Perfect. The Pita Pit is attempting to open a chain fast food restaraunt over in the old Starbucks spot on Magazine and Nashville. A Canadian fast food chain disguised as a trendishly "healthy fast food joint" trying to infiltrate the Uptown New Orleans area. This isn't a Border's renovation. This is a fast food restaurant just like McDonald's only wrapped in the allure of a pita pocket. I already feel the rebirth of 2008 oozing through the streets. The holidays were a much needed source of cash flow for local businesses and their employees. It has continued to inspire with the college football championships holding the BCS game in our city. New Orleans is the biggest winner of them all! Mardi Gras began on Sunday the 6th and from now until end of summer our time to really shine has begun. We have to do everything possible to protect our New Orleans and it's charm of locally owned and operated businesses from chains which would offer their instant gratification fixes to our communities. We are the Big Easy, let's keep it that way. We are finally making progress with how the image of our city is portrayed. Were these "corporate type" entities struggling to establish their chain food restaurants in '05 or '06 or even '07? No! It was the local businesses who were the first to re-open and provide much needed services for the citizens of Nola. Now that the rest of the country is beginning to realize why it IS important to save our city and preserve our culture, there is even more reason to keep your money in Orleans parish.
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Michael, so sorry to be long out of touch.
Quite an adventure report to relate from snowshoeing to a 10th Mountain Division Hut in the Elk Range last weekend. Very lucky not to be stranded in the high country right now! 3000 + feet elevation gain (to 12.6 k ft msl) over 6.7 miles. Definitely some avalanche-ridden terrain. Our group became separated and we all had to abort and snowshoe/ski back down in the dark. Huge storm blew in overnight (unbeknownst to us - who had certainly checked the weather report before heading out on such a trek- had just dumped 8 ft of snow on the Sierra Nevadas a day or so beforehand; we were only expecting 7 inches!), so it was actually a really good thing we got down when we did. Total of 13.5+ miles and 14.5 hours respectively humping packs and taking turns on sled hauling duty in the high country on Friday. Suffice to say it was a long day, but we had a amazing krewe (The Krewe of the Angry Yeti) and all managed to come away more or less unscathed (I started to throw out a bottle of Makers Mark I'd been carrying all day at the top of the mountain to purge weight out of my pack, but thought the better of it. Good decision.). I'll send you some pictures and will recount the story with great fervor over drinks at a later date.
We spent the rest of the weekend stranded in a hostel in Glenwood and soaking in the hot springs. You'll be happy to know that the bar in Woody Creek, CO (Hunter Thompson's local of many years) is tagged with several pieces of WWOZ and Rads paraphrenalia. Felt right at home.
Which brings me to my comment for DirtyCoast: we need y'all to come up with a new line of 'Krewe of the Angry Yeti' swag for us swamp loving mountain dwellers. I'll send you a picture of this angry yeti shadow puppet my sister gave me to serve as impetus for project. Would it make for a good t shirt? Probably not. Would it make me laugh? Definitely. You decide what's best.
I guess I've turned your blog into my blog. Sorry. Burn the Pita Pit!
Lots of love,
Boo
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