{"id":771,"date":"2005-12-22T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2005-12-23T02:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lebanon-louisiana\/"},"modified":"2005-12-22T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2005-12-23T02:59:46","slug":"lebanon-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lebanon-louisiana","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon, Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made it into Louisiana safe and sound this morning, but only because of an insanely lucky bit of timing when I got to the baggage check-in line. I managed to read a good amount of that Sam Cooke biography I’ve been procrastinating on.<\/p>\n

Amy’s parents met us at the airport, and took us out for an early lunch. In keeping with my tradition of eating incongruous foods, they proposed that we go to a Lebanese place they like. So I re-upped with the Schawarma Police and chowed down.<\/p>\n

Once we got in the door, I collapsed into a great three-hour nap. I had zero<\/em> idea where I was when I woke up, which is a good indicator of just how tired I was.<\/p>\n

My immediate impression is that things have improved a bunch in the 2 months since we last visited. We’ll be going to the French Quarter tomorrow, along with other areas of the city, so I oughtta have a clearer impression of things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Made it into Louisiana safe and sound this morning, but only because of an insanely lucky bit of timing when I got to the baggage check-in line. I managed to read a good amount of that Sam Cooke biography I’ve been procrastinating on. Amy’s parents met us at the airport, and took us out for … <\/p>\n

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