Wow! Words still can not describe the feeling still..I don’t think the magnitude of winning the Super Bowl has sunk in yet completely.
It has been a wild last couple of days. I watched the game at a bar called Rendezvous with my best Saints fans friends, guys I’d go to Hornets games with, hang out and do guys stuff, and yes, spend hours and hours at Deanie’s after Saints games. And then suddenly all of us guys reduced to tears after the Porter Pick-6.
The hour long walk to the French Quarter afterwards was worth it. The scene was crazy, but controlled. There was nothing but love in the streets, love for our team, love for our city. People randomly hi-fiving each other and chants of “Who Dat!” filled the streets. The cars horns honking I’m sure lasted well after I left. I didn’t walk on Bourbon St., but you could hear the crowd miles away. Random second lines filled the street as musicians came out of seemingly nowhere and provided music and a beat for festive fans.
I was one of the few people who did have to work Monday, and I woke up at my friend’s house still a little groggy. Yes, I was late. I had been clocked in for only five minutes when my boss and I decided we were going to catch the team’s arrival at the airport only a couple of miles from where we worked. Sure, we waited for nearly three hours, but it was well worth it. We even made the local news while we were at it. An attempt to make a wave happen only lasted about a quarter mile.People parked on the interstate ramp near us and waited for the parade there!
We started walking away from the parade, ready to go back to work, but still in high spirits. Suddenly, a fellow Who Dat runs towards us, warning us that Head Coach Sean Payton was on his way..hoisting the Lombardi Trophy from his sun roof. After a mad dash back to the parade, we make it back just in time to see the Lombardi Trophy peering from the top of Payton’s car. That moment made the three hour wait and our cold feet and hands worth it.
It took us about an hour to drive the two miles back to the Pontchartrain Center to begin our preparation for a luncheon Tuesday. It was a good time, listening to the radio and listening to so many great stories on the radio from a happy and grateful city. We ended up working late, till about 10:30 PM..just in time to make it home for Drew Brees’ appearance on David Letterman’s show.
Tomorrow is the Saints victory parade. I’d say we could easily get 300,000 people downtown for the parade. I hope to be in that number, but remember, I got to work.
I hope they are fast eaters.











