A neighbor and musician told us that John Mooney was doing a solo show on Tuesdays at Chickie Wah Wah, so we did some babysitter planning and decided to go see him last night. We got there and learned the chef hadn’t showed up so we went down the street to Cafe Minh to pick up some food to go. While we were at Minh, I noticed on the bar a box that said SAVE…
When I was a little girl I had fair skin and my mother kept me out of the sun. We didn’t have sunscreen then, we had mothers. We have been slathering baby sunscreen on Tin only to learn that most sunscreens have so many chemicals that are bad for children – even the ones that says Baby Sunscreen. So we’re going to rethink our efforts here and go back to hat and long sleeves and…
The U.S. is going back to the Clinton era in opening Cuba back up for cultural exchanges. During the dark ages, or the Bush administration, Cuba’s iron curtain was once more closed – going back to the Clinton era doesn’t represent progress, just rejiggering to ground zero. It’s another head scratcher how we supposed this embargo on Cuba has helped that country or us progress any further than where we were nine years ago. All…
The sky darkened The clouds began to dump sheets of rain The bayou filled The plants got drenched It’s August in New Orleans – hot and wet.
A week ago a friend sent me an email about all the women who suffered to get women’s rights to vote. Hard to imagine isn’t it? Sort of like trying to recall that at one time a black person was not allowed to sit in the front of a bus. Yes, we do live through interesting times. So this reversal comes as no surprise – but mark my words – GAY PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE…
The American Fisheries Group on Google posted this article that bears reading – albeit a quote from a BP environmentalist is not worth pondering in my book. But there appears to be a trace of hope here that the BP oil spill might be mitigated by forces greater than a greedy multibillion dollar company. The one thing that is not being measured here is the fragile ecosystem of the humans of the Gulf South. My…
I always wonder how I can arrange my thoughts on Monday morning so that I’m not dreading the day but actually looking forward to beginning my week. One of the tricks of mind I use is basic – how many Mondays do you have left in your life? Better enjoy this one with its ups and downs. But the truth is that usually on Monday I’m able to adhere to a schedule I have in…
I purchased Imagine as my ringtone the other day only getting it from purchased on my BlackBerry to downloaded via Vcast with Verizon has been the source of much consternation. I have to go buy a memory card to do this task, which I refuse to do – hence I don’t get the song and instead opted for One Love – only that turned out to be a Mickey Mouse recording of Marley’s One Love.…
We went to the playground this morning to stretch everyone’s legs after a week of rain that had us all stir crazy. Tin climbed up to the slide and slid all by himself – we were both staring in amazement as he was just last week it seems needing help on the stairs to get up there. His vocabulary keeps growing in fits and starts – he can say yellow, busa (busha – that’s belly…
We cooked my cousin Sophie’s brisket recipe today and lordy, it was a delicious Sunday meal, only I had cooked the potatoes, turnips and carrots way too long having accidentally left the stove on yesterday as we went to Magazine Street to get T’s hair cut and for T2 and I to wander around lower end of Magazine. While we were out and about yesterday, we stopped in to see GoGo’s new store, which looked…