What is truly touching about J, is that he met this woman, C, when he was very very young – I think about 17 – and his mother said, “J, stay with C, cause she is going to take care of you and love you your whole life.” And he has been with that woman ever since.
N wrote up the profile of J based on his conversation with me Saturday morning to send into nolafugee.com’s 40 under the influence contest – here it is: Joe, a prime candidate for 40 Under the Influence, does not want to divulge his last name. He has long been known as “Black Joe,†to distinguish him from “White Joe†his downstairs neighbor, yet he’s always preferred “Red Pick-up Truck Joe,†a mouthful. But the hurricane…
When I was voting yesterday, I ran into E, who gave me a hug. It’s nice to have your therapist live so close! In the meantime, another woman had walked up behind me, but I wasn’t quite sure how I knew her and she began talking to me about the LaLa. I realized D is my neighbor to the right whose little tow head kids I watch playing in their backyard which had been dotted…
I went to pick up mom dressed in red and there she was waiting for me wearing red. Can’t tell you how good it was to be in Commander’s and everyone there welcomed us back. We sat at a table by a big picture window and a big soap nut and oak tree on the outside. There was the usual bevy of waitstaff, but it appears a lot of the men have been replaced by…
Bike ride this morning almost kicked my ass. The bayou was crowded with a run/walk for breast cancer. The heat is back. Ms Marie sitting on her porch this morning, but I was listening to R and couldn’t stop to talk to her – want to do a mini oral history on her. N met her for the first time the other day and said “I heart her” and I said don’t you know it…
I took the Bean out this morning reluctantly as I wanted to linger in bed this morning, but then I ran into R as I was making the turn and we ended up going in circles for two hours, walking and talking. She had just bought a new work of art and eventually we made our way back to her tree house apartment to look at the shocking red color the photographer used. What is…
K called yesterday and left a rambling message about how good he is doing in God’s country up there in Michigan and blah blah blah. Naturally, I didn’t return the call. Last night N and the Snake and I went to Clancy’s for dinner, but stopped first at Monkey Hill for a Wild Turkey on the rocks – for the good old days. At Clancy’s the guy didn’t have my reservation but they sat us…
K came by on her way to CCs – she’s 5 months pregnant and lives around the corner. I gave her a quick tour of the house. She said she had been in the Can before as well. She’s due Mardi Gras day. She said there are kids all over the neighborhood now. As I took her on a tour, I said the guest bedroom was either going to be for guests or for a…
L was walking the dogs as I was in front getting the trash and I asked her what went down last night at Pal’s – she huffed and said she hadn’t slept for two hours – then said it was a domestic dispute – the girl (hostage) was in the bathroom when the guy cleared the bar out, and he didn’t even know she was in there, and she managed to sneak out. He got…
The Gambit – our alternate paper here in New Orleans – is holding its 40 under 40 contest and in true nolafugee.com spirit a mock 40 Under the Influence is being held simultaneously. N and I voted to get J in it and today when he came to help me do a couple of dump runs at the LaLa and showed up still drunk from the night before, we knew he was a perfect nominee.…