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I am planning on doing all my counter tops – bathrooms and kitchen with Carrara and there is an awful lot of noise out there that would dissuade the use of this stone. Too pourous, not stain resistant. But I love the look and feel and it fits the period of the LaLa house more than any other material except cypress. Then I came across this when I was looking for tips on how to…
We like it hot down here. People say they couldn’t take the heat we have, but I’ll take it any day over the cold. It’s so beautiful outside today that it makes it all worthwhile. And to think I am taking off for Chicago tomorrow – oh well, I’ll have to eat a big steak while there to keep me warm.
Last week I told K that if he couldn’t figure out how to hang the doors in the pantry then we needed to find someone who could. This was after being frustrated that C wasn’t calling him or I back to tell us what was intended and there is no drawing conceptual or otherwise. So K didn’t show up all weekend, and I knew and even said it at Pilates this morning, I was going…
Could you imagine if after everything New Orleans went through because of Katrina that there right now remains the possibility that the Saints could be in the Superbowl – kind of gives you chills.
I got a late start this morning for my bike ride because I ran to get my flu shot at the synagogue. But when I was on my bike, I couldn’t help but marvel at how populated my mind was – it was like rush hour in there. Two hours later, warmer, out of breath – the curtain started to close, the denouement, all those people seemed to take their bow and leave my head.…
A bunch of New Orleans artisans got together and started Festivus to sell their wares during the holiday season. I went by there this afternoon and ran into old friends and rooted around the stalls with fleur de lis this and fleur de lis that. A weiner dog walked by wearing an army jacket. The Roller Derby girls were skating in and around. Live music was playing from two corners. Mimosas and Bloody Marys were…
A phone call the other night with someone telling me that everyone in the South is a fucking idiot. I said I think there are idiots all over, not just here. There are more here, he said. Looking at the headlines this morning with William Jefferson winning over Karen Carter, I feel inclined to think that maybe he is right, because only a bunch of idiots would have put that man in office. Nagin, now…
We decided on the Bank last night to have cocktails and figure out a game plan for the rest of the evening. We saddled up to the bar and while selecting a wine, we realized why we haven’t been there in a while – the owner, Alex. First thing he said was that he didn’t have a wine that didn’t have tannins in it so our search for a nice full bodied fruity wine without…
Riding up the elevator with a older couple who asked me where I went shopping since I had a full Langenstein’s grocery bag. I said I went to a Hanukkah bazaar at Temple Sinai. Blank stares. I asked where they were going when they got off with me at the 3rd floor and they said to visit their daughter and her husband. You must be T’s mom, I said. Yes! Then T’s mom said, “I…
So last night’s margaritas and party fare made me virtually useless today. I went to Pilates and I suffered through a strenuous mostly core workout. I came back and walked Arlene around the bayou and dropped by the LaLa to see what was in progress – no one there but some cabinets screwed in. I then went downtown to a couple of galleries – the Soren Christensen gallery to see David Borgerding’s sculpture and then…