Went over to L’s house for dinner with him and Juanita – Hazan’s recipe for gnocchi sauce and spumoni from Brocata’s along with fresh squeezed lime cosmopolitans and Dutton Estates Syrah from Swirl – we all hope when we are about to turn 85 that we look as good and are enjoying ourselves as much as Juanita – and that we have children who dote on us like L dotes on her. The pièce de…
Didn’t feel like watching the Saints game alone and couldn’t ride my bike because of the rain, so went over to Wit’s Inn, a sports bar on Carrollton Avenue. It proved to be a good call. Some gals from the GPL group of Swirl were there that I knew – R called me over to sit with them but I picked a nice spot to watch in my own private world. The game was exciting…
I found out that Reggie Bush has the same aqua glass tiles in his bathroom. Must have good taste.
It’s Sunday morning and my usual long bike ride is being stalled to see if the rain clouds and drops are passing. So the newspapers were finally read, and the gift of tea my Flower sent me from Illinois was tasted, and Arlene was allowed to curl up on the couch and be near (something she seems to need more than anytime in the past – although she spent many a morning in between Steve’s…
This afternoon I walked Arlene over to Swirl with $20 in my pocket to spend. Just wanted to give them some business. It was so BEAUTIFUL outside, I felt on top of the world. I ran into Greg outside Terranova – he has his table of flowers set up and so I ended up spending my $20 with him instead. I wanted roses but he insisted on cala lilies. He told me he LOVED my…
My mom called and said her two brothers and sister were driving over from Franklinton to take her to lunch – I asked, is it just for grownups or can I come? – her response, if it were just for grownups I wouldn’t go. So I went to Metairie to meet them and had a delicious fried oyster salad. Yum. Then they all wanted to see my house so we drove back to MidCity and…
Swirl was fun last night, particularly with the menorahs all blazing and lots of yummy wine. We took some wine and went and sat out in Alcee Fortier park – it was a gorgeous December evening and someone had strung white tiny lights on makeshift Christmas trees in the park and across the street in front of Cafe Degas there was a tree with red lights. All so beautiful. While we were lighting the menorah,…
What could that ever mean? Tonight, I am only milking wine and maybe winning some money at a game or two of dreidel. After a week, not unlike many weeks in 2006, it’s Friday, it’s New Orleans, so it’s off to Swirl to be with my friends and bring cheer into our little worlds. Next year, the time changes are going to be earlier then later because a new law passed about daylight’s savings time.…
So yesterday was a downer, today was a downer, and I thought what am I going to do? So then it came to me. I called Ken in Michigan and asked him if he would work directly for me on a weekly rate. We had discussed this months ago but I had nixed it because I couldn’t insure him and feared that if he couldn’t fuck me, he’d certainly sue me, thereby taking away the…
Yesterday it was pouring down rain and I went to lunch with the contractor after we inspected the three windows that are leaking into the addition. He presented me with a bill as I said that was three times what he said it would be a month ago. I bit my lip but couldn’t help it and started crying there in the restaurant. Such a girl. Good grief. I went on to drink five Cosmopolitans…