Welcome to town, sports writing brethren and sistren.
This probably isn't your first trip to New Orleans. My guess is most of you have attended a Super Bowl, Sugar Bowl or NBA All-Star Game here in the past decade. But between writing, tweeting, Facebook Live-ing, recording your podcast and writing some more, you might not have had time to enjoy our lovely little banana republic.
So, as you prepare for the Associated Press Sports Writers annual summer conference this week, allow me to introduce you to New Orleans from a local's perspective.
Hurricane Katrina did a number on us almost 12 years ago.