Rum Punch
The horrible, horrible former gourmand in me has found this one piece of good news in the Bayou, Brennan’s (they invented Bananas Foster there) is running and feeding the NOPD:
We walk half a block down Royal Street from the Eighth District
headquarters and come upon Brennan’s Restaurant, one of New Orleans’
most venerable dining institutions. The Brennans are a high-profile
family of restaurateurs and run several of the highest-end eateries in
town. Jimmy Brennan and a crew of his relatives are holing up in the
restaurant along with the chef, Lazone Randolph. They are sleeping on
air mattresses, drinking Cheval Blanc, and feasting on the restaurant’s
reserves of haute Creole food.The atmosphere in the French Quarter, while relatively
quiet, is decidedly tense, but Brennan isn’t worried. “We’re not too
concerned. The police let us go over to the Royal Omni, to take a
shower, freshen up, and we cooked them some prime rib. We take care of
them, they take care of us,” says Randolph. Two Brennan emissaries
whisk past, bearing multilayer chocolate cakes, headed toward the
precinct. “This has been working out real well for us,” says Jimmy
Brennan.**
Is anyone else worried that terrorists will take advantage
of our current vulnerability, and pick another American city upon which
to prey?
badxmaru
September 2, 2005 @ 4:30 am
i don’t know if the terrorists can move with such agility
it takes some work to bring all the bomb materials together
not to mention fake the ids
create alibis
learn train schedules
dry runs
besides, i’m sure with the way bush co has been running internal security, they would have hit us already. not like we’re at 100% preparedness at all times.
ToastyKen
September 2, 2005 @ 8:27 am
Nah, the terrorists are probably just gleeful and telling each other God is doing their work for them. 😛
Saheli
September 2, 2005 @ 3:08 pm
I take constant comfort in the fact that terrorists seem to sometimes make themselves dumber in their rage and habitual irrational thinking.