I spent New Years Eve there on 2009-10. Never seen anything like it before. It was crazy! It's no wonder this place was spared from the hurricane. These people know how to party.
that bird in the beiging always stalks me every time i go to the french quater and i know its the same bird because i had a open sharpie in my had and i accidentaly dropped it on the bird and it left a mark and now it wont leave me alone!!
Wonderful city! I grew up in South Mississippi which is very close. I'm more of an Uptown guy because its less tourists. But the Quarter is the most unique place in America.
There's no other city like it in this country. After soaking up the atmosphere in the French Quarter I love riding the streetcar into the Garden District.
i used to live there. it's like based on this french thing long ago. i love the old houses that are there they are so elegant, and you feel like you're in the past. i don't like going to french quarter because i'm afraid that a big party like mardi gras will be going on and someone shoots in the crowd.
To snowperson: Anyone who thinks that EVERYBODY in New Orleans should have gotten out before an impending storm has an IQ in decimal points. What about the elderly and infirmed, ( nursing homes and hospitals), Incarcerated, people with NO transportation at all, etc,etc. If everybody could have left,those elderly nursing home patients wouldn't have been left behind to die you moron !
well..actually...the french quarter is fun..but a tad touristy..PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FROM THERE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS..EVEN THE GHETTO ONES...HAVE A CERTAIN FLAVOR...although poor, these neighborhoods were the few neighborhoods in THE UNITED STATES THAT WERE SINCERELY BOHEMIAN...and NOT FAKE BOHEMIAN LIKE IN NEW YORK OR D.C. New York has lost its true bohemians to a WHOLE BUNCH OF WANNABE YUPPIES..
I been there. Some creep dressed up and dyed like a devil aggravated me a little. A bit more, I would have broke his jaw.(to start with) What was he after? Where I live, they commit these guys or sign them up for a road trip.
videos give it no justice. you HAVE to GO to the great city and really experience it for yourself. living 30 minutes away, i frequently visit the wonderful new orleans! GO SAINTS!
I have been there on Mardi Gras, I still have gotten a porcelain mask I bought there. I think I paid $12 for it, I loved it! I remember I went to Audubon (I don't know how to spell it) Aquarium, and I had a ride in a horse! Yay! lol it was before the hurricane.
lol you know the black dude kevin powell the one who does the pastel pictures im good friends with him hes cool as hell lol i see him every weekend if you get the chance let him draw you
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Wow.. thank you so much for this video. It brings back some great memories of my holiday there back in '05. I remember carol singing in the square. Jackson Square, is it called? I also have some great shots of the church at 1:49. I swear the saxophone guy was there when I went.. I'll look at some of my pictures later.
Did you get any footage of the Garden District? That's a beautiful place.
Quel est si spécial de Nouvelle-orléans ? ??? je ne vois pas n'importe quel autrement que le meurtre et le gouvernement de ville raté. J'ai entendu parler premièrement de Nouvelle-orléans après cette inondation ou quoi que c'était et je ne pourrais pas imaginer de gens morts voyant flottant dans une ville riche.
One fact that most New Orlenians don't know is the architecture isn't French, it's spanish. When the Spanish gave it up, the French inherited everything, lock, stock and barrel.
WHAT?? LOL I'm afraid it's YOU that is wrong...the architecture is not Spanish, nor purely French. It's called Creole architecture, which is a blend of French, Spanish and Carribean. In fact, more than 2/3 of the French Quarter was built after the Louisiana Purchase...and not ONE Spanish architect is listed as being in New Orleans at that time! The architects were primarily French with some Americans.
And the cast iron balconies? Sorry...they're not Spanish either. They were added in the mid 1800's after the Baronness de Pontalba built her apartments with cast iron balconies...which were inspired by the Palais Royal and the Place des Vosges in PARIS! And the Spanish didn't "give it up"...Louisiana was basically on loan to the Spanish by the French in the first place...the French simply took it back! Anything else you want to teach this New Orleanian??
Wrong gopman...most of the buildings in the French Quarter today were built after the Louisiana Purchase...primarily by FRENCH architects! Check the dates on them...and look up the architects that built them. The buildings that WERE built during the Spanish era weren't even purely Spanish! In New Orleans it's called "Creole" architecture...a blend of French, Spanish and Carribbean! There's actually very little Spanish influence in the Quarter at all! Remember, the PEOPLE were FRENCH!
Désolé de vous le dire les gars mes ça ne ressemble vraiment pas à la France ce quartier et je m'y connais !ya des voitures et plus de chevaux depuis longtemps ! lol !
So, in WW2, in the french resistance that liberated alone Alpes (Vercors) before allies arrive and the African french invaded a great part of Italy and south of france ( Marseille, Toulon) in 1944.
