Bourbon Street

My birthday is this Sunday and I'm not sure what I'm getting into. I wanted to do something as simple as a nice dinner and some drinks. Now, my aunt wants to go to New Orleans (she loves to gamble). I haven't been back there since before Hurricane Katrina and don't really know what to expect. My friends and I used to drive there all the time for the weekend and we'd have "oh so much" fun! Dancing to the catchy beats of the bands, drinking 40 oz. margaritas (or whatever liquor we had), singing and parading down Bourbon Street, and eating that good ol' New Orleans cooking! Man! Those were the days. I love that place, but I'm thinking that if I go now, it won't be the same. I'm thinking I'll go anyway. If I'm with my family, I know I'll have fun regardless.