Xy and I were at Tyler’s for beer and 10 cent oysters — typical Monday night. We met an old-time local guy who had last…
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Xy and I were at Tyler’s for beer and 10 cent oysters — typical Monday night. We met an old-time local guy who had last…
Last night Xy and I rode our bikes uptown for the Midsummer Mardi Gras celebration. This takes place every year in late August. I guess…
Thursday night means pub trivia at the Crown & Anchor. That can sometimes lead to Vaughan’s to see Kermit Ruffins, if I’m lucky. Tonite I…
A few nights ago, Xy & I walked past Jackson Square with our friend David Bryan after coffee and beignets. The park is locked at…
There were so many murders in New Orleans yesterday that a shooting near our house didn’t even make the news. Xy heard shots fired around…
Someone hit the Jeff Davis statue again last night. The last graffiti was cleaned up in a day or two. This morning, the red spray-painted…
One fun thing about my morning ride to work is checking the Jefferson Davis statue on Canal Street to see if it’s been defaced. Looks…
Today, just after noon, a teenage boy was shot in the head just a block and a half from our house. He’s dead now. There…
I finally got religion. Here’s how it happened. Here in New Orleans, Jazz Fest is a big deal. A really big deal. I mean, people…
Edward J. Branley gave a talk at my favorite bookstore tonight about his new book, New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line. I rode my bike…
After a forty-year interruption, streetcar service has been restored to Canal Street in New Orleans. The first stop, at Canal and Salcedo, is just a…
Last month, a woman named Mai Thi Nguyen was killed here in New Orleans as she worked behind the counter at a grocery store. It…
They say that when you get within a hundred miles you begin to feel a little drunk on just the idea of New Orleans… That…
So it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m eating lunch at Coop’s Place in the Quarter with my in-laws. The waiter there is a perpetual stoner. For…
I’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding my last post. I’ll try to answer them here. It’s been incredibly frustrating trying to find specific…
There’s a variety of fungus that people cultivate down here in little rooftop gardens. I’ve really never seen anything quite like it. They only grow…
I wanted to let everybody know I survived my first Mardi Gras. Carnival season begins here in New Orleans on the 6th day of January,…
Here’s an account of a single day, August 2nd, 1999. This was originally published in my friend Rachel’s zine Daybook. I get up around 7:00…
I thought moving would be stressful, but it was smooth. So smooth I can hardly believe it. But right now I can look up and…