LOL!
Yup, Nu Olaans, quite a place. As much as I love music, it was awesome....not just in the 'joints' but musicians often assemble in the street, start jammin' and more join in. Before long there are whole groups of players all incredibly in complete harmony just makin it up as they go.
Remember we were there in the rig, right by the levee, the fishing boats would dock, and you got buckets full of shrimp etc. and just lit up the BBQ.
With knives, Barateria, where Jean Lafitte was 'king' (his place still there) in late 18th into 19th, was named for knife fighting. Jim and Rezin Bowie learned knife fighting there, and likely with knives of this size but based on the Meditteranean knives used by sailors from Spain, Italy and France.
At night, Bourbon Street becomes lively and jubilant, rather than bustling as during the day, and while there seems a threatening darkness, it is mostly indiscernible in all the excitement. It really does not seem to have changed much from those days in the past centuries.
A lotta fun, but ya gotta always 'check your six'
Oh, and mosquitos?? here in Texas they have navigation lights on the wings!!