Last year, I posted about my annual St. Patrick’s parade excursion in Metairie. This Sunday, the parade will be celebrating its 37th year, and I will be returning to the same spot to watch the same parade to catch the same vegetables to make my traditional cabbage rolls. Katie challenged me to write about the [...]
In the Times-Picayune today, there was not less than three mentions of the Friends of the Jefferson Parish Library semi-annual Book Sale out at Pontchartrain Center. I am a sucker for book deals and have found many oddities at this sale in the past. So, after Sun took the longest nap ever, we headed out. [...]
Yesterday, I drove out to get satsumas for Christy over at Misplaced Southern Belle. I ended up at DeWitt’s Fruit and Vegetable Shed on River Road (this stand has been at this location for over 50 years). I have driven past it many, many times and never stopped. So, thanks, Christy, for giving me an [...]
This weekend, Pete, SoMo and I are hitting the streets to check out some St. Joseph altars. I somehow managed to be born and raised a Catholic in New Orleans and yet never been to a St. Joseph altar. Why my sudden interest in the altars? I owe this interest to my mother-in-law. About this [...]
It’s hard to believe I have been sharing pieces of my life through blogging with the unknowns of the Internet for just over a year now. I think I am starting to find my voice. Here’s a short list of things I’ve gotten from blogging: 1. New NOLA friends, Katie, Leigh, and Stacey that I [...]
I had made arrangements to go with Wendy to the knitting store to pick yarn for me to knit her daughter a scarf for Christmas. I had just finished knitting the behemoth blanket. I was very excited to return to my favorite local yarn shop for the first time since having had Sun. We stepped [...]
I have recently been writing about my time as a patient of Dr. Socks. Tomorrow’s post will likely be the last post dedicated to him. I knew the chance of my running into him at my local yarn shop sooner or later was high. I hadn’t given much thought, however, to what I’d say to [...]
co·in·ci·dence /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation(koh-in-si-duh ns) –noun 1. a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance. 2. the condition or fact of coinciding. 3. an instance of this. syn·chro·nic·i·ty (sĭng’krə-nĭs’ĭ-tē, sĭn’-) -noun 1. The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism. 2. Coincidence [...]
Wendy previously described how her Wednesdays are bat shit crazy. I have to agree with her. Wednesday mornings arrive like a freight train–fast and rumbling. I always oversleep and JUMP out of bed realizing I have no more than 30 minutes to get out the house. I shower at night, so at least that task [...]
Here’s the even better story my senior partner told me over drinks about his brush with Hunter Thompson. The senior partner’s daughter was interested in being HST’s assistant. She’d been called to interview with HST in Colorado. The senior partner was reluctant to let his chaste daughter go alone to be with the likes of [...]