You Can’t Fake It
Saturday, November 1st, 2008You can’t fake credibility. Don’t even try. Never assume anything. Always do your research. Failure to do so will result in embarrassment.
I received a pitch for a book when I lived in New Orleans. The PR person was trying to relate by finding unique New Orleans experiences. They wrote: “..like having dinner at Cafe Du Monde, strolling down Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras Day, and listening to the music of Keith Fountain.”
The closest they ever got to The Big Easy was putting their finger on a map.
Cafe Du Monde sells only two items: coffee and beignets . You want dinner? Go stand in line at K-Pauls.
On Mardi Gras day, Bourbon Street, as well as Royal, Dauphine, St. Ann, and all the other streets in the French Quarter are jammed with Fat Tuesday celebrations. You don’t stroll; you don’t walk. You are swept along with or against your will.
Finally, as Don Ho was to Hawaii, as Wayne Newton is to Vegas, New Orleans would not swing without the jazz clarinet of PETE Fountain. And if that’s the only things you can find, then you’ve missed
Gumbo… The Neville Brothers … Bunny Matthews … Blaine Kern … Where y’at … Soft Shell Crab Po Boys … The Napoleon House … Neutral Ground … the Harvey Tunnel … Fat City. And more. Lots LOTS more.
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