Why were you walking around town in New Orleans? Are you nuts?
Maybe. But New Orleans is one of the best, most walkable, fun cities in the world. disgusting weather notwithstanding.
In fact, I first kissed my wife 12 years ago today in an alley off Dauphine, and we ended the night walking back from the Monteleone to my house uptown with the sun coming up, having had to duck into a Garden District bar to pick up a go drink and a pair of free sunglasses from the box by the door.