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Category: Our House
I took the day off yesterday to make some repairs to our deck. Specifically, I replaced three old warped and worn-out boards with new lumber.…
I first got the idea to use this kind of heating unit a year or so ago when I went into Ken Brown & Sons…
We worked a little magic in Mid-City today. We gathered on the banks of Bayou St. John and collectively welcomed a new person into our…
The neighbor kids are always knocking on our door. The reasons seem to come and go in waves. Most recently my wrench has been enjoying…
After this past weekend, I am massively frustrated with ACORN. You know ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. They’ve been in the…
Our dishwasher wasn’t draining properly. Since we got it less than a year ago it’s still under warranty. So Sears sends out a service technician.…
I’m quoted in an article in today’s Times-Picayune.
Unless I have a clear plan and a grim determination, I won’t get any work done on the house.
Yesterday I spoke with Jennifer Weishaupt, president of Mid-City Neighborhood Organization, about the possibility of the VA hospital at the site of the old Lindy Boggs Medical Center (Mercy Hospital).
As you may be aware, Victory Real Estate Investments has assembled some parcels of land, including the old hospital. They were hoping to build a big retail complex, but because of the downturn in the national economy, that’s looking less likely.
So Victory recently offered the land to the Veteran’s Administration. According to Jennifer, the VA has been made aware of the plans for the greenway along the Lafitte Corridor. Indeed, they seem to have an appreciation for the value of it — and it kind of makes sense, doesn’t it, that a public health entity would see the value of a public health infrastructure.
The illustration above shows the proposed alternative VA site (yellow border) and the path of the greenway on the Lafitte Corridor (green line).
But moreover, I think the Lindy Boggs site offers some advantages over the current “front runner” location in lower Mid-City.
We got our 2009 Real Estate Assessment from City Hall Friday. Last year, I didn’t understand property assessments, but now I think I do, kinda…
Just when you thought it was safe to look in the Times-Picayune’s Saturday Inside Out section, here comes yet another installment in Stephanie Bruno”s series about our renovation. This is number #30 by my count. Yeah, yeah, I know — I said #28 was the final one. Then I said #29 was the final final. But trust me — this really is it: the final final final story in this saga.
Rainwater collects in little puddles on several of the steps leading up to our front porch. Ideally these old worn treads should be replaced, but…
ACORN just finished up the job at our house around noon today. It’s been three weeks since they started — instead of four days, which…
One of the young volunteers asked me a pertinent question yesterday: “So, when we get done painting your house, are you going to help other…
Today is Midsummer. It’s just about the biggest holiday of the year in Sweden and Finland and I’m assuming the rest of the Nordic countries…
Don’t tell Xy, but I’ve got a surprise in store for her when she returns from Indiana. I spent the day installing fourteen aluminum mini…
I bought 20 gallons of primer and packed the wife and daughter off to Indiana, but somehow the prospect was still so unreal to me.…
Boss Lady’s out for the rest of the month, at an