Blogs
Can Legalized Pot Save Louisiana?
A former colleague of mine sent me an interesting piece from the New York Times on a non-profit arts effort, put together by the same Life Is Art Collective who […]
Helping Those in Need
Joseph and I live in Central City, and every day we ride down Oretha Castle Haley Blvd (formerly Dryades) on our usual route to work and back. So we literally […]
Music or Bullets?
Had a visit this week from two young Nederlanders who had made a trip from Memphis to New Orleans on bicycles. Both Leedert and Winifred are in their early thirties, […]
Fat City Gets Gentrified
I grew up in Jefferson Parish, and I worked there too. Back in the day, “Fat City” in Metairie was the nightlife district in da Parish, a hotbed of clubbing, […]
Ante Up
Following up on last week’s blog post, I got a lot of feedback from the Vieux Carre Property Owners, Resident & Associates (VCPORA), the local group whose mission is “To […]
Jeez, I Hope We Win
It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I just took a little walk around the Quarter, which is already chock-full of football fans, still relatively sober, waiting for tomorrow’s game and festivities. […]
How Can You Explain New Orleans?
Have had a few people talk to me about my blog last week, about the Colorado gentleman who experienced some “effects” from Hurricane Katrina—the humidity went up. Of course we […]
Post-Traumatic
Satellite view of “The Big One” Yesterday afternoon I was waiting for an appointment in an office, and a woman who was sitting next to me was complaining to her […]
If God Is Willing…
Last night I saw excerpts from Spike Lee’s new documentary If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, his follow-up five years later, post-Katrina to When The Levees Broke. […]
Think We Need This?
Of course I know the city of New Orleans is in a deep financial hole right now, thanks to a previous administration that spent money (that we didn’t have) like […]
