Time Thursday, June 23 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location Magnolia Bridge over Bayou St John, New Orleans, LA. Created By Sallie Ann Glassman More Info Thursday, June 23rd, 7 pm: Sallie Ann Glassman and La Source Ancienne Ounfo celebrate St. John’s Eve with their annual ceremony on the footbridge over Bayou St. John (near Cabrini High School). Headwashing Ceremony (form of Vodou baptism) dedicated to Marie Laveau Wear all white and bring a white scarf or rag for…
The termite guy said I have termites and that the whole addition was so faultily constructed that I’m sitting on a landmine. Well that is how Monday started and I wanted to just ball my eyes out like a baby or run for the hills. Instead I’m just trying to take deep breaths. I have put more money into this house that god knows I should and at the prospect of sinking yet more in…
The other day at Sylvain, a young woman came in and sat at the bar and was all hyped up and the bartender looked at her and said, “Ojai breath baby.” I’ve been feeling like I need some of that mirror fogging breath myself as the last few days have continued the torrent of eating and drinking with our houseguest who left this morning, having made us a feast of tortilla española and shredded beet…
Today, two people proposed two great ideas to me. Today, three colleagues recommended me on Linked In, which as someone just tweeted: “First Encylopedia, then Encarta and now Wikipedia. First resume, then bio/blog, now Linked In Profile?” Today, another person was added to the list of people who see work to be done at the LaLa, work that will cost me lots of money, work that is to prevent something catastrophic happening, work I don’t…
About twenty two years ago my brother became a religious fanatic of sorts. It was when his daughter was born and she weighed 1.9 lbs that he made a deal with god that he would be a good Jew and would devote himself to god if she would live and thrive. Recently, a friend wrote and said I should take Tin to the synagogue, teach him the path of Judaism because he will need god…
We went to Meaux Bar last night where there is guaranteed satisfaction. The place was packed with locals enjoying possibly the best French New Orleans bistro in the world. Jim and Matthew are the best and Debbie serving us – what could be better? Well, it got better, Ed now works there too! The WWOZ Music Calendar was looking a little shy of anything we wanted to go listen to so we called up friends…
Tin and I went to his last music class this morning and are taking a break for the summer. It’s hard to know if that is the best thing for him, on one hand today as I was marching around to these ungodly dull kiddie songs and getting him to get in step with me I thought is this good for him? I am reading Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin and…
The girls all went out last night and I stayed home with tired Tin, rebellious obnoxious and un-napped Tin. Whew. By the time I put him to bed (early) he yelled and then put his head down and went right to sleep. And I planted myself in front of the television and watched my taped John Besh cooking shows. OMG! That guy is amazing. I watched about four episodes and afterwards felt that everything that…
The New Orleans Museum of Art is holding its Centennial celebration in honor of its anniversary. The Ancestors of Congo Square exhibit is certainly worth a trip even though the way it was curated leaves something to be desired – namely dates (what were they thinking?) but the pieces are exquisite. The Madeline Albright pin collection is also worth seeing – Read My Pins is a fascinating look at how one woman used a talisman…