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New Orleans ca. January 2007

May 23, 2011

I started Back Of Town.  So, I love Treme, but simultaneously harbor a small fear that New Orleans and its post-Katrina history will henceforth be viewed solely through the lens of the show. The story must be told. It’s just a television show. The story is told very well in this tv show for the [...]

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The Morganza Spillway Is Now Open

May 14, 2011

Morganza Floodway Travel Times, a photo by Team New Orleans, US Army Corps of Engineers on Flickr. The Pointe Coupee Banner | Corps directed to open Morganza Spillway The Morganza Spillway has been opened to protect Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the Mississippi River potentially overflowing its carefully-carved banks in these cities. According to [...]

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Stuff Of Interest Today

May 6, 2011

Neil Gaiman is a renowned British author. He is also an American creator, who writes great books, sells them, makes money, and most importantly, knows exactly what his time is worth. So, clutching our political aprons over Gaiman’s $45,000 fee to address a group of people at a Minnesota public library, while saying “Tally ho, [...]

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May Flowers In Texas

May 6, 2011

Next year. The (cold) drought here is so bad this desert rat craves rain, heat and its accompanying humidity. Shorts, tank tops, barbequed ribs and cold beer now! How else is a former Kuwaiti resident to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden? Screw that, I’m more worried about the impact of the Mississippi River [...]

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Happy Fat Tuesday!

March 8, 2011

Carnival in Arcueil Lyonel Feininger, 1911 The Art Institute of Chicago Tweet

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What A Couple Of Weeks

February 21, 2011

Here I sit in a friend’s living room in New Orleans with a few moments to myself. A rare luxury these days. When things happen in my life, they tend to happen all at once. 1) The Packers won the Superbowl! It all happened so fast – we went from possibly wild card to laying [...]

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It’s Carnival Time!

January 6, 2011

Throw your sparkles into the air! Purple, green and gold like you just don’t care! Tweet

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2010 In Travel Photographs

December 21, 2010

Note: Thanks to geobloggers Silver Fox and GeoTripper for inspiring me to do this post. Check out their beautiful travel photographs, too. Tweet

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But First, The Hostilidays

December 9, 2010

Aaah, it’s that swell time of year again. Presenting Marshmallow World, now with white boys in Cosby sweaters. Money shots at 2:02 and 2:17. Don’t forget to check out other entries scattered across the NOLA blogosphere, especially Suspect Device’s latest. It takes the fruitcake. Tweet

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Rally To Just Kinda Be Ourselves For One Day, Part II

November 2, 2010

The costumes. This is why you have to go vote today. So I stop inflicting these nerdy, quadruple-entendre getups on you. The sad part is D’s costume didn’t take all that much effort and HE got high fives and “Duuuuude” all day long, while people came up to me and said, “What are you?” (or [...]

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