Saturday night after a full day at the Fest, we went to Shell Fest. I just found out about this little phenomenon the other day and so it was fun to check it out for myself. It started with people who parked at the Shell Station on Moss and Esplanade who ended up getting a DJ and having an after the fest party right there at the gas station. We stopped by Swirl then headed…
There was so much excitement in the air yesterday as I was trying to finish up some work that you could cut it with a knife. By the time I hooked up with G and we entered the Fairgrounds I was ready to pop. Highlights: A new Thomas Mann necklace that has a house with a heart cut out in it – my heart is in the LaLa. Trombone Shorty – hopping up and down…
L gave me a New Yorker cartoon right after S and I split up that had a man and woman sitting around a living room and the man looks up and asks “Did you ever have that baby you wanted so badly?” – in my Thomas Mann design workshop I incorporated that along with other mementos into a broach that had W at the center but the tag line from that cartoon on the side.…
The church marquee on the corner of Canal and Jeff Davis says Jazz Festing is a good thing – everyone is getting in the spirit around here and tomorrow is the first day! The excitement is all around – Cabrini had a party in the parking lot, there is a block party crawfish boil around the corner, and all around you see everyone rushing to finish sprucing up the house and yard – welcoming people…
I just received a phone call from one of my subcontractors on the LaLa who asked “Rachel, do you still want a baby?” and I said, “Yes, why?” – and he proceeded to give me the back story of a baby who is on the way who needs a mom. Know this, I am blessed.
Relationship nirvana is loving who you are when you are with someone – when you don’t like who you are or who you become around someone then distance is probably the best strategy because sometimes it doesn’t matter why the call and response is stuck in second gear – it matters more than you pull off the road and detour to avoid the head-on collision.
At 6:30 standing in Lafayette Square three rows away from the stage I was enchanted by the rhythmic soulful music coming from the stage as Tommy Malone and the subdudes played to the packed Wednesday crowd. I saw my old neighbor Dara – who had lost her house in Broadmore – standing beside me – and one of my neighbors Mike standing behind me – and we were all dancing, and smiling, and grooving to…
This morning Arlene and I walked along the bayou and across the Magnolia bridge just as the dawn was breaking and its rosy fingers were gracing the horizon. There is a new planet that was discovered called Libra that looks to be in a system similar to the Earth’s. Imagine that my self-contained world here in the LaLa, on Moss Street, in Bayou St. John, in New Orleans, in Louisiana, in the Gulf South, in…
My horoscope today: Taurus – Clearly a boss or someone you look up to doesn’t understand how you process things. You might not be able to explain where you are coming from either. Do yourself a favor – don’t worry. Tonight: Think of your home as your castle.
I graduated from therapy today and so no more E wisdom to spread around.