Recently, New Orleans was awarded the (dis)honor of having the highest crime per capita of any U.S. city. Last night, at Swirl, a friend was talking to my friends visiting from Atlanta, she had recently moved back to New Orleans. She said, “Yes, Atlanta’s a functioning city, but it’s good to be home.” Ah, home, crime ridden but lovable. This morning after breakfast at Dizzy’s – eggs, grits and fried catfish – my friend said…
Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Customers By JACK HEALY and ANGELA MACROPOULOS A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after being trampled by a crush of shoppers on Friday.
How could we not be connected in these global times to every event, every city and citizen who suffers? Mumbai – my colleagues recently held a conference there, in a country that I dream about but have never visited, and now Mumbia is in peril. Damn these terrorist to hell – with so much in the world to worry about, young punks wrecking senseless havoc on people who were living their lives – very sad,…
We opted for a small gathering this year for Thanksgiving and it was a long and lovely day. The weather was superb. I woke up and walked Loca into the park where the Turkey trot was underway. She and I ran into Sangi, Loca’s new best friend, and the two dogs tripped the light fantastic in and out of the lagoon, terrorizing anyone near who wanted to stay dry. Then home again, where T and…
City Park was so beautiful this morning. The crepe myrtles and the cypress are the only trees in fall color – and the crepes give an array of yellows to rust, but the cypress have turned an umber color that is just magical. As I rounded the bend to come back towards home, I noticed many pockets of people throwing bread to the ducks and then a clandestine circle of ducks holding an impromptu meeting…
Each day about 150 people read my blog. Interestingly enough most of those are unique visitors to the site. The areas that get commented on the most are my entries about loving New Orleans and being in love. But the entry that got the most comments was when I had my chemical peel and posted the day to day progress of the peel. I started this blog in 2004 because I was going to write…
Our suitcases came after I went to bed so before I took Loca out this morning, I was trying to unpack and take care of a few things and was running late. I raced out the door, and Loca saw two of her friends, Louie and the white dog, playing off leash on the grass by the bayou. I let her off to run play with them and this could have gone on forever, but…
J sent me a video of Palin speaking to the press in front of turkeys getting slaughtered. Yesterday, I went to Rouses and OH MY GOD there were millions of people there and I was standing over the cooler looking at Butterball turkeys (frozen Butterballs are best for deep frying) and all they had was small or huge, and as I went up and down the aisle buying the typical turkey feast ingredients, I looked…
United used to be the big airlines – the one I always wanted to fly – employees owned that airlines – and then. It SUCKS. Bags, not here. Oh now they call and say it is not 6PM to 8PM but 8PM till 2AM and they will call first. And I say, call at 1AM? I asked the woman if she realized she is working for a moribund company. That UAL won’t make it this…
I’ve been stressed again, too much on the to do list to be able to take a breath. What are we trying to accomplish? Everything today. More than is possible tomorrow. Super producer – it’s almost a lament now. Try life. Wake slowly. Deliberately. Enjoy who and what you love intensely. Underschedule. It’s Thanksgiving – let’s give thanks for our abundance and promise to cut back on it.