Spring of '07 we were staying at Hampton Inn in New Orleans for 2 nights prior to cruise. Was out doing my morning run down to the river area, around the casino. Was running by the front of the large dept store when I stubbed my toe on a raised piece of terrazzo (the sidewalk area) and crashed. This was early on a Sunday morning.
Bloodied up my arm and elbow along with my right knee -- but undaunted I ran on over to cafe du Monde and was standing at the take-away window. A homeless dude that had been laying out on a concrete bench near me saw my bloodied body and came over and asked me if I needed any change to buy some beignets:
) He was feeling sorry for me. The guy at the take-away window offered me some band-aids to go with the beignets as well.