I've been to the Oaks, but never the Derby. I have friends who went, but I never even thought about it myself.

That entire area around 3rd street and southern pkwy is ridiculous Derby day.

My grandma lived over on Lillian, though, and made some money every year by letting people park in her yard.

Are they still doing the gargantua fireworks thing every year? (I almost got my ass kicked once at that thing - by some famous UL basketball player - but not knowing or caring about basketball [sacrilege!] I can't remember who it was.) That's a pretty spectacular thing and pretty fun - except for the traffic and near riots afterward.



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