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We had room keys for all of our hostels so we basically just trusted the other 1 or 2 people that might also be staying in the room. The two places we stayed with 10 people in a room had locked drawers though. No one is gonna steal clothes so just take your ipod or whatever with you if its small. We booked way in advance but we noticed lots of kids booking their stuff the night before. Personally, I prefer to know where I'm staying in advance haha.

In Florence, I stayed at the Eurostudent home. It was a cool location but kind of weird living arrangements as everyone was sleeping right next to each other. It's good for a night or two if you're not staying in Florence long. It has crappy ratings but it wasn't terrible and there was free food certain nights/days. http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Eurostudent-home/Florence/ In Rome, I stayed at the Freedom Traveller. This was my favorite hostel in Italy and it was set up like a hotel only with shared bathrooms. They also had free pizza and beer on Tuesdays and they gave us free wine when we checked in. http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Freedom-Traveller/Rome. It's right next to the train station too. I can't remember Venice

hostelworld.com is the best. Ill see if I can remember the names of the 3 hostels I statyed at in Florence, Venice and Rome.

I'm graduating on saturday. Drew Brees is my speaker and I can't wait.

It's a shame that Vinny Del Negro had to go out the way he did. I don't think he should have been hired in the first place but he had 2 great seasons/post seasons with a mediocre team and it didn't help that the team lost Gordon and replaced him with nothing. I doubt any coach is going to do much better if they don't make major off season roster changes (lebron, wade bosh), especially if the coach ends up being Byron Scott.

BOMB Fest is coming to Durham, CT on May 30 and it has been really under promoted. It's $50 and it has some pretty good acts. www.bombfest.com Lupe Fiasco Of Montreal Brand New Girl Talk Mute Math Ra Ra Riot Jay Electronica The Cool Kids I go to school with the kid that started it and he's bringing up some really good local New Orleans acts including Quintron & Miss Pussycat. If you're in the Northeast, definitely check this out.

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I mentioned earlier that I was shooting the Hornets home games. I posted my 20 favorite photos of the season if anyone wants to check them out www.itakebandphotos.com

I have a Canon 50D and a Canon 70-200 2.8 IS

Their story was kind of weak. If I'm looking for fresh, organic and local food, I'm not going to buy frozen pre packaged whole foods brand vegetables.

She pulled the pie out of her purse. Still doesn't explain why she had it though. I went out and bought 2 pies and some bluebell ice cream for desert last night haha. Pretty sure I saw some coconut at the walgreens on claiborne and napoleon too. im only into apple though.

I was thinking of going but the line up kind of sucks. Only bands I really wana see are Yeasayer and Javelin

Paul Wall?

I've heard of it, but yet to try it. Isn't it by Dauphine/Piety or something? It's on N. Rampart just past the Saturn Bar. It's only open sunday's but it's the second best pizza in town next to Slice. http://pizzadelicious.blogspot.com/

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I wanted to go to this but I gotta shoot March Madness all day. I probably would have just drank NOLA beer all day anyways. btw Drabley, do you know about Pizza Delicious in the bywater?

iron rail is good for metal/punk, domino sound record shack in mid city has a good selection of different stuff

This show is part of BOMB Fest. There's another date with only Brass Bands at the Wolf but I think there will also be one or two more shows. The whole thing is a mess but here is their twitter for updates. http://twitter.com/BOMBfest

I believe Mark Twain once said “In America there is New York, New Orleans and San Francisco. Everywhere else is just Cleveland.” I'd put Chicago in that list though.

LOL OK. This city has more culture and history than 95% of this country...and I've been to A LOT of places.

mmm definitely is the best city in America. I love this place.

Darren Collison jumped over me but no full contact yet. There have been a few close calls though.

It's just an intern thing. I shoot some other sports but mostly Hornets.

If anyone cares, I've been shooting the Hornets home games since December. I have an archive you can all check out here http://tinyurl.com/ybx8swp I post the photos the night of the game. The first ones are iffy since this is my first time shooting basketball but I really like my last 5 games or so, including tonight. All photos belong to NewOrleans.com where you can also find galleries at http://tinyurl.com/yemszh5 I wish I didn't miss the first 12 or so games but I've got an all season pass

As a Hornets fan, I would have worn this a lot in the 2007-2008 season.