XXX-mas at the Kystal

I want all of you to know my joy in rediscovering the Krystal on Bourbon Street, just up the block from Galatoire's which is also much favored by the locals for that special-occasion lunch. I had two chili-cheese "pups" today (equivalent to one, grown-up chili-cheese dog) heaped with onions sliced as thin as toenail clippings. God, was that ever good!

And what restaurant in town has a view to match? I love taking in the passing parade through the big picture windows, especially shoppers darting in and out of Hustler Larry Flynt's leather, lingerie and love toy shop across the street. Scenes like this do much to promote XXX-mas cheer, I think, although not as widely or  effectively as the infamous Alabama teabagger of holidays past at the Kystal.