Cafe du Monde

[UCVRelics]

And counting how many strands of beads you caught! Sorry! I couldn't resist.

It didn't have to be Mardi Gras to debauch

 

[JohnW.]

There is nothing better after a night of debauchery then beignets and coffee.

I drink to that!!!!

 

[JohnW.]

And counting how many strands of beads you caught! Sorry! I couldn't resist.

Ahhhh.....those lovely beads and how they must be "earned".LOL

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Are you saying you earned those beads.

A lady never tells.

 

[Malingerer]

You must've been really young. Louisiana had a 18 yr old legal drinking age until the mid 80's. If you could reach over a counter you could buy booze.

Yep - 18 in Louisiana and 21 in Mississippi. I, on the other hand was 16 in 1975 when we started driving over to New Orleans in my best friends brown Pinto. Most places never asked to see any ID but some of the tourist places in the French Quarter did - mostly, I suspect, because they didn't want any punk-*** kids in their place.

 

[RobertP]

Yep - 18 in Louisiana and 21 in Mississippi. I, on the other hand was 16 in 1975 when we started driving over to New Orleans in my best friends brown Pinto. Most places never asked to see any ID but some of the tourist places in the French Quarter did - mostly, I suspect, because they didn't want any punk-*** kids in their place.

When growing up in Jackson it was 18 for beer, the State was dry then for booze. I think Hinds Co. voted to go wet about 1970 and package stores opened for liquor sales. Prior to that there were bootleg stores over in Flowood across the Pearl from Jackson. The sheriff in Rankin Co. made a good living through payola.

 

[Malingerer]

When growing up in Jackson it was 18 for beer, the State was dry then for booze. I think Hinds Co. voted to go wet about 1970 and package stores opened for liquor sales. Prior to that there were bootleg stores over in Flowood across the Pearl from Jackson. The sheriff in Rankin Co. made a good living through payola.

LOL. I never knew any that. So it does turn out that the Pearl River figured in both of our lives - our usual spot for beer purchases was gas station on the old Chef Menteur highway just over the Pearl into Louisiana.

 

[nitrofd]

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A lady never tells.

I Guess we will have to check all those "Girls gone Wild "videos.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

The sheriff in Rankin Co. made a good living through payola.

As a native Jacksonian, I remember stories about the infamous "Gold Coast" on the Rankin County side of the Pearl River. You may enjoy these articles:
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/the-gold-coast-of-rankin-county.html

But back to the topic, anytime one's eating beignets at the historic Café du Monde . . . expect to get some powdered sugar (aka confectioners') on themselves.

Night of debauchery or not.

 

[nitrofd]

As a native Jacksonian, I remember stories about the infamous "Gold Coast" on the Rankin County side of the Pearl River. You may enjoy these articles:
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/the-gold-coast-of-rankin-county.html

But back to the topic, anytime one's eating beignets at the historic Café du Monde . . . expect to get some powdered sugar (aka confectioners') on themselves.

Night of debauchery or not.

Walking down Bourbon St. You can always spot who went to the Cafe du Monde.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

expect to get some powdered sugar (aka confectioners') on themselves.

That delicious stuff gets on everything. Never wear black clothing to Café du Monde. It's like a man coming home with lipstick on his collar. There is no denying you've been there.

 

[Southern Unionist]

Louisiana had a 18 yr old legal drinking age until the mid 80's. If you could reach over a counter you could buy booze.

There are laws in the French Quarter?

 

[JohnW.]

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I Guess we will have to check all those "Girls gone Wild "videos.

Now there's a thought...

 

[JohnW.]

There are laws in the French Quarter?

No kiddin????....when did that start????

 

[donna]

Bumping this thread too with the "Big Easy" thread.

 

[nitrofd]

Wish I was there right now,something good to dream about.

 

[donna]

Thought bring this thread back up with Chicory Coffee mentioned in other threads.