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The Original Social Network

Anyone from New Orleans will tell you that when you meet someone the first thing they ask you here is what high school did you go to? I always thought it was because most did not go onto college or work for large companies like elsewhere. But last night I was speaking to someone from California, who is Japanese via Hawaii and she said, “That’s how it is in Hawaii. No one cares where you…

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Ode to a great neighborhood

Last night, we had new friends from Tin’s school come by to walk with us over to Bounty by the Bayou, an annual kid’s trick or treating event that the neighborhood association puts on every year. The streets are blocked off, free hot dogs are served, and the house and inhabitants are all decked out in Halloween spirit. The neighborhood does this after it does Voodoo on the Bayou, the annual fundraising event at the…

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