"We want our city. And we don't want it to come back like no Disneyland for adults. It was getting that way anyway. We don't want that. Just give us a chance to collect ourselves."
—Wynton Marsalis, as quoted in Rolling Stone
One of the many reasons I never get tired of going to New Orleans is because no matter how many times you visit, you're always going to find something that you've missed. There's never enough time to see all the things you should see, that you need to see.
This time, I wanted to see Pirates Alley, located alongside St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. Later on, I found out that I was standing right in front of the house where William Faulker wrote his first novel … and I didn't even know it.
Even for an all-too-brief afternoon hustling around the Quarter and the French Market, it was worth it. It always is. And I always leave a small part of me there.
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