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Posted on 9/7/20 at 11:36 am to toosleaux
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All while being at the epicenter of the world’s highest rates of relative sea level rise.
Literally the only reason it made the list. Wanted to sneak in a climate change blurb.
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 11:38 am
Posted on 9/7/20 at 11:49 am to toosleaux
I went down there for the first time this weekend, don’t plan on going back anytime soon
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:18 pm to TulaneLSU
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Family lore includes a legend of Great, Great, Great Grandmother cooking a meal in their home for Don Jose Llulla, known to them as Sir Pepe. It was the summer of 1887, and Sir Llulla was quite elderly, but he still regaled with tales of bounty and adventure. He was a Teetotal, although he apparently owned bars in New Orleans, which caused a stir at the table.
Friend Tulane LSU, "Pepe" Llull is my 4X great uncle...his sister Francesca is my 3X great grandmother...at that point in his life he was living on Grand Terre (where Fort Livingston is) and was looking at putting some orange groves at Caminada...
What's amusing to my family is that my father worked for Freeport Sulphur Company and was captain of the supply boat that went out to the Grand Isle and Caminada sulphur mines...
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:33 pm to vl100butch
Friend,
The timeline fits perfectly, as that was when they had a house apparently in the middle of the island near the cemetery. They spent summers there to escape Yellow Jack, but did not rebuild after 1888. Speaking of cemeteries, I recall your story about your great uncle owning the St Vincent DePaul cemetery in the upper 9th Ward in the thread about Uptown’s St Vincent dePaul cemetery. What a wonderful and puzzling world it is once we start to see all its pieces.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
The timeline fits perfectly, as that was when they had a house apparently in the middle of the island near the cemetery. They spent summers there to escape Yellow Jack, but did not rebuild after 1888. Speaking of cemeteries, I recall your story about your great uncle owning the St Vincent DePaul cemetery in the upper 9th Ward in the thread about Uptown’s St Vincent dePaul cemetery. What a wonderful and puzzling world it is once we start to see all its pieces.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:42 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Grand Isle was a very posh resort back in the 19th century. Maybe his main impressions come from novels written back then.
I'm guessing that the author has never been to Grand Isle?
Clearly, he's never watched strippers with c section scars fight each other for hundred dollar bills dangling from fishing outriggers, to the delight of howling, drunken masses.
Or maybe he has.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:44 pm to blueboy
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Clearly, he's never watched strippers with c section scars fight each other for hundred dollar bills dangling from fishing outriggers, to the delight of howling, drunken masses.
We used to go to the lingerie shows at Romes when we were like 15. It was mostly Bourbon street strippers with track marks but young me thought that it was awesome
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:44 pm to St Augustine
quote:thisquote:Literally the only reason it made the list. Wanted to sneak in a climate change blurb.
All while being at the epicenter of the world’s highest rates of relative sea level rise
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:47 pm to toosleaux
This list is a sin. Who the frick would go to grand isle before the Bahamas or Glacier park.
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:50 pm to reauxl tigers
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Who would go to grand isle before the Bahamas.
Friend,
I would.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:51 pm to toosleaux
Is this kind of like how you make Who's Who Among American High School Students?
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:52 pm to toosleaux
I mean Washington is beautiful and all but can we also talk about it being #1?
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:54 pm to toosleaux
I have been to seven of these!
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 9/7/20 at 1:02 pm to toosleaux
People from southern Louisiana take Grande Isle for granted. People from the outside realize its beauty.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 1:25 pm to toosleaux
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19. Grand Isle, La.
You my friend are fake news.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 1:36 pm to toosleaux
I am in my 50's. Since I was a teenager there has been talk that Grand Isle will disappear.
It's still there......I still won't go.
It's still there......I still won't go.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 2:27 pm to yaboidarrell
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at Uganda making the list.
Uganda is frickin' amazing. Quite safe as well. If you like the outdoors you would likely love Uganda.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 2:30 pm to KiwiHead
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I am in my 50's. Since I was a teenager there has been talk that Grand Isle will disappear.
It's still there......I still won't go.
I was thinking this is some sort of envirowacko scare list of "disappearing" places you have to see before they do
Posted on 9/7/20 at 2:36 pm to toosleaux
Um, where the hell is Pascagoula?
But seriously I respect a lot of the selections as trying to get people to think outside of the box some more as far as where they travel, but... Grand Isle, Uganda, Tajikistan?
K
But seriously I respect a lot of the selections as trying to get people to think outside of the box some more as far as where they travel, but... Grand Isle, Uganda, Tajikistan?
K
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