (CDT) -- Louis Armstrong Airport, New Orleans. It's actually an hour before my flight, but I shared my cab with two co-workers who were ~40 minutes ahead of me for their flights back to Greensboro. I'm scheduled thru Philly, leaving there at 10:55, hopefully reaching New Hampshire just after midnight. What a fun schedule! And Philly, too! Here's hoping it stays on time...

The weekend plus in New Orleans was very enjoyable. The weather tried to make it crumble, with temperatures setting new records (in the low-to-mid 90s!). But I found enough air conditioning to make it, after a bit of a personal energy crisis on Saturday. I managed to get to four of the dining choices Jenn had listed for me, and didn't have a single bad experience with that. It turns out the World Poker Tour was mid-way through a tournament at the casino between the hotel where the Society of Actuaries spring meeting was held and the French Quarter, so I had several chances to wander through (the casino, after all, is air conditioned) and look for familiar faces from watching TV poker. Didn't see many.

The meeting itself was very interesting and informative, with numerous sessions on the current issues facing my profession. And yes, it is possible to be interesting and actuarial at the same time! I also had the chance to meet up with some former co-workers from my days in Cincinnati (including trading some suggestions for reading material with the man who introduced me to Lois McMaster Bujold, a favor well worth returning).

23:20 (EDT) -- Somewhere between Philly and Manchester. I don't know what I managed to do in order to get through Philly's airport with less than 10 total minutes in delays, but I sure wish I did know!

With any luck, I'll be home before 1 AM tomorrow, which will be proven by this having been posted.

Final note: Close... very, very close. If it hadn't been for rain-slicked roads on the drive from the airport, I'd've made it.

Posted by ghoul at May 25, 2005 01:04 AM

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>I managed to get to four of the dining

>choices Jenn had listed for me, and didn't

>have a single bad experience with that.

Okay, I'll ask, which four?

Posted by: Michael Curry at May 29, 2005 10:16 PM

I managed to get to Olivier's for both crawfish etouffe and rabbit creole (two visits, two items from the list), Remoulade, and the painfully touristy (but still good) Cafe Du Monde (for cafe au lait and beignets).

Unfortunately, the record-breaking heat really kept my interest in wandering down, and by the time it had broken (such as it did), I was in the rather time-consuming meetings (for which slightly-above-mediocre food was provided, sad to say).

Posted by: The Ghoul at May 31, 2005 03:20 PM

I'm sure she'll be glad to hear that you made it to Olivier's (and more than once), and Cafe Du Monde too.

Her trip down there was during the latter half of July, and, if I remember correctly, the heat was ridiculous every single day (as it'd tend to be in N.O. in midsummer), so I'm sure she can sympathize with you not being able to get to every place you wanted to visit.

Posted by: Michael Curry at May 31, 2005 10:48 PM

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