Baton Rouge 101

[434375]

This vid made me sOOoOoOo wet LOL D

[peterock36117]

I smell corn dogs!

[rlepine]

The wind must be blowing in from Georgia!

[gitrdid]

Love the music and also home of the College Football National Champions... Heck ya we rock...doesn't get no betta then this..

[rlepine]

Thanks, I think so too.

[StephenSpielberg]

I think you could do better by some serious editing. You start off with a friendly greeting, and then 35 seconds of walking. Cut, Cut, and Cut until you've grabbed the essence of the film. Three steps and we get the idea. Good luck! Ciao.

P.S. keep the walking over the words, though.

[rlepine]

Thanks StephenSpielberg I'll remember that in future! But you may notice that this video is a response to "ILC#11 City Of Sails." It was simple meant to be a response in kind.

[skatoolaki]

Not often do you get to see Baton Rouge featured anywhere - this was a great look at our beloved city! Thanks so much for putting this together - great job!

[rlepine]

Thank You!

[mulukchuwen]

i have an interest in baton rouge for two reasons: 1.) i've always been attracted to the bayou; 2.) someone i used to work w/ was from there. i'm gettin' a little tired of north texas.

[rlepine]

Come spend some time here. Try the boiled crawfish.

[mulukchuwen]

i might just do that. what does crawfish taste like anyway?

[rlepine]

Chicken! well, not really. It is a Cajun Cuisine unique to Southern Louisiana. Try it and you'll be saying, "Tonnerre mon chien, qui est très bon!"

[amethyst0285]

Baton Rouge is horrible. A lot of people are leaving Louisiana and a lot of them are going to Texas. They're planning to destroy the 1 bayou we DO have in here. If you're not OBSESSED with getting drunk, LSU, sports or hunting...you'll esp. hate it.

[rlepine]

A fellow Baton Rougen, cool beans!! Did you see the Pinkus Flamingus Plywoodyus at City Park Lake that year?

[lsupellmel]

Thanks for the fun tour of downtown BR and LSU. I moved to D.C. a few years ago - it is nice to see HOME again! :-D

[rlepine]

My pleasure lsupellmel!

[madrecka]

I'm glad to say i moved out of Baton Rouge in '99 and now i live in a real city of Long Beach CA. I don't miss BR at all. It sucks living there. Too 'Bama and slow for me!

[rlepine]

I'm sorry you didn't like it. The city has transformed with the influx of thousands of New Orleans Residents. It has become a mixture of laid back Baton Rouge and fun loving New Orleans. So people like to let al bon temp roulette!

[amethyst0285]

Congrats LOL! After Katrina we got a few new restaurants, clubs, stores, the traffic got worse, etc... A lot of the people who were here after Katrina were only here temporarily. Guess they couldn't take it anymore. Things may have changed a little, but it's still the same overall.

[escapeartist74]

I'm from Baton Rouge originally and now I live in Vancouver. One request if you do a part 2 - can we have more scenery and less feet? haha :-D Perhaps you could take some footage of the bayous, a really good seafood spread or a crawfish boil? Thinking about what I can get from around here!

[rlepine]

Thanks for the comments escapeartist74. I think I'll do a Baton Rouge 102 in the spring and include a crawfish boil. Great idea!

[droppolo]

Nice work. Posted it on BatonRougeToday[dot]com

[rlepine]

COOL! Thankx!

[jajadick]

home sweet home BR

[peterock36117]

why would I go all the way to baton rouge, when I can go to my local city dump and get the same effect

[rlepine]

Uu, woke up on the wrong side of the bed then, did we.

[perkykitty912]

why would go to your local city dump when you could get the same effect of the dump right there in your house?

[ripousse]

why go anywhere ?

What ?

[nicolehere]

haha. brings back memories of going downtown. =]

[bamboo3201]

cool, i want to move to LA but i can't.

[rlepine]

I enjoy living here, but I'm not sure it I will be retiring.

[tigerogden]

Walking through time and space, patterns echo the tempo of south LA. The unhurried and melodic pace mimics a hot summer's sweat in the Deep South with a splash of cold beer

[rlepine]

Could not have said it better myself! Thanks Tiger!

[la51us]

Poor representation of Baton Rouge; unless your feet are an icon here!

[rlepine]

Is it a challenge then? You're invited to do better!

I'll be waiting...

[firexfox13]

Don't ya just love how the new old state capitol looks? 8D

You should come around Zachary to make a video.. No one's done it yet ; - ;

[rlepine]

Cool Beans! I'll have to do it then...

[j7lie]

Baton Rouge is great as long as you don't look past your feet

[rlepine]

LOL! Have you been to Baton Rouge?

[j7lie]

born and raised. in new mexico now

[rlepine]

Where'd you go to school?

Why not make a video of New Mexico?

[smoothkidd272k6]

thats a first....this city is crazy....but imma grow out of this city, 225 4 life

[Paedomorphosis]

Tiger Stadium is pretty nice too. Except they've been doing construction on it so there's lots of scaffolding

[rlepine]

Yes, I know, that was one reason I left it out.

[rlepine]

Thanks GistheName! Please do make a video of your town. I'm sure we would all love to see it!

[GistheName]

i want to do something like thos sometime

[ilike2burnthing]

legend video! lovin it and where you live, looks amazing! i was thinking of doing a day in the life of me, but now tis the summer....hmmm il think of something!

David

[rlepine]

Thanks for the encouraging words iliketobrunthing. I sure would like to see all around your town up there in Northern Ireland!

[wizardneedsfoodbadly]

Hey! thanks for showing me around your home town! it looks so beautiful!!!!!!!!! it looks like it has a lot of history:-)coolies

catcharound!:-D

[rlepine]

Thanks for the kind words wizardneedsfoodbadly! As you can see I borrowed from your "All I Can Do Is Put One Foot In Front Of The Other" video and I had a really great time making this video! Thanks again!

[wizardneedsfoodbadly]

hehe yeh i did notice that actually:-D