I have been tagged by Ivy Brown. I am supposed to open the book I am currently reading and turn to page 123. Then find the 5th sentence and post the next 3 sentences. As usual, this meme doesn’t blow my skirt up. So to compromise, I will instead give my top ten list of [...]
I attended a national conference today that is going on here in NOLA (yay!). At day end, a small group of us headed to Cafe Adelaide for drinks. Walking in, it was impressive to see this ice block slowly melting in the center of the bar: Having done research, I went with the Cocktail Chicks’ [...]
I attended a little cocktail party affair tonight in the CBD for a conference that starts tomorrow. I was the only person in attendance from New Orleans. Tomorrow night, the conference has dinner arranged at several restaurants. Tonight, folks were on their own. Some of the attendees wanted raw oysters. So I volunteered to be [...]
First, some background. For those who are not in the know, Blog Net News (BNN) is a site that aggregates blogs by category and by major cities. My blog is listed under Blog Net News–New Orleans. The owner of this site is Dave Mastio. The local editor is Greta Perry. Now, BNN has been getting [...]
I have recently found myself a bit addicted to Twitter. And I am now following many other New Orleanians. There is something even more intriguing about following the (mostly) silly details of a person’s day when that person is in your city–eating where you eat, enjoying (or not) the same weather, lamenting the same local [...]
New Orleans is a very Catholic city. Here’s a little tale to show you just how Catholic it is. CS isn’t much on religious formalities. So when he went to Liuzza’s in Mid-City a few years ago on a Friday during Lent and ordered a hamburger, it wasn’t a big deal to him. It was [...]
Even as gas prices climb, we New Orleanians know what’s really important: For a more interesting uniquely New Orleans story, click here to read Pete’s post about King Gambrinus reigning atop Falstaff Brewery. 0 I Like This
I have three things that warrant honorable mention. First, a shout-out to Christy to thank her for my lovely gift of hand-made stitch holders (click here for Christy’s pic): They are beautiful (and in the colors of Mardi Gras!) and are the inspiration I needed to dive into my next knitting project. Thanks, again, Christy. [...]
This year’s St. Patrick’s parade in Metairie was every bit just like previous years. I consumed copious amounts of fried chicken and beer. We caught all manner of vegetables (cabbage, potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, onions, garlic). Here’s Sun napping in her stroller with all the food-catches after the parade: I saw the Jefferson City Buzzards: [...]
Pete and I (with Sun in tow) headed out today to view a few of NOLA’s St. Joseph altars. Our first stop, appropriately, St. Joseph’s Church on Tulane Avenue. Here’s their altar: All three of the altars we visited today had lamb and bleeding heart cakes; whole fishes; wine; and breads. Here’s a close-up of [...]