Geoff from Paris if it wasnt for us English you would be speaking German. And you can say it was the yanks that liberated you but we got them involved to save Europe and paid them. French are cowards
ahahah it was the only time in 2000 years, we were invaded (but the african and asian french empire was not invade). Stupid english, french are cowards? 2 000 000 of died in the WW1, 6 millions of young people fighting! We resisted alone against 3 great powers of Europe for a year before you arrive.
So, UK has never invaded France for 1000 years of wars but we do ( William the conqueror, 1066). The englishs never say the truth about history. It was easy for them to defend their island against one ennemy. In the middle of Europe, France was attacked by all the west european powers. English can keep their queen, we prefer our democracy.
Orleans in France is the symbol of the resistance against the englishs that tried to invade us during the war of 100 years but they were beaten in Orléans by a woman sent by god: Joan of Arc. She saw her mother killed and violated by a bunch of english soldiers. The tactif of the british: burn cities and humiliate peoples
Indeed it was...and we thank him for it! We in Louisiana are very proud of our French heritage! Vive la France et vive la Louisiane! Vous doyez nous visiter cher!
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Wow,you were there working on the Relief effort? That must've been quite an experience! Good for you, doing your bit to help out at such a dismal time. I hope the people of New Orleans appreciate your efforts.
The Acadiens were driven out of what is now Nova Scotia - not Quebec, New Brunswick and Maine. In fact, many fled to New Brunswick and Quebec in order to avoid capture (or death) by the British. Alas, the British eventually took over those areas as well.
Pretty much no one speaks Cajun, I'm not saying there are no speakers left, but it's just old people since the kids weren't allowed to speak it in school and other places because of a law a long time ago, which has been lifted now.
The French Quarter isn't so great. It smells like beer and pee and all there is left of bourbon street (once a culturally filled street) and alot of the other streets are bars and stripclubs.
c koi cette merde mon cul jsuis francais mais la dans cette video 2 merde jai pas vu un vrai francai¨s....vous etes vraiment le pire du as...la honte...la hooooooonte!!!!!!!
.....this shows a 2 block area around jackson square...where most locals go to make money from tourist ...then they go home....but you all keep thinking that...it give us a good laugh when we see yall sweating buckets while in aw about how hot it is in the middle of May...it really is the greatest city in the US with the greatest people in the world...NOLA BABY!!!!
yea New Orleans,10-15 years ago new orleans-especially f-quarter was amazing,i was feeling like im in Marseille,atmosphere was "mediterranean",but now i dont wanna visit N.Orleans anymore,i heard its ghastly and sad...good old orleans
Iberville and Bienville French Canadian brothers founded the city in 1718 which was reserved for French speaking settlers and their African slaves. The French called it the Vieux Carre meaning Old Square; the one mile square area was later called the French Quarter by the Americans who were forced to settle across Canal St. upon their arrival in the 1800's.
2-4 blocks from da French quarter you might get dat head busted up in dat iberville.. Born in rasied in New orleans. Ima mix of Black Indian and french
Did you know that New Orleans is the only city in America that requires anyone wanting to be a legitimate tour guide to take a class on city history, pass a test, and carry a membership card? Ask your next tour guide to see it!
When France handed over the Louisiana territory to Spain to prevent the English from getting it, they sent governors, etc. up from the Carribean, *who described themselves* as "criollos", referring to having been born in the colonies. The French descendants living in New Orleans said, "Hey, me too. I was born in the colonies." Because Creole simply translates to "born here in the colony", there are many mixtures of Creole: French, Spanish, French/Spanish, African, African/French, and so on.
N.O. is NOT and NEVER has been a Cajun city! It's Creole. Cajuns live west of here. This city was settled by the French. The brothers LeMoyne (Iberville and Bienville)were French Dukes and settled this French aristocratic area. Cajuns were not permitted here because they were considered peasants. Creole was a slang word used by the slaves, meaning "European Blood or White Blood". That's why white and black folks are considered "Creole". We are not Cajun!!! Pass that on.
Cajun is absolutely not a mix of French and Spanish. It's the language of the Acadiens whom were deported from Quebec/New Brunswick/Maine to Louisiana by the Brits. Many people still speak it in LA and it's perfectly understandable to anyone who speaks French. It's a frozen in time version of what French-American might have sounded like 400 years ago.
BTW: on the tape, we hear people speak Spanish and English. Not Cajun or French.
