Orleans guest new orleans . What makes it special . Host what makes it, well, unique was the word i was going to use and a little bit different. Its one of the few unique places left. Guest i always say its an ethnicity to come from new orleans. We have our own food, our own music and a real sense of place. It is not, it isnt like any other place in the country. Its much more mediterranean. It, in fact, in capital dames elizabeth playly, whos here in washington, is very much for the union, but as various times, as you know, i have trouble thinking of the south as our enemy. Theyre all our relatives in kentucky and in virginia and tennessee, and she says now new orleans, thats different. Theyre a bunch of french people in quadroons. So that was a sense that it was just a Foreign Place. Now, it was a Foreign Place with a very important port, and that was true throughout the history of this country. But it was always welcoming and remains welcoming to all kinds of people. When i was growi