Let’s Meet on Bourbon Street in The Big Easy
Hello wondrous globetrotters, let’s take a trip to the Big Easy, the city that gave us Louis Armstrong, Mardi-Gras, Jazz music, and… endless nightlife along Bourbon Street. I’ve always been curious about what made people call New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy. And so, when I got an invitation to speak at an event in New Orleans last year, it was my first time visiting the city, and I intended to discover why it was called the Big Easy. What was so easy about it? There are different sources about who started the city’s nickname: The Big Easy, but it doesn’t matter who started it, New Orleans lives up to its nickname of Big laid-back culture. And as it turned out, my trip happened to be during the Essence Festival.
And if you don’t know about the Essence Festival, let me tell you. It’s a cultural phenomenon for black people, and mainly black women. Let me explain. It’s an event that takes place every year and gathers people, mainly African Americans from all over the United States, and some even travel from other countries and are mainly black women. The Essence Festival is a celebration that was started by Essence Magazine, an American monthly publication that focuses on black women. I had never seen so many black women in one place, all at once, except in Africa.
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