That could be because we had Spanish people here too, and maybe they blended thier languages, and maybe that became Cajun???? Here's the real kicker, MOST of us speak ONLY ENGLISH!!!! WOW FREAKY!!!!!
why rebuild? because those are people's homes down there. all their memories are there; where they graduated high school, where they were born or where their grandparents are buried. it's really hard to get rid of all of that. besides, most of the people doing the rebuilding are doing it not with aid of "TAX MONEY", but with their own money or the money they got from their insurance company.
how can some of you people say that about my great city.We were the one city that hadnt sold out our culture. I miss those old lazy afternoons uptown chilling on my porch and smoking a bowl with my friends. so for all you fucking right wing, real culture hating, racist assholes i got one thing to say fuck you! I know people who lost everything, shits been so complicated since then too. for all of the patrons who have respect for the city thank you and your welcome anytime.
Captures some of the good attributes of the city. Much needed with all of the negative that has been said about New Orleans in the last couple of years.
people come to new orleans to get away & enjoy the food & culture not to smell the streets kd!So i guess we should stop future visitors from smoking & drinking in the quarter, NOT.
The British empire deported a lot of french-speaking people from Acadia (Canada) to New Orlean to still their lands and get rid of frenches. THat's what's french with New Orlean
a long time ago the colony that would later be the downtown area of NO was divided into two sections: the french side and the spanish side. there was a line down the middle where they were going to build a canal, never did though. That line is now known as Canal St. if you ever go there. The culture of each side influenced their architecture. therefore, if you go on one side of Canal, it's spanish looking and if you go on the other side, it's french, hence where the French Quater is located.
Canal street used to divide the Creoles (mainly French, Spanish)from the then newly arrived Americans. The Americans developed and controlled (even had their own city government) the Uptown section of New Orleans and the Creoles controlled Downtown (The French Quarter).
The architecture of the French Quarter is actually Spanish architecture. The original 'French' Quarter had burned down right at the time the Spanish took over New Orleans.
The Quarter is where all the money and Police protection go so of course they feel safe. Do not judge the city by that little 6 X 6 block area of partying real estate. The REALITY is that "tourists" better not take their drunk partying butts outside that protected area. The odds of being sent home in a body bag increase exponentially upon entering the real New Orleans. But come on down to the FQ and party, pee/defacate in the streets and have a Hurricane. Ya'll come back now ... !
I have to agree. The french quarter is a awsome place, I've never felt threatened there and every1 seems real relaxed and layed back. Great fun and alot of fun people.
not really. Chicago's buildings are newer and there are more major retailers there. New Orleans is more about Old World charm and small specialty shops and locally owned businesses. The downtown area is divided into two sections- the french side, ie. the french quarter and artsy places...; and the spanish side, although not as popular, it still has some good restauraunts but is more business oriented.
i live in new orleans, and this is nothing but a few positives that he is showing in the video
the french quarter is probably honestly one of the most dangerous places to be in all of the united states. its so horribly congested with crime, its pretty much insane to go out by after 7:00 at night
that's just not true. the french quarter isn't even close to the top 10 most dangerous places to be in New Orleans, much less the entire united states. I routinely walk around there from 8pm-1am and never have I felt threatened.
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me too angelus snow
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HJDNYCD 5 months ago
I want to make New Orleans my home
AngelusSnow 6 months ago
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mwillblade 6 months ago
How could 489 people POSSIBLY dislike this?!
britneyspears24769 10 months ago
I spent New Years Eve there on 2009-10. Never seen anything like it before. It was crazy! It's no wonder this place was spared from the hurricane. These people know how to party.
ryanmshepard92 11 months ago
Heheh those silver cowboys are always there
tristan01101 11 months ago
that bird in the beiging always stalks me every time i go to the french quater and i know its the same bird because i had a open sharpie in my had and i accidentaly dropped it on the bird and it left a mark and now it wont leave me alone!!
madison9810 1 year ago
@madison9810 Lol that's incredible and funny.
FalconBoxe 3 months ago
Ah I'm so glad to call this wonderful place my home!
babybecca504 1 year ago 2
Wonderful city! I grew up in South Mississippi which is very close. I'm more of an Uptown guy because its less tourists. But the Quarter is the most unique place in America.
ghostofjackie 1 year ago
NIce video :)
LifeInTheFrenchQtr 1 year ago
i Love New Orleans!!!!!! very unique city. Vive la france et vive la nouvelle orleans!!!!
ANTHONY212008 2 years ago 8
FIVE STARS !!! I love how they have people just sitting out all over playing music at home... in New Orleans !!!
NewOrleansWoman 2 years ago
I have picture with the silver cowboy to the left lol.
JussicaS 2 years ago
I think if New Orleans was as big as New York city, it would be just as popular because there is just as much culture in New Orleans
tswagg504 2 years ago
I miss my home.... way down yonder in New Orleans...
