A couple moved in across the hall at the Can between H&J and H&T, they left a note on all of our doors inviting us tomorrow night to a 3rd Floor Happy Hour to say hello. A meet and greet. You gotta love it. Children in California are not raised to entertain but here in New Orleans it is what we do best and it is a lauded tradition handed down generations to generations. Uplifting…
I was listening to Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? – it’s funny because it starts with a fire and she says, is that all there is to a fire? And so we say here, is that all there is to a hurricane? Pish posh. I took the week off from work and it seemed like all I did was what I normally do – work and take care of the LaLa – you…
This from the senior editors of www.NOLAfugee.com = What we do believe is that New Orleans is, more than ever, the craziest place in North America. Last night G and I went to the Ogden and got caught up in the New Orleans sentimentality that was on display via Fred LaBlanc – if you are not familiar with the song he wrote after Katrina – The Avenue – you should check it out on Itunes.…
I recently met a woman who is a therapist – she is doing some continuing ed for her license and is in the thick of a six hour set of cd’s on brain science – she writes: …It is very interesting so far and is teaching me about how wondrous and fragile the brain is as well as how it affects behavior, thinking and personality when something goes wrong e.g. some trauma to the brain,…
Edwin Edwards told Bill Clinton that he should have responded to the whole Jennifer Flowers affair scandal when she declared she and Bill had had a torrid affair for twelve years that “that’s a lie in and of itself because no affair is ‘torrid’ after 12 years.” Ha, where was Edwards when the levees broke? We could have used humor along with competence. Boating on the Tangipahoa I marvelled at the graceful beauty of the…
I met TM last year at Jazz Fest but when we met again he couldn’t quite place me because I had on a pink wig then. He said, “I remember, I took a picture of you,” and I said no, you took a mental picture. I enrolled in his workshop this weekend because even though I respect and admire his jewelry, it was the model for a sculpture that drew me to enroll. Hard to…
Big announcement: Abby Elizabeth was born yesterday and she is a doll! Buying girl’s clothes is far superior to baby boy’s clothes as evidenced by the Pink Safari layette I found right when I walked in the store. Six pounds and six ounces and a delight to hold even if she hasn’t shown any signs of wanting to eat yet. Small announcement: Paris Hilton has sworn off sex for one year. That would be Paris,…
Sitting outside in E’s beach shack in his backyard uptown drinking a sweetish Reisling, we talked about how we are living through interesting times – just think of this decade so far – 9/11, the Tsunami, Katrina, not to mention that we will soon see a power shift in Cuba, and all the lessons learned here will only be known as they are recollected in tranquility – so it will take another decade for us…
Read an interesting article about who will succeed Fidel, and interestingly enough news of the day is Fidel went under the knife – the article had a photo of Raul beside Fidel’s on the front page. Cuba – what will become of her? What will become of New Orleans? Inquiring minds want to know – I envision climbing out of the morass and a better day ahead. Let’s just get through this hurricane season. Was…