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Since returning from the Garden of the Tunafishes (Zahara de los atunes) I’ve been in a dreamy state of mind. I thought it would have ended after a week back and jumping straight into work, home, zoo, etc – but really I’m still sort of coasting along on shifting sands. Everything resonates like a dream. I drive down Orleans Avenue and look at the project being rebuilt into the now fashion of separate housing and…
A check came in the mail yesterday from mom’s insurance that basically covers all the expenses of taking care of her grave. The money meant more than currency, it was also perfect timing. My mother more than anything said she never wanted to be a burden to her children. This had its own exasperating dynamics but in the end she got her wish. I went to see The Kids Are All Right about the lesbian…
I first heard the term Peace Out from my then young niece (aka Miracle Baby) and now my son is wearing a tee shirt that says Peace Out. Everything that rises must converge and all we/they are saying, is give peace a chance:
I remember about ten years ago I was speaking to some girlfriends in Marin County, California and I said something about dancing on the table and one said, “Wow, I haven’t danced on a table since I was in college.” And I thought, yeah, well that’s why I have to get out of this town. Flash forward a decade and last night as the mint juleps were flowing causing a bunch of 70 year olds…
I dreamed last night that a round table of doctors told me to start giving Tin vitamins and basically inferred that I was being too literal when I read supplement.
I stopped taking my vitamins because I feel like I eat so well so why do I need vitamins. And now I’m wondering about Tin – the doctor said when he got off the formula he needed a vitamin a day but when I bought the liquid she recommended it says on there as a dietary supplement – well he eats a balanced diet so why does he need vitamins?He eats so much beans and…
We bought some fresh lima beans at the Green Market and T picked up some fresh corn so of course we made succotash tonight – I don’t know why those two things go together so well and wound up with a name like succotash – a great name for a great dish. Meanwhile, we roasted a big bag of hatch peppers and have those for the rest of the week as well. They have some…
We walked over to the Botanical Gardens to see New Orleans Mystics playing covers of early Motown. A neighbor’s sister was in from out of town and had a mint julep in one hand and was flailing her other hand up in the air to the rhythm of Mustang Sally. She said she felt like she was back in Myrtle Beach in 1965. I was getting a kick out of seeing all those old men…
These challenge grants that Pepsi is handing out all over the place are a nuisance, they don’t do anything but refresh Pepsi’s email list so that they can market to you, the person who benignly thinks you are helping out a cause close to your heart get the $50,000 Pepsi promises them if they get loyal supporters to keep clicking on the grant award. I get every day emails from Friends of Tennessee Williams and…
Last night, a friend and I went to have dinner at the new restaurant on Frenchman Street – the Three Muses – a very welcome addition to the area. Nicely decorated in a New Orleans folksy decor, a live band playing in the window a la Spotted Cat, and tapas that ranged from lamb sliders to Korean bento box. Very yummy. And pretty packed for a Wednesday night as it should have been. Then we…