According to a story in the morning paper, our neighborhood has four months to prove its viability. This is according to the new plan from…
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According to a story in the morning paper, our neighborhood has four months to prove its viability. This is according to the new plan from…
I was astonished to discover mail in our mailbox this morning. It must have been delivered Saturday, because I only filled out the little form…
Yes, we’ve got basic utilities: water and gas and electricity. But we are still sadly lacking basic information services. We have no phone, no cable,…
I was unable to find an actual Times-Picayune newspaper on Christmas Day, but looking around on the web I found the following article, which was…
Xy and I didn’t really exchange gifts this year. That is, I got her a gift but she didn’t get me anything. She’s a Scrooge,…
Take a nighttime drive down Bienville, from Galvez to Jefferson Davis. It’s dark. There’s a house with some lights near Tonti, another near Gayoso. Generators,…
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We’ve been getting up before dawn since Xy started back to school. Without electricity,…
Yesterday, after a wait of two weeks, our electrical work passed the city inspection. It’s up to code, and we’re ready to take power. (Even…
Very good news: The Bush administration has decided to support making levees in New Orleans stronger than before Hurricane Katrina struck I still can’t overcome…
Just got off the phone with our mortgage company, US Bank. Right after the storm they told me we’d have a six-month moratorium on payments.…
If the United States can’t take care of its own, maybe they should sell us back to France.
The New York Times published this editorial today: We are about to lose New Orleans. Whether it is a conscious plan to let the city…
Our electrician came by tonight (with a crew of old friends from Brooklyn) and hooked our generator up to our electrical panel. Now we can…
According to the Damage Assessment Wizard on the City of New Orleans website, our house “is NOT substantially damaged.” It also says: “You may continue…
Last night the sky was luminous. Even though there are no streetlights for at least three blocks in any direction, the city was still reflecting…
Looking around our immediate neighborhood, I’d have to say our house is just about the only one ready for re-occupation. Mainly that’s because of the…
Entergy said they’d send someone to hook up our gas service, sometime between 7am and 7pm. That’s a nice big window. I got up before…
The electricians started work on our house today. Also, the plumber got the city inspector to come by and certify us for getting our gas…
I saw our Cuban neighbor, Jose, as we drove to our house this morning. Xy dropped me off and hurried on to a job screening…