Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on…
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Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on…
I wanted to write something here about how to enjoy a book, novels in particular. I’ve touched on this before, but I wanted to expand…
Many people around the city are familiar with Grace Episcopal Church on Canal Street, as many community meetings are held there. Mid-City Neighborhood Organization meets…
There’s a house in our neighborhood with a large frog sculpture mounted to the exterior, such that it appears to be climbing up the side…
This sculpture mysteriously appeared on the Lafitte Corridor last week, just in time for the Urban Pathways conference tour. I was surprised and touched. It’s…
Yesterday afternoon I stopped by the playground on the Jeff Davis neutral ground with my daughter. We approached Serpent Mound at the same time as…
Friday night my daughter stabbed me in the eye. Not intentionally — she was just waving her arm around. Her little finger somehow got past…
With help from over twenty friends and neighbors we knocked our move out in just over four and a half hours. I’m still totally amazed…
Here’s a nasty tale of corporate intrigue. First, check out this editorial from the Urban Conservancy about the Walgreens which is being built at Carrollton…
Last night for the first time ever we left our daughter with a babysitter and had a fun night out on the town. Actually it…
It’s been three weeks since the Lutheran Invasion, but there’s still a pile of four-year-old flooded junk in front of the house next door. Don’t…
I was surprised to discover this morning that our one-way street had reversed direction overnight. Well, it wasn’t a big surprise really. The city had…
There’s some 37,000 Lutheran kids volunteering in the city of New Orleans this summer. I was surprised to discover approximately half of them working next…
I had just dropped Xy & Persephone off at the house of some friends and run a few errands. I stopped back at the house…
My neighborhood organization alerted me to the fact that a bunch of properties in Mid-City were coming up for code enforcement hearings. I noticed that…
This morning I was surprised to find an envelope stuck in our front door with my name on it. Inside, a card with the following…
When we got back from our trip Sunday, one of the first things I noticed was that damn canister is still sitting there next to…
We were sad to see a bank repo underway at the corner of N. Rendon and Iberville. That’s the site of Hair Ideas, where I…
It’s been a little over five years since I started blogging here in earnest. I thought this would be a simple extension of the journal-writing…