When Xy & I bought our house in Mid-City, we immediately joined the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization out of general principle. I like the idea of…
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When Xy & I bought our house in Mid-City, we immediately joined the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization out of general principle. I like the idea of…
It’s rare enough for me to pull an all-nighter anymore, but this one took me totally by surprise. See, Xy’s cousin Rusty is in town…
Today there was a march in New Orleans as part of the global day of protest against the war in Iraq. It’s been two years…
David Brooks has written a fine and funny commentary on the spirit of New Orleans. Now we lead lives in which everything is a pallid…
I had a new experience today: I went to a parade in New Orleans and I didn’t have anything to drink. I thought that might…
Elliott (a prof here at the university) asked me if I know of a group called “Defend New Orleans.” Actually he wasn’t sure if they’re…
Xy’s making her famous salsa: It’s so good it’s actually been featured on television. So what’s she making such a big batch for? No, it’s…
I’ve learned a few things about Whole Foods. Apparently their cramped and idiosyncratic little store in Mid-City is very much a thing of the past.…
I posted a set of photos from the Jazz Funeral for Democracy.
If Austin is so cool, then how come Whole Foods (which is based in Austin) is pulling out of my neighborhood? That’s not cool!
Tonight is Twelfth Night, or so I thought. Everybody’s heard of the Twelve Days of Christmas, but few people (in America, at least) know that…
I haven’t been this deaf on New Year’s Day since the last time I saw the Walking Ruins.
I walked to work this morning because my bike had a flat; the tube ripped at the place where you attach the pump (what do…
A co-worker just informed me that there was a murder last night, just four blocks from our house.
Yestereen Xy and I rode our bikes down Canal Street and took the ferry across the Mississippi to Algiers Point for the annual Christmas bonfire.…
I finally found out why there have been so many jets and helicopters flying around this past week. Apparently I missed this story in the…
Our friend Scott Brown, a teacher at Xy’s school, had his apartment burglarized today. The thief took his computer and all his CDs and a…
Signs of the impending holiday in our neighborhood… It’s a little hard to read because of the burglar bars, but the spray-painted message lists the…
Tonight we went to Tyler’s again. Oysters have gone up to 25 cents because of Ivan. The jukebox was playing Run-DMC and assorted hip-hop and…
The Times-Picayune reports that a record producer named John Fischbach had his drivers license temporarily confiscated for speeding in a school zone, just like Xy…