Hivemind question, specially for those who know NOLA culture - on my trip next week I will be doing some networking meetings with people I already know who work in the green rebuilding field down there. So not really an interview, but I do want to be professional. I'm thinking of wearing roughly what I wear to the office - skirt and blouse or button-down. Do I need to wear closed-toe shoes or can I get away with nice sandals?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Aug 24, 2010 10:47:24 am PDT #19896 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
DavidS - Aug 24, 2010 10:49:17 am PDT #19897 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My experience with NOLA is that it is very casual in dress, and not just the tourists but the business people.
However, Dana or Daisy or Nora or ita could report better on that.
Daisy Jane - Aug 24, 2010 10:49:36 am PDT #19898 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
With some of the older institutions, I would say closed toed, but I think your green jobs would be fine with nice open toed.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 24, 2010 10:51:35 am PDT #19899 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I agree with Daisy Jane.
Just don't go onto Chowhound and ask if it's OK to go out to dinner in shorts. (it is apparently A Thing for the more traditional on CH)
Jesse - Aug 24, 2010 10:52:12 am PDT #19900 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
These Cakewrecks made me laff: [link]
Dana - Aug 24, 2010 10:52:48 am PDT #19901 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
With some of the older institutions, I would say closed toed, but I think your green jobs would be fine with nice open toed.
I think so too, especially given the weather.
quester - Aug 24, 2010 10:53:13 am PDT #19902 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Neal Cohnen on Talk of the Nation just name-checked Serenity, Firefly and Joss Whedon as all good things!
smonster - Aug 24, 2010 10:59:26 am PDT #19903 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Cool, thanks. That's in line with what I thought.
I have so much to do at work and home before I leave, but I'm so exhausted as to be pretty useless. I really don't know how insomniacs/parents of young children do it, I feel like a zombie from two nights of screwed up sleep. Braiiinnnsss...
Jesse - Aug 24, 2010 11:02:00 am PDT #19904 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am totally with you, smonster! I really don't know how people do it.
ChiKat - Aug 24, 2010 11:04:24 am PDT #19905 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
So totally want to see nekkid Tom Hardy, but will have to wait till I get home.
First day was good if fast. Each class was only 15 minutes long. So, real school starts tomorrow. Whee!!!