I was reading blogs today on media and search and hopped to the huffingtonpost for a news fix. There is a YouTube clip of John Roberts saying the situation in Iraq is worse than you can imagine. It reminds me of the press coverage of Katrina and the aftermath – yes, you can show carnage and devastation, but until you see it in person, you can’t know carnage and devastation. It’s a fine mess we’re…
I set up a meeting for late Friday afternoon to meet with the photographer about a book idea that has been germinating since early this year. We decided to meet on Magazine Street and in my last email, I said, btw: I’m a redhead. He wrote back and said “I pictured you as a redhead – all of the Rachels I know have red hair.” On Saturday, when I stopped in U Dwell on Magazine,…
it is not for sissies – so you faint of heart stand back – I did Pilates this morning – ate no carbs, low fat – went for a fast run on the bayou – and was so bored with my food selection by the time dinner came around I just decided against it and drank a cup of hot tea instead. These 7 lbs are coming off – come hell or high water. I…
I’m not a philistine – really – I believe in technology and actually love it – my IPOD, my cell phone, my blackberry, TIVO – all if it I love. BUT for some reason the automation of tasks within my company has made me want to jump off the highest bridge. I’m still whining about the move from Word to Excel with the grids we use – now it is on the Portal – good…
The WSJ will no longer be delivered to my door at the Can, instead it will be left at the security desk. The note says that “due in part to the returning population of New Orleans, it is no longer feasible to deliver door to door at apartments.” That’s got to be a good sign? The days have been so beautiful here as of late – in the high 60s and low 70s – such…
On this most beautiful day, fantabulous day, I got on my bike and headed to the Lakefront – ran into Beth on her new bike and took her inside for a tour of the LaLa. Again, she said, it will be awesome. Thanks Beth! From there I road toward the lake feeling on top of the world. I rode the entire lakefront, except for two minor hills, hands free. And then I didn’t want to…
Last night, late, we ended up at Wit’s Inn for pizza, and T said that Bush was his man, his boy, his homie. G kept saying, no he’s not. And he kept saying, yes, he is. So T said that he thought Bush would go down as the best president the U.S. had ever had. Was I aghast? Yes, but I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion and if you give me a…
I celebrated the milenium at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco listening to Super Diamond. Last night, G had a date with T and I went over to have cocktails with them at G’s house. After a martini, we put on Neil Diamond’s Kentucky Woman and I don’t know – we just started dancing. Girl, you’ll be a woman now. Cracklin Rosie. And then Bonnie Raitt came own singing “I can’t make you love me,”…
As I walked the Bean around the bayou this morning – a glorious morning I might add – I noticed a cat stalking a squirrel. Then the cat took off and the squirrel took off up an old oak tree that is on the corner of Harding and Moss. The cat came down after climbing a few feet. Then it looked around for another diversion. In back of the LaLa, my neighbor had removed my…
Or I can see clearly now? Which is it? I got a lot of my ducks in a row today – talked to the stained glass people about getting colored glass for my pantry doors, the ceramic people about the LALA for the front walkway, went by and measured the living room for my furniture, talked to Peter who was there painting the blue ceiling in the den. Then I went by Swirl and Beth…