This fall, while hanging out in New Orleans, I came to the conclusion that football was taking over the world and there's nothing I can do about it. It happened at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, a bar in the French Quarter that was built in 1772 and believed to be the oldest bar in the United States.
My friend told me, before we got there, that one of the most interesting features of Lafitte's was that it did not have electricity and that at night, people sat around in the dark drinking by minimal candle light.
We went there during the day, and when I first got there, I was captivated by the appearance of the over-200-year-old structure featuring rustic wood, brick walls and stone floors.
And then I noticed the flat screen TV on the wall.
"I thought this place didn't have electricity?" I said to the bartender.
"And then The Saints went to the Super Bowl," he said.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
