Ghost Hunting at America’s Oldest Gay Bar
Whose ghost is more likely to pinch a bar patron’s booty: Truman Capote or Tennessee Williams? #SpookySeason is nigh on the balcony of the oldest—and possibly most haunted—gay bar in America*, and this casual debate is unfolding over the notoriously strong Bloody Maries of Cafe Lafitte in Exile, said to be the final drinking place of both literary legends. Neither Capote nor Williams’ incorporeal forms have ever been documented playing grab-ass, for the record. That dubious spectral accomplishment belongs to “Mr. Bubbly,” a cheeky spirit who’s allegedly been pinching patrons for decades in New Orleans’ most famous gay safe space. … Read more