Love this. Love New Orleans. Love Portland. Love You. (Tai rolled with the homies, Cher was a hater)

OH HEY MY CREDIT UNION GOT A SHOUTOUT HOLLA

Are you sure you're not thinking of the Umpqua Bank that looks like a credit union?

Y'all should come for a visit.

nice.

Hey Ian, i lost my credit card around here about a month ago and it ended up in Glendale, CA paying for shit i didn't get like movie tickets and shit from bed, bath and beyond. C'mon fess up was that YOU?

Agreed. That city is tits. French Quarter is Spanish. That blew my brain up.

"Portland is like an Ewok village."

A very high, high, village where you can't understand shit that anyone says. With bridges, and quite possibly where crossfit was invented. "Portland is like an Ewok village." should be the closing of Portland's Wiki page. I vote.

Also, PDX buzzwords on your credit union are infinitely better than two out of three businesses being Saul Goodman's nail salon. Ever wonder why all those businesses on Glenoaks never have any customers?

Yeah, we are sort of like an Ewok village here. I mean look at this footage of last year's Pickathon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np6vAuS0KNs…

We got this column, and it's not enjoyable.

It's true, both cities are obsessed with themselves. Although nobody's written a song called "Do you know what it means to miss Portland..." yet. As far as I'm aware.

The police in New Orleans, when they're not protecting tourists from the locals, are generally shooting the locals, burning their corpses, covering it all up, getting found out, and then getting away with it regardless. This is a recent true story. I wish I were making it up.

There's a more sinister underbelly down there than many people like to acknowledge. I think it feeds into the hedonism for most folks. But it's hard being sober in the Big Easy.

"(CASE IN POINT: That credit union on Hawthorne with all the Portlandy buzz-words on its window: Yoga, Chai Tea, Urban Gardening, Kevin Duckworth's Untimely Death. CUT THAT SHIT OUT, CREDIT UNION ON HAWTHORNE.)"

That's an Umpqua branch, they are so far from being anything remotely resembling a credit union it hurts.

You think New Orleans is cool, you should try Old Orleans sometime. Just as badass, but with better baguettes.

What, no mention of the great show "Treme", from David Simon - that great talent that brought you "The Wire"?
Been to New Orleans once, long ago.
I'd love to go back again.
Good Job Ian.

RIP Kevin Duckworth. May your name live on as a verb meaning, "to use one's ass to shove someone aside".