re: bucket list trip

Glad yall are coming down...good choice not to try that walk (you'll understand.when you see it)...the only two hotels I would walk from would be the staybridge on Nicholson and the cook hotel...

There are a couple of places on campus to get souvineers...one is right by the stadium and the other is the student union beside the parade grounds...

Honestly, baton rouge is not really a public transit kind of place, so you may want to rent a car if you want to get off campus at all...

If you want barbecue, try TK ribs, which is full of LSU regalia (like Shaquille's tennis shoes, Pete maravitch's jersey, etc)....

If you want some good, authentic Cajun food try parrain's...that is my lunch time spot when I get into town...

Agree with everyone else about the chimes....great eating and just off campus...

Check out the tiger cage on Friday and get your bearings around campus...on Saturday, watch the players and the band come down victory hill...also try to get into the stadium 45 minutes early to see the entire ore game...