Laissez les bon temps rouler (Let the good times roll!)

It’s Saturday night, I’m home in front of the Mac, and it’s snowing here in Knoxville. Seems like the perfect time to dream about good times in New Orleans. Music is the lifeblood of the city where jazz was born. Here are some ideas for our night out. Leave a comment and tell me what you like.

• Rock ‘n’ Bowl: Retro bowling and live retro music
  
• Pat O’Brien’s: Original home of the hurricane. Are they proud of that at the moment?
  
• The Blue Nile: Live music on Frenchman Street
  
• Donna’s: A local favorite for music
  
• The Funky Butt: Live jazz New Orleans style
  
• Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop: A real pirate hangout and the oldest bar in America. The only cool place on Bourbon Street.
  
• The Red Room: Plush and swanky, as the name and the velvet (it’s everywhere!) implies.
  
• Snug Harbor: Great food and music on Frenchman Street.
  
• Titpitina’s: Live music nightly. One of the best — just ask the locals.
  
• Saturn Bar:A local hangout in the Ninth Ward that used to be a junk store. very funky!
  
• Vaughn’s:Another Ninth Ward joint, this place is the hip place to hear jazz. Kermit Ruffins is the up-and-coming jazzman that packs the place on Thursday nights.