Blogs
Hindsight Is 20-20
Hindsight is easy. Sometimes you look around and see what’s been done and built in your city since you’ve been alive (easy for me since I’m an old lady) and […]
Recrafting A Compromise
I went to last week’s VCPORA meeting (see Alex Rawls’ blog), where there was quite a bit of give-and-take from residents of the Quarter and musicians. Since that meeting, Councilwoman […]
More Input on Musical “Noise”
In my “Mojo Mouth” column this month in the print version of OffBeat, I address the noise issue that’s been a part of the New Orleans music culture forever. I […]
Squeezing Some Good Out of BP
Apparently the city of New Orleans is reaping benefits from the BP oil spill by using money from BP to advertise to tourists. According to “a recent study,” in the […]
Quit Complaining and Do Something!
Last Sunday afternoon, I sat in a discussion on WWOZ regarding what we need to do regarding the problem we’re currently having with the NOPD cracking down on local street […]
Well, They’re At It Again
After all these years, and all the protestations about how New Orleans is a “city of music,” the “birthplace of jazz.” It’s happening all over again. Our new NOPD chief, […]
If You Drink Beer, Then You Should Support the Leaf
So last week, in anticipation of the decreasing amount of seafood that the BP oil leak may precipitate, my friend Carol and I decided to go to Drago’s to consume […]
Farewell To Seafood, As I Once Knew It
An old friend called me today about some advice. We were chatting, as old friends do, and she suggested lunch, which I gladly agreed on. Then she said, “ I […]
Notes from a Boogalooer
Notes from da Boogaloo…. Went to Bayou Boogaloo on Saturday, and I really loved it. The setting is really nice, on the grass right next to Bayou St. John. I […]
Hubris
I need me some zen. And I don’t mean the absinthe, either. I’m worried about New Orleans and the Louisiana Gulf Coast. There’s an oil spill out there that will […]
