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Reading blogs in Beirut and Israel on huffingtonpost.com – the world has gone bloody insane. New from New Orleans – Ocshner is buying the Tenet Hospitals – do you know how great this is? Ocshner is so far superior than Tenet, it is a strong commitment to the city, and goodness knows we need these hospitals. Odd thing – I went out to MeauxBar last night with friends – it started pouring right before I…
Yesterday was, how should I say in English, sucky. But I’ll spare you those parts in my quest to focus on the positive. Well, so one thing – had a big call on Yahoo that went down the tubes – 14% down – for no good reason other than the usual trigger happy response of young boys who have unreasonable expectations. But on the flip side, a source turned me onto one of the latest…
I lit my sort of novena candle and am waiting on news tomorrow the bank will give me a personal loan. Why? Because I learned this morning I can’t get a refi on the mortgage or more money on my home equity because they won’t lend money unless the house is 95% completed. Say what? That’s right folks. So today after S talked me off the ledge – the cost to do this house was…
imbroglio: a complicated and embarrassing state of things. quandary: a state of difficulty or perplexity Here’s how a fabulous day is made in New Orleans. My bike is still in the shop from my ditch diving and so I walked the Bean – then knocked on H&T’s door to get them to come clean the bayou with me. Roped a big limb in the bayou (I want to be a cowgirl) and used Big Blue…
“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” – Edward R. Murrow Friday T called and I told him to meet me later at Sip for Bastille Day then G and T joined us and we ended up back at G’s house. Sitting on the front porch listening to Damien Rice play from T’s car in the driveway,…
Met a woman who used to be a merchandise manager at Macy’s – she loved her job – but she no longer has it – Macy’s has decided not to reopen in New Orleans. The downtown store was immediately scrapped, but everyone thought Esplanade Mall in Kenner was set to reopen after the roof damage was repaired but now Macy’s has said it officially is not coming back to New Orleans – I say boycott…
G called early this morning – said she had waited for an appropriate time because she had awakened at 5:30AM this morning in tears over a horrific nightmare about me. In her nightmare, we were at a wedding. I was in the wedding party and she was a guest. Everyone was outside waiting for the ceremony to begin. She asked where I was and someone said the reason we were waiting was because Rachel is…
I long for the decadence of being in my own house, one that I have created through purpose and intent, but alas that day is off in the distance. Dave Trahan, my contractor, told me to go look at a house he is doing on Laurel and State – it is (will be) beautiful – after seeing it (I went to inspect the concrete board because the metal siding for the addition is simply ridiculous…
I’ve been living at the American Can since May of last year when S and I moved here from California and bought the LaLa and started working on it. How many times have I been down at the pool and had to come all the way up here to use the bathroom? I just found out there is a bathroom right beside the gym. Surprise surprise. I’m 47 years old and have been married for…
Sheryl Crow said Lance and she had irreconciliable differences but they still love each other. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Lance wanted to come be by her side, she wouldn’t allow it because she didn’t want to have to go through the inevitable break up all over again. Among the Multitude Walt Whitman Among the men and women the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, Acknowledging none…