The writer for the magazine article about the LaLa called me to go over the copy. She said a huge credit goes to your husband, Steve, who is a master of detail – he must have a terrific mind, she said, and I agreed. “I could ask for 20 details of importance and find them without having to look for them, from the way the front posts connect to the roof via the metal brackets,…
Last night, after having given up on ever getting a nap, I went to La Vita and joined friends outside at a big table for dinner. We toasted to Fatma coming back to MidCity after having gone to the Marigny to open up Del Forno. Overall, we were just happy to be living here in the greatest part of the world, among friends, and enjoying the good life. Moosey arrived during desert and ended up…
Around this time of year in New Orleans, weird crime starts to spike. Everyone used to blame the heat, and then they said it’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity. But there is something else, some form of desperation that is worse than heat or stupidity – it’s a man confronting a woman to steal her purse and then knocking her down to the ground and man behind her calling out to the perp to…
Today, on the day of lounging for the Lord, all I wanted was a nap, since I had only had two hours sleep. Loca spread herself over me on the sofa and was all over the nap but I had a few phone calls that lasted longer than I expected – by the time I rolled over and was ready for sleep, Loca was biting my belt loops wanting to play. Sigh.
Last year at Tales of the Cocktail I caught up with an acquaintance of mine who was flirting around with this guy I had never met. When I next spoke to her I asked her how it was going with him and she said, “Well, I’m not sure. I think we are cousins.” Fast forward a year later and she gets to the party last night with this same guy in tow and so this…
The LaLa was officially house warmed last night and a lovely time was had by all, including me. Anne Churchill from Karma Kitchens did the food and it was very tasty – smoked trout mousse, lamb with kaffir dipping sauce, oyster mushroom pate – a bunch of yummy selections. Beth Ribblett from Swirl did a cheese selection that was dynamite with bread from Le Boulangerie. She also selected some good wines – Crios rose, Peachy…
Today is already in full swing with party prep – last night when I was hauling yet another box in, I thought about my mantra to ask for help and yet it was too late to call anyone. This morning same thing. I need to work on these skills. I was walking Arlene and Loca around the bayou and when we got to Bell Street I saw a young girl with a big boxer who…
I was getting a pedicure at the salon and talking to the girls and E was relaying to me an intertwining story that if I didn’t know better I would have thought was made up. She and friends and the kids were at the house playing Clue when she saw some kids across the street fooling around on her neighbor’s porch. She went downstairs and rattled the iron gate. They couldn’t see her because she…
I walked Arlene and Loca around the bayou then dropped Arlene off and took Loca for a longer walk through City Park. The graceful herons were out in abundance in the lagoon and Loca was content to walk beside me and not investigate. I thought about my emotional state lately and the memories that have flooded my waking thoughts and decided to put things in perspective. I got this far in life without having my…
I went to see L – mistress of massage – and told her I needed an attitude adjustment – I’ve been melancholy when I should be walking on sunshine – she said she had just the thing for me. First she ran her hands up and down my back, strongly applying pressure to my spine, my hips, down the backs of my legs, deeply kneading the soles of my feet and then back up the…