LAist is driving around the country. We had our mind blown in New Orleans yesterday. After the jump please enjoy some photos from the 9th Ward which as you see is still healing from the disaster that was Katrina.... more ›

LAist is on a road trip to protest nuclear proliferation, and to celebrate beer drinking, which is why we're in New Orleans. On Bourbon Street. Drinking. Unlike Los Angeles, it's legal to drink beer on the streets here as long as it's not in a glass container. You can also smoke in the bars. This is probably the America the founders had hoped for in regards to freedom. Even though LAist doesn't smoke, we... more ›