NewOrleansWoman 2 years ago 6
Me too, I moved away when I was six.
I remember it so well.
JussicaS 2 years ago
I like this - this was a nice slice of life type of thing. Thank you for posting.
kellingc 2 years ago
I was born and raised in Louisiana went there like every weekend.
JussicaS 2 years ago
There's no other city like it in this country. After soaking up the atmosphere in the French Quarter I love riding the streetcar into the Garden District.
sanso66 2 years ago 2
i love new orleans
and louisiana
imurgodsgod 2 years ago
Poor old French Quarter; bygone times, bygone music for tourists only!
luckyowl249 2 years ago
I'm a creole but from the island of "La Reunion" in the Indian Ocean. The french Quarter reminds me my Birthplace !! C'est Magnifique !
gipcambero 2 years ago
i used to live there. it's like based on this french thing long ago. i love the old houses that are there they are so elegant, and you feel like you're in the past. i don't like going to french quarter because i'm afraid that a big party like mardi gras will be going on and someone shoots in the crowd.
secretmoongirl 2 years ago
going there on the 27th !!!!!!!!!
jerseyman34 2 years ago
gowsh new orleans is so beautiful! okay. lets have a poll. with your comments pu this: for the best place in new orleans is: cafe du monde-111
french market shopping. (ahh im in heaven!) -222
algeiers-333
st. louis cathedral- ddd!
haha! i am gonna put 111!!!!
fireisblinding 2 years ago
To snowperson: Anyone who thinks that EVERYBODY in New Orleans should have gotten out before an impending storm has an IQ in decimal points. What about the elderly and infirmed, ( nursing homes and hospitals), Incarcerated, people with NO transportation at all, etc,etc. If everybody could have left,those elderly nursing home patients wouldn't have been left behind to die you moron !
nola305 2 years ago
The French Quarter is the best place to have a date in the city imo...there are so many different places to go, and all on foot.
tswagg504 3 years ago
what about the other side of New Orleans?
JustBecauz 3 years ago
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combine114 3 years ago
well..actually...the french quarter is fun..but a tad touristy..PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FROM THERE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS..EVEN THE GHETTO ONES...HAVE A CERTAIN FLAVOR...although poor, these neighborhoods were the few neighborhoods in THE UNITED STATES THAT WERE SINCERELY BOHEMIAN...and NOT FAKE BOHEMIAN LIKE IN NEW YORK OR D.C. New York has lost its true bohemians to a WHOLE BUNCH OF WANNABE YUPPIES..
emergencyexit16 3 years ago
I looked up what Bohemian meant..and yes, Marigny is that type of Neighborhood.
tswagg504 2 years ago
I been there. Some creep dressed up and dyed like a devil aggravated me a little. A bit more, I would have broke his jaw.(to start with) What was he after? Where I live, they commit these guys or sign them up for a road trip.
Danieljs54 3 years ago
videos give it no justice. you HAVE to GO to the great city and really experience it for yourself. living 30 minutes away, i frequently visit the wonderful new orleans! GO SAINTS!
amazingracie8808 3 years ago
I love the quarter, but my god,,, if I could have back half the money I spent in that place I'd be a wealthy man! lol
robfranzen 3 years ago
vive la france et vive la nouvelle orléans
Patrio25 3 years ago
im in hotel prevential right now, its kewl i guess, but all them dumb physcics and gysi type ppl are ridiculous
DC10FlyBy 3 years ago
I've never been to NO, but boy do I want to go.
lunaangel56 3 years ago
"I had a dream about New Orleans
At Jackson Square I heard their prayer
Down in New Orleans"
Lovely place - I want to go back.
chrisb1953 3 years ago
Yeah it's a real cool place.
jaman76 3 years ago
i MISS new orleans!!!!!
MissNita1984 3 years ago
I have been there on Mardi Gras, I still have gotten a porcelain mask I bought there. I think I paid $12 for it, I loved it! I remember I went to Audubon (I don't know how to spell it) Aquarium, and I had a ride in a horse! Yay! lol it was before the hurricane.
lizmc18 4 years ago
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans - boy do I ever!
thanks!!!
siouxlandrenwench 4 years ago
lol you know the black dude kevin powell the one who does the pastel pictures im good friends with him hes cool as hell lol i see him every weekend if you get the chance let him draw you
CreativeCold 4 years ago
just came back from holidays in new orleans..can't stay still!.. i swear i've left something there. must have..
kayoskidi 4 years ago
you didn't leave nothing here. Only crap. that's all
BOBMAN1980 4 years ago
yeah, sure, crap too. probably loads of it, if it bothers you that much.will come back to leave some more. and we'll both be happy: you whining, and I missing. My something and crap
kayoskidi 4 years ago
Then come on back, tough guy. You don't know this town.
