I love to see people fishing along the bayou. The other day I was walking across the bridge by the sculpture garden in City Park and a man and two little boys were fishing down beside the lagoon. I asked them if they were catching anything and the man said not much. I said I think the pelicans are eating all the fish but the other day I saw a big whopping fish. The man…
I remember when one of my nieces was very young, she was playing in the front yard and as it started to get dark she called to her mom to turn on the lights outside. As if the sun had a switch. Well today, was just like that, as much as I wanted to stay in, I kept finding myself going out. The weather is so beautiful and it is supposed to get cold tomorrow…
There is a new restaurant on Banks Street close to the Banks Street Bar called Huevos – they’re open from 7am to 3pm – they have DELICIOUS huevos rancheros, home made sausage, muffins, and my god the french toast – it is angel food cake sliced and fried in butter served with a fruit compote on top and homemade whipped cream (forget about it – this stuff is killer). This is a must go place.…
Last night, we went to Swirl and it was jammed one end to the other with neighbors and friends and you name it – it was like old home night with all the friendly faces back from holidays, vacations, end of this and beginning of thats and it was good to see everyone. We then made our way to Meaux Bar for an intimate dinner to celebrate one of our many anniversaries. Of course, Debbie…
A friend of mine had her 19th nervous breakdown about a man she loves. It’s chemical, I told her. She made me a few CDs of new songs and one of them is a Pity Party from start to finish and it reminded me of my own CDs I made not too long ago – and the songs I listened to ad nauseum – one even supplied by one of the men who broke my…
When crime reached a high pitch fervor throughout the country two decades ago, crack was blamed. But studies are showing now that notions we took for granted like crack babies, didn’t really exist. What does exist is poverty and undernourished women giving birth to under cared for babies. There has been a lot of talk in New Orleans about why we have such a high crime rate. Corrupt politicians, police force, are to blame as…
Today it was in the upper 70s, I was on a call with someone in the Midwest who said when he left his house it was 8 degrees. Is that even a temperature? Hard to believe. I told him he might laugh last next time I am going through a 22 hour car ride evacuating for hurricane season. But just so you know, another beautiful day in paradise and that my friends is why we…
This from Silence is Violence: Community-led efforts and activities will be going on across town throughout Friday and Saturday. The following major activities will bring coordinated peace and social justice messages to downtown, uptown, and City Hall: 10am: Peace Motorcade, beginning at the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street. Nakita Shavers will lead this motorcade in memory of her brother, Dinerral Shavers, and Helen Hill, the two artists whose 2006 murders…
In all my rants against Whole Foods, I said that they tend to take smaller producers’ ideas and usurp them under their own generic brand. They did this with the tortas BUT recently they have added the original tortas back – the ones made by Rising Sun Farms – which are way more tasty than WF’s version. So retraction, they are only half evil.
My calendar is always booked – overbooked – multiple choices on each day. This month will be a trip to NY and Boston, February our friends from Croatia visiting us, my good friend turning 60 and not to mention Mardi Gras and our Puerto Rican friends visiting, March is back to New York, and T going overseas, and friends possibly coming, April and May Jazz Fest and my 50th birthday extravaganza, then June a baby.…