morning, t. martin has a business in new orleans and things here have been different, very successful. we re on a role. we had a sold out essence festival, jazz fest was fantastic. shortly the tails of the cocktail convention, typical new orleans, a convention for cocktails, it s fabulous you should come. i don t want to make light of the oil spill but so far things are good. last night i m eating seafood in my restaurant. it s amazing. reporter: how do you attribute that success? we ve seen gulf shores, alabama, biloxi, fewer people and they re hurting yet still the people continue to pile into new orleans. reporter: right, there are so many misperceptions, gulf shores, some are right on the coast. that s water but that s not a beach. that would be the mighty mississippi behind us and don t go swimming in there, okay? what s happened to us is things here are not like it. the misperception is that there s oil dripping off the balconies in the french quarter. the only oil is in th
we are not on the coast. the coastal communities are devastated. our hearts are broken. these are our friends and suppliers. the city of new orleans, everything you can do, you can still do. we have been on a roll since october before that football game we won. that football game was a symbol to us of the accomplishments of the last five years in this city. if truth be told, right now, new orleans is good. we are scared to death about the short-term and long-term future. right now, we are on a roll. we just had a sold out essence festival. jazz fest was fantastic. we have details of cocktail convention. you should come. really, i don t want to make light of the oil scare, because it is scaring us to death. but, so far, things are good. last night, i m eating seafood in my restaurant. it s amazing. we have seen communities like gulf shores, alabama, biloxi, where there are fewer people and hurting. still, the people continue to pile into new orleans. there are so many misperceptions