BOBMAN1980 4 years ago
i live like 1 hour away from there thats just a normall day u should go to frenckquater fest or friday nights on bourbon!! fun
zaneman900 4 years ago
Wow.. thank you so much for this video. It brings back some great memories of my holiday there back in '05. I remember carol singing in the square. Jackson Square, is it called? I also have some great shots of the church at 1:49. I swear the saxophone guy was there when I went.. I'll look at some of my pictures later.
Did you get any footage of the Garden District? That's a beautiful place.
Thanks again for this video!
msp880 4 years ago
Correction: I went in '04.
'05 was the storm, right?
msp880 4 years ago
Quel est si spécial de Nouvelle-orléans ? ??? je ne vois pas n'importe quel autrement que le meurtre et le gouvernement de ville raté. J'ai entendu parler premièrement de Nouvelle-orléans après cette inondation ou quoi que c'était et je ne pourrais pas imaginer de gens morts voyant flottant dans une ville riche.
EmileGazy 4 years ago
Quiet, Frenchie. They ought to call it the Spanish Quarter. Napolean dumped it on them, and they built most of the beautiful existing buildings.
gopman64 4 years ago
Wrong. Napoleon sold Lousiana to the newly form USA, who never paid it entirely as the First Empire was collapsing, along with this famous sentence :
"Qui peut bien vouloir se soucier de quelques arpents de marigots ..."
If only he had known better, France would have oil stocks today :p
claventin 4 years ago
One fact that most New Orlenians don't know is the architecture isn't French, it's spanish. When the Spanish gave it up, the French inherited everything, lock, stock and barrel.
nola305 2 years ago
WHAT?? LOL I'm afraid it's YOU that is wrong...the architecture is not Spanish, nor purely French. It's called Creole architecture, which is a blend of French, Spanish and Carribean. In fact, more than 2/3 of the French Quarter was built after the Louisiana Purchase...and not ONE Spanish architect is listed as being in New Orleans at that time! The architects were primarily French with some Americans.
shreve99 2 years ago
And the cast iron balconies? Sorry...they're not Spanish either. They were added in the mid 1800's after the Baronness de Pontalba built her apartments with cast iron balconies...which were inspired by the Palais Royal and the Place des Vosges in PARIS! And the Spanish didn't "give it up"...Louisiana was basically on loan to the Spanish by the French in the first place...the French simply took it back! Anything else you want to teach this New Orleanian??
shreve99 2 years ago
Wrong gopman...most of the buildings in the French Quarter today were built after the Louisiana Purchase...primarily by FRENCH architects! Check the dates on them...and look up the architects that built them. The buildings that WERE built during the Spanish era weren't even purely Spanish! In New Orleans it's called "Creole" architecture...a blend of French, Spanish and Carribbean! There's actually very little Spanish influence in the Quarter at all! Remember, the PEOPLE were FRENCH!
shreve99 2 years ago 2
I lived in the Quarter 1999-2004, very nice video. Captures the place well.
gopman64 4 years ago
The city was so great... now it's in ruin and has more drugs and crime then ever before.
LegoStevo 4 years ago
Dire qu'a une époque lointaine la Nouvelle-France s'étendait du Québec a la Louisiane.
BriseferQC 4 years ago
nostalgie :(
ptitjohny 4 years ago
Désolé de vous le dire les gars mes ça ne ressemble vraiment pas à la France ce quartier et je m'y connais !ya des voitures et plus de chevaux depuis longtemps ! lol !
ToDayIsGonnaBeTheDay 4 years ago
wow i love new orleans and this is a very good video... it captures the art and beauty of the french quarter amazingly...
piratexlover303 4 years ago
BOOOOOORING
currysteph 4 years ago
im from new orleans i miss it there so much its so pretty GO SAINTS!!!!
LSU4LIFE44 4 years ago
Blah Blah Blah you liberate a bar and a field or two and think your heroes. Grow up and stick to being good chefs. you are the gay in Gay Paris
saddamsalaugh 4 years ago
lol learn history
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
Watch this: youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=jlHStv9NTCk
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
The more I read of Geoff the more I dislke him. We lost thousands of men for ignorant peasants like him. French not even in NATO ... F888 them
saddamsalaugh 4 years ago
So, in WW2, in the french resistance that liberated alone Alpes (Vercors) before allies arrive and the African french invaded a great part of Italy and south of france ( Marseille, Toulon) in 1944.
