definitely go to BUffs! Play some with JoeyA and meet some of the characters.....maybe if you are lucky Humphries will be there and you can buy a copy of his book (the green felt jungle) and read it while in Baton Rouge ---takes a day to read. You should get goosebumps being in a seedy new orleans pool room with all the usual suspects present, i learned more there (new orleans pool rooms) about life than anywhere else. You will find lots of references to the owner of buffalos in the green felt jungle aslo.
From what i follow on some of the local new orleans forums, some of the action out there has been heating up again with the usual suspects playing more since internet poker can be troublesome with money transfers now.