Tree_Fall

Restaurant startups in Baton Rouge are like every other city, most fail. Galen Iverstine sold frozen meat out coolers on the curb at a farmers market for a long time. His new restaurant success came after he moved in a well-equipped space with only moderately terrible traffic.

First pick a location like Perkins & Siegen, then target a price range ~$50/person. Then focus on a well-prepared Southern-dining menu with some changing specials for variety. Your competition will either be cheap or overpriced alternatives.

The Reveille became irrelevant about the same time that LSU School of Journalism became Mass Comm. The paper and its school are far past the sell-by date.

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Personally I think those effects are way overblown.

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In late 1800's when Duke Tobacco drove the switch to machine-made cigarettes people were calling them "Coffin Nails". When I was a kid and seemly all adults smoked, "Cancer Canes" was the term used by the people puffing away. Street wisdom had it figured right long before medical statistics were compiled.,,,Smok'em if you got'em".

"dinosaur"
I'm in general agreement with you. Anyone faced with a task that requires sorting out a long list of complex instructions will definitely benefit using an AI agent. Even the "no extra cost" offerings like Copilot (MS), Gemini (Google), etc. are capable. Most would like to sell you upgrades. The real issue about the agents is the quality of the materials they are trained on. For example Copilot does a poor job helping you fix Windows 11th problems. MS' online help data used for training is full of contradicts, errors, and omissions. For people concerned about MS versus Apple. The latter is subbing out AI to Google.

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That location seems to be cursed.

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Two Callender's employees were murdered there.

Traffic makes getting in and out of the parking lot difficult, and that little shopping complex has minimal pedestrian traffic.

The food was good...pisco sours sub par.

You should consider Galway. It's not that big of a city and offers a variety of things to do in city and surroundings. It's a university and research center giving it an enjoyable populace. Book a visit to any of the local oyster farms. Tasting is usually included.

Rather than dealing with busloads of tourists at cliffs, book a private tour with Cormac. LINK

At a restaurant I once had a mixed grill of 2/3 lamb chops and 1/3 andouille. The andouille had been cut into 1/2" coins then quartered. The lamb picked up just the right amount of flavor. I do the same with steak, making sure the juices mix.

Interesting bit of history. NBF had no military training, but he wasn't the only general in his family...

Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III was the first American general to be killed in action in the European theater during World War II.

Service & Career: He graduated from West Point in 1928 and was initially commissioned into the cavalry. In 1929, he transferred to the Air Corps and rose rapidly through the ranks.

Death in Action: On June 13, 1943, he was reported missing while leading a bombing raid on German submarine yards at Kiel. His B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Witnesses reported that he stayed at the controls to allow his crew to bail out; the plane exploded before he could exit.

Honors: He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. His remains were found on the German coast in September 1943, and he was eventually reburied in Arlington National Cemetery in 1949.

Not all Confederate NBF's descendants carry the Forrest surname, but I've been told that they have always been welcome at West Point.

Iceland doesn't have bauxite either. They import alumina extracted from bauxite ore, mostly African. That bauxite-alumina step is dirty, just look here in SE La where Jamaican ore is processed. Alumina-aluminum is electric and quite clean...the plants in Iceland are spotless.

Winter limits your options. Chena hot springs is a popular resort near Fairbanks. If you are willing to shift your itenerary take Aurora train Fairbanks to Anchorage. It makes limited runs in winter.

Southside Produce in BR has one freezer unit dedicated to cured meats. The varieties and brands change often. I have seen Rabideaux occasionally. That shop also sells everything they stock wholesale. Give them a try, nice place.

Diamond marketing is the number one number one scam success story. If you feel the urge for something white, sparky and durable stick to moissanite, which is not grossly over marketed, lab grown silicon carbide primarily a by product of semiconductors. If you want something with actual rarity go natural ruby, sapphire or emerald or the lower price synthetics that have been around a long time. Unfortunately, very few jewelers know anything about colored stones making it smart to stick to admitted synthetics.

Ditto on Secure Access. Do not skimp on the gate posts; they must be well anchored. Also double check your property boundaries. contractors seldom do that for you.

Gardere

One LSU prof I knew owned a duplex in Gardere that he rented out to unsuspecting foreign grad students that he supervised Even when they wised up, they had to stick it out or risk retaliation in their studies.

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explain it better than me

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Lots of cold dry air comes at us from the W/NW while lots of warm wet air comes at us from the S. Predicting the exact dynamic linear zone of intersection is difficult other than to say that it will sweep across Louisiana.