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
Geoff from Paris if it wasnt for us English you would be speaking German. And you can say it was the yanks that liberated you but we got them involved to save Europe and paid them. French are cowards
saddamsalaugh 4 years ago
ahahah it was the only time in 2000 years, we were invaded (but the african and asian french empire was not invade). Stupid english, french are cowards? 2 000 000 of died in the WW1, 6 millions of young people fighting! We resisted alone against 3 great powers of Europe for a year before you arrive.
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
nicely done...simple...classic.
pinkquake 4 years ago
So, UK has never invaded France for 1000 years of wars but we do ( William the conqueror, 1066). The englishs never say the truth about history. It was easy for them to defend their island against one ennemy. In the middle of Europe, France was attacked by all the west european powers. English can keep their queen, we prefer our democracy.
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
Orleans in France is the symbol of the resistance against the englishs that tried to invade us during the war of 100 years but they were beaten in Orléans by a woman sent by god: Joan of Arc. She saw her mother killed and violated by a bunch of english soldiers. The tactif of the british: burn cities and humiliate peoples
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
French Louisiana was a gift of Napoleon, a big gift!
GeoffreyfromParis 4 years ago
Indeed it was...and we thank him for it! We in Louisiana are very proud of our French heritage! Vive la France et vive la Louisiane! Vous doyez nous visiter cher!
shreve99 2 years ago 2
Looks like Montreal ;)
Katlebz 4 years ago
i was just there on a hurricane relief trip and i saw a lot of the things in your video including the jazz band. they were amazing. great video
harlequingrl2 4 years ago
While participating in the relief effort I stole a deep fryer from a submerged restaurant so I could deep-fry some MREs.... anyway...
So if you own an eating establishment in New Orleans and your deep fryer went missing it's in the National Guard warehouse outside of town.
And it's broken.
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88guilly88 4 years ago
Nice Video
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pamspeaks 4 years ago
yeah
nouari69 4 years ago
I think France should invade the USA! :)
tite26 4 years ago
i think france would get their ass kicked too. If it wasnt for us you'd be speaking german faggot.
andrew197553 4 years ago
But then will Americans go on vacation?
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fudatask 4 years ago
why would u do that?
blackfootnawaho 4 years ago
Glad to see the place look alive again I was there for a year post Katrina working with the Relief effort. It was a very depressing place to be
kyluv5994 4 years ago
Wow,you were there working on the Relief effort? That must've been quite an experience! Good for you, doing your bit to help out at such a dismal time. I hope the people of New Orleans appreciate your efforts.
hoktak 4 years ago
i was there all of spring break helping gut houses so they could be re done
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calikeef 4 years ago
The Acadiens were driven out of what is now Nova Scotia - not Quebec, New Brunswick and Maine. In fact, many fled to New Brunswick and Quebec in order to avoid capture (or death) by the British. Alas, the British eventually took over those areas as well.
MaeNotEast 4 years ago
Yeah.
sevennation678 4 years ago
nice :)
secosse 4 years ago
Pretty much no one speaks Cajun, I'm not saying there are no speakers left, but it's just old people since the kids weren't allowed to speak it in school and other places because of a law a long time ago, which has been lifted now.
sevennation678 4 years ago
The French Quarter isn't so great. It smells like beer and pee and all there is left of bourbon street (once a culturally filled street) and alot of the other streets are bars and stripclubs.
sevennation678 4 years ago
new orleans is just about the coolest city i know i can't think of anywhere else that can compare to the sight of new orleans
fattychicken337 4 years ago
c koi cette merde mon cul jsuis francais mais la dans cette video 2 merde jai pas vu un vrai francai¨s....vous etes vraiment le pire du as...la honte...la hooooooonte!!!!!!!
asken2502 4 years ago
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asteroidman 4 years ago
.....this shows a 2 block area around jackson square...where most locals go to make money from tourist ...then they go home....but you all keep thinking that...it give us a good laugh when we see yall sweating buckets while in aw about how hot it is in the middle of May...it really is the greatest city in the US with the greatest people in the world...NOLA BABY!!!!
seafloamgreen03 4 years ago
yea New Orleans,10-15 years ago new orleans-especially f-quarter was amazing,i was feeling like im in Marseille,atmosphere was "mediterranean",but now i dont wanna visit N.Orleans anymore,i heard its ghastly and sad...good old orleans
Centurion86 4 years ago
Iberville and Bienville French Canadian brothers founded the city in 1718 which was reserved for French speaking settlers and their African slaves. The French called it the Vieux Carre meaning Old Square; the one mile square area was later called the French Quarter by the Americans who were forced to settle across Canal St. upon their arrival in the 1800's.
brazilwanttobe 4 years ago
2-4 blocks from da French quarter you might get dat head busted up in dat iberville.. Born in rasied in New orleans. Ima mix of Black Indian and french
RepMy504ward 4 years ago 2
Wow!!
I'm french and I wish I could come one day there!!
So great!
And some of the places are like old towns in France!!... Buildings,
A-MA-ZING!
Sayou2207 4 years ago
Did you know that New Orleans is the only city in America that requires anyone wanting to be a legitimate tour guide to take a class on city history, pass a test, and carry a membership card? Ask your next tour guide to see it!
kfdrew 4 years ago
When France handed over the Louisiana territory to Spain to prevent the English from getting it, they sent governors, etc. up from the Carribean, *who described themselves* as "criollos", referring to having been born in the colonies. The French descendants living in New Orleans said, "Hey, me too. I was born in the colonies." Because Creole simply translates to "born here in the colony", there are many mixtures of Creole: French, Spanish, French/Spanish, African, African/French, and so on.
kfdrew 4 years ago
Thanks !
DVincentW 4 years ago
N.O. is NOT and NEVER has been a Cajun city! It's Creole. Cajuns live west of here. This city was settled by the French. The brothers LeMoyne (Iberville and Bienville)were French Dukes and settled this French aristocratic area. Cajuns were not permitted here because they were considered peasants. Creole was a slang word used by the slaves, meaning "European Blood or White Blood". That's why white and black folks are considered "Creole". We are not Cajun!!! Pass that on.
svtpilot 4 years ago
Cajun is absolutely not a mix of French and Spanish. It's the language of the Acadiens whom were deported from Quebec/New Brunswick/Maine to Louisiana by the Brits. Many people still speak it in LA and it's perfectly understandable to anyone who speaks French. It's a frozen in time version of what French-American might have sounded like 400 years ago.
BTW: on the tape, we hear people speak Spanish and English. Not Cajun or French.
YLHB 4 years ago
That could be because we had Spanish people here too, and maybe they blended thier languages, and maybe that became Cajun???? Here's the real kicker, MOST of us speak ONLY ENGLISH!!!! WOW FREAKY!!!!!
geetrzan 4 years ago
It didn't blend w/ spanish. It's another just dialect of french.
sevennation678 4 years ago
What is happening with the Brad Pitt rebuilding project for NO?
lindapittsburgh 4 years ago
I love this city SO much...thank you
PerezLover 4 years ago
thanks.. i have been away from new orleans for cple of months now.. miss it !
sujeet2k 4 years ago
home...
ellecrie 4 years ago
Pretty cool but the thing I didn't like was that 95% of the video was filmed only in Jackson Square.
ram83160 4 years ago
I sooo love my city!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cuteness504 4 years ago
man i love my home :-)
MrPyro321 4 years ago
when we evacuated, we didn't ask for a damn thing. so shut your mouth
amberlikesmovies 4 years ago
you're so funny, aren't you.
amberlikesmovies 4 years ago
why rebuild? because those are people's homes down there. all their memories are there; where they graduated high school, where they were born or where their grandparents are buried. it's really hard to get rid of all of that. besides, most of the people doing the rebuilding are doing it not with aid of "TAX MONEY", but with their own money or the money they got from their insurance company.
amberlikesmovies 4 years ago
Nice Video ! But...? we don't live like that in France :P ! Nice Song too ! Jazzyyyy Babyyyyy
anmeyna 4 years ago
who is that?
jefferyalbergo 4 years ago
That's my hometown ... yeahhhhh, mas qui! :) Lassiez bon temps a roullier!
rbigelo 4 years ago
how can some of you people say that about my great city.We were the one city that hadnt sold out our culture. I miss those old lazy afternoons uptown chilling on my porch and smoking a bowl with my friends. so for all you fucking right wing, real culture hating, racist assholes i got one thing to say fuck you! I know people who lost everything, shits been so complicated since then too. for all of the patrons who have respect for the city thank you and your welcome anytime.
hazyspazy311 4 years ago
see this is what makes me mad...all the clueless people commenting the video.
its a shame they dont teach yall this stuff in school
by the way its a great video :)
sarah29683 4 years ago
i love this place
wihro 4 years ago
FRANCE je t'aime ...
TROUCHE 4 years ago
come on people! culture is just a clic away on the web and you dare asking "why is it called french quarter?"!
it's called this way because Louisiana (much bigger than today's Louisiana) used to be french, called this way in honor of king Louis XIV.
New Orleans was named after the french city of Orleans.
in 1803, Napoleon sold Louisiana to the USA.
Traip 4 years ago
You skipped Spanish rule and why most of the French Quarter's architecture is Spanish.
sevennation678 4 years ago
the quarter doesnt smell anymore they clean it like 3 times a day now.
youfoundmyshoe88 4 years ago
Captures some of the good attributes of the city. Much needed with all of the negative that has been said about New Orleans in the last couple of years.
tcobia 4 years ago
the streets there smell of beer and cigarettes. what a filthy place
kdcbd867 4 years ago
i know isnt it awesome!
curlyasshairs9000 4 years ago
people come to new orleans to get away & enjoy the food & culture not to smell the streets kd!So i guess we should stop future visitors from smoking & drinking in the quarter, NOT.
autotim564 4 years ago
The British empire deported a lot of french-speaking people from Acadia (Canada) to New Orlean to still their lands and get rid of frenches. THat's what's french with New Orlean
slimcriss 4 years ago
Well, with such a name as New Orleans, there has to be something French in the city!!
PLF1977 4 years ago
I wonder why it's called "French" quarter. What's French in it?
schlagerhansi 4 years ago
cauz there were French colonies in the US in the 18th century. Louisiana belonged to France but was then sold.
LaTheorie 4 years ago
a long time ago the colony that would later be the downtown area of NO was divided into two sections: the french side and the spanish side. there was a line down the middle where they were going to build a canal, never did though. That line is now known as Canal St. if you ever go there. The culture of each side influenced their architecture. therefore, if you go on one side of Canal, it's spanish looking and if you go on the other side, it's french, hence where the French Quater is located.
amberlikesmovies 4 years ago
Canal street used to divide the Creoles (mainly French, Spanish)from the then newly arrived Americans. The Americans developed and controlled (even had their own city government) the Uptown section of New Orleans and the Creoles controlled Downtown (The French Quarter).
The architecture of the French Quarter is actually Spanish architecture. The original 'French' Quarter had burned down right at the time the Spanish took over New Orleans.
jimjim 4 years ago
ça change de new york
dedasto 4 years ago
nice
likeor 4 years ago
I love the quarter... This is so like, "candid" in a way
HydroHamster 4 years ago
The Quarter is where all the money and Police protection go so of course they feel safe. Do not judge the city by that little 6 X 6 block area of partying real estate. The REALITY is that "tourists" better not take their drunk partying butts outside that protected area. The odds of being sent home in a body bag increase exponentially upon entering the real New Orleans. But come on down to the FQ and party, pee/defacate in the streets and have a Hurricane. Ya'll come back now ... !
ShaggaKhan 4 years ago
this place looks awesome
youb72 4 years ago
thats my home
robnrnbrgr75 4 years ago
Screw all you damn people who hate New Orleans. I live right outside N.O. in St. Bernard Parish. The Frebch Quater is sweet!
DetectiveConanFan 4 years ago
I have to agree. The french quarter is a awsome place, I've never felt threatened there and every1 seems real relaxed and layed back. Great fun and alot of fun people.
IceKnight9110 4 years ago
yea coming from someone who also lives in NO, beautiful place and a few positives, but I hate New Orleans, I miss Los Angeles, and Seoul DDD:
xxkristard 4 years ago
Pretty Cool!
ExclusiveLook 4 years ago
Is that like Downtown here in Chicago, or New York City?
JohnnyStorm2006 4 years ago
not really. Chicago's buildings are newer and there are more major retailers there. New Orleans is more about Old World charm and small specialty shops and locally owned businesses. The downtown area is divided into two sections- the french side, ie. the french quarter and artsy places...; and the spanish side, although not as popular, it still has some good restauraunts but is more business oriented.
amberlikesmovies 4 years ago
Awilo
rabertholon 4 years ago
i live in new orleans, and this is nothing but a few positives that he is showing in the video
the french quarter is probably honestly one of the most dangerous places to be in all of the united states. its so horribly congested with crime, its pretty much insane to go out by after 7:00 at night
i still love this placec, though
lawlz01 4 years ago
that's just not true. the french quarter isn't even close to the top 10 most dangerous places to be in New Orleans, much less the entire united states. I routinely walk around there from 8pm-1am and never have I felt threatened.
sovietjugernaut 4 years ago
thats my kinda place!
coolfrenchguy 4 years ago
your place really suck!
Melisky 4 years ago
Viva New Oreleans! and fuck the republicans who hate it
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Gibbi22 4 years ago
Did you make this video before or after Katrina?
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blizefy 4 years ago
reminds me of San Francisco, except more Jazzy
Faleene 4 years ago
Magnifique quartier que ce quartier français. Wonderful
Ja2zy 4 years ago
Tout a fait d'accord avec toi !
Alexvideoclip 4 years ago
devil, it's full of fat and/or junky people and this jazzy music is all but french (yet pleasant)... so "french" quarter, haha...
any civilized being woud go in such shantytown.
I hope the sea will submerge the old town and erase this pain in the future...
Morlain 4 years ago