Living in New Orleans

I was discussing with a friend the other day what it means to live in New Orleans. Here’s what I’ve discerned so far. It’s a more relaxed way of life. People take hour and a half lunch breaks, there are to-go boxes at church socials and, the cops don’t care if you want to take you drink outside a bar onto the street. The city is very multicultural but is made up of people you seldom see elsewhere. The Quarter has a lot of Creole influence, down toward Houma you’ll see more of a Cajun vibe and St Bernard’s Parish has the highest concentration of Canary Islander’s in the U.S. Food is sacred here. Most places food is just something to eat except on special occasions when it really counts for something. In Kansas City this would be barbecue, In Oklahoma it would be the perfect steak. Everything else is just something to eat. Here everyone talks about what they ate, what they’re going to eat, who has the best, the last time they ate there, how they make it at home, etc, etc. Again it does exist in other places; only here in NOLA it is not a special occasion it is Theophagy.