New Orleans

Verizon Wireless chose New Orleans as the destination for a business meeting about staffing. Verizon Wireless chose to go to New Orleans so they could be good "corporate citizens" and bring some business to the city. They told us to spend our personal dollars on T-shirts and trinkets to help the economy. I was invited to attend along with 2 others from our Call Center. What a trip. The conference was great and learned a lot.

The hotel we were in was old, but had lots of character. Rooms were big with high ceilings. When we checked out, they just kept saying "Thank you for coming, you don't know how much it means."

If we went out the side door of the lobby of our hotel, and walked 1/2 block you would run into Bourbon St. The first night we got there was the first home game in the newly refinished football stadium in New Orleans. The town was HOPPIN! Needless to say, so was Bourbon St. It was just fun to be there and feel their excitement.

There was an interesting group of us who "hung-out" together. Myself, the two others from SLC, two from Denver and one from Northern California.

We ate some dang good food. For dinner the first night of the meeting, the Company arranged a 3 hour trip down the Mississippi River and served dinner along the way.

I really couldn't tell if the French Quarter was just very run down with lots of shops closed, or if it was a result of the hurricane. I didn't see any damage, but a few windows were boarded up.

Here are some pictures of our adventure. Enjoy! P.S. I wouldn't recommend the French Quarter as a family destination point.


This is a patio from my hotel room.


Guess where?