Unrest in the hood
From a neighbor: It seems like crime is again on the rise. I just read in the TP New Orleans Police Blotter Crime Report that there was an aggravated rape on the 2900 block of Dumaine Sunday at 5:52 AM.
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Full moon danger alert
Last night was pretty active around here – the full moon was pulling and pushing and causing ripples in the water, people, and air.
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More news from last night
This from a neighbor: At 12:30 this morning, we were awakened to screams from a younger black woman from Gentilly who had been shot over 5 times and dumped out of a car at Esplanade & N Lopez. She ran to a neighbors house, then fell on the street in shock. Apparently her boyfriend had been shot and dumped on Elysian Fields or St Roch at a bridge according to her story to me. She gave…
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News on the bayou from last night
A woman drove her car into Bayou St. John near intersection of Moss and Bell around 11pm. A passerby entered the water to get her out as police stood by.
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Doldur Doldur Doldur
That is Turkish for fill it up which you say three times with your purse open during a full moon. No time like the present to handicap your odds – I just got my Vanguard 401K statement in the mail – good grief.
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Beautifying the neighborhood
After Katrina, the dome of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church was covered in scaffolding for a few years while they repaired and refurbished the copper cupola. This evening as I went to walk Arlene and Loca on the bayou at dusk, I noticed it was lit up and asked my neighbor if it had always been that way and I didn’t notice – they just had their 100 year anniversary and apparently it…
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Loca’s lament
Loca has a penchant for eating plush toys – it’s her affliction – and she particularly loves her friend and neighbor, Lucky’s toys. We went to Britex in San Francisco, a fabulous fabric store in Union Square and got felt to fix both the rat and the bunny. Here they are in the recovery room.
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Some places stay the same for the good
There are something like 800 (or some phenomenal number) new restaurants that start up in the Bay Area every year and fail. Luckily, some restaurants keep going. We went to Tra Vigne in St. Helena on Sunday and had house-made mozzarella that was still warm out of the oven and out of this world. The nutty, firm but creamy cheese was served with heirloom tomatoes. Then we had rabbit stew with fresh made tagliatelle –…
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Eighteen years ago and counting
I’m still reeling from running into an acquaintance at the Huntington in San Francisco and asking about her baby, to which she replied, “Um, baby is now 17 and getting ready for college.” I hear people as they get older say they don’t feel like they have aged and they are surprised when they pass by a mirror and see the older version. Although I’m thoroughly enjoying being 49, I still can’t get over the…
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Obama Girl!
T got me this great Obama tee in Berkeley and now I think I am going to wear it every day until Nov 4th.