Jazzfest Day One

First Day in New Orleans. 
Went to dinner at Cochon Restaurant.  Had some real high quality cajun cooking.  I found the chairs uncomfortable and the atmosphere sterile.  However, when the food arrive my opinions changed and I fell in love with this place.

After dinner, Miss Donna took my on a tour of the 9th Ward.  It all looked like something from a post-armageddon science ficiton movie.  You know the one where all the people are missing and the lights are off.  I kept looking for the zombies. Signs like these are everywhere:

The empty houses had signs like these.  The numbers indicate the date, the agency that inspected the house and how many dead bodies were found inside.

Uptown and the French quarter are crowded and look no different than I remember, but areas where floods destroyed homes are really desolate even now.  The people have moved away.