This Town Is Full Of Tabasco Summary

“This town is full of Tabasco.” This is just one of the ways the author describes the city full of debauchery and degeneracy, New Orleans. But be mistaken, The author Elton Glaser loves the city so much that he believes a the only way to live is the New Orleans lifestyle. This consists of spending sunday in the pews and riots and parties in the street. Even your own funeral is a party you don't wanna miss as a parade of bells, trumpets, and drums travel down the street, shaking the ground. People in New Orleans are carefree and enjoy all of life’s amenities. No where else can you truly experience the extremity of life except for New Orleans. The author is very particular in the words he chooses, every word is a puzzle piece that creates a picture of life in New Orleans. In the the very first line Elton uses the word Tabasco. Primarily because it is used in many common dishes found in New Orleans, However, Tabasco can also refer to the spiciness of the city itself and how every person in New Orleans has a bit of that

“Sunday, we balance our knees, strippers and street cleaners in the same pew, listening with our heads shut tight so the sermon won't use up the rest of the week.” This shows the lack of judgement in the lovely city as strippers and street cleaners happily share a wooden bench, and how all eyes are focused downward so the sermon doesn't waste them time they could be using having riots and parades. “Tuesday breaks once a year, a fat riot, a freak’s parade before forty slow days of denial.” This describes the ultimate party anyone can experience, Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday marks the last day of chaotic carnival and then transitions into forty days of giving up the party phenomena. “Wednesday stays home, a bubble of nothing dead center.” Wednesday is the pitfall of the vibrant life as carnivals, parades, and festivals are nonexistent. It is unfamiliar and gives the city a ghost town