The doorbell just rang and someone was asking me what the heck is going on with the bayou – “I’ve never seen it so low!” – I told them the Sewerage and Water Board had lowered the level in the bayou by opening the locks to prevent it from spilling over due to the heavy rains we’ve had and are expected to have because of Fay. It’s been raining here every day and day before…
Catalog of birds seen this morning on walk through City Park: Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron White Ibis Mottled Duck Tundra Swan Snowy Egret Canadian Geese
A few months ago, every person I spoke with seemed intent on bursting my bubble and telling me that Obama wouldn’t get elected. That has changed recently, there seems to be hope in the wind that he will win this election and become the 44th President of the United States. Wow! I was listening to Michele’s speech and I thought wow! Barack Obama will be president. Wow!
Besides Southern Decadence this Labor Day Weekend – MidSummer Mardi Gras is also taking place on Saturday. The parade begins at the Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak Street, at 8:30 p.m. It will stop at neighborhood bars, including Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge. If you’re in New Orleans, there is nothing like Mardi Gras in August – believe me.
Today, in accordance with my eel indoctrination, I sat on the porch for T’s lunchtime routine and then ate lunch on the screen porch. Read: I sat on the front porch, in a rocking chair and had a beverage. I then ate my lunch on the screen porch in a chair, with a fork, breathing while eating. The miracle of eel.
Hurricane season starts on June 1st and ends about the end of November but around here we believe that three weeks on either side of September is critical and so when we get through September there is a small sigh of relief.
Well it’s Labor Day weekend and that means it’s Southern Decadence here in the Crescent City. Last year, as I was coming out of a store in the Quarter, I ran into a group of 20-something year old beautiful men – having forgotten it was Southern Decadence, I thought for a moment I was on a different planet. I thanked them all for beautifying our streets. Truly summer is over when the parties begin in…
Wonder Woman is not the average bear, she lives life by certain tenets that include but are not limited to: Proceed with Love Press outside your comfort zone Practice simply being So for today, think of one step to take that will bring you closer to being Wonder Woman. At the end of this day, I will tell you what step I took. What Wonder Woman is not: Perfect Capable of doing everything for everybody…
When your week gets off to a rocky start – let’s just say your geriatric dog goes to the bathroom on the floor and you step in it – it’s up to you to not let that first step be the deciding factor for how this week is going to go. Instead, remember that in Italy and Spain, stepping in dog shit is considered lucky. And there you have the makings for a fabulous week.
This Friday will be three years since the Corp of Engineers failed to protect this city from a Category 5 hurricane and our president turned his back on a great American city. Since then, half of the population has returned with an army of volunteers still coming to the city to help rebuild the 200K + houses that were destroyed. Three years and some people are still suffering from Post Traumatic Stress having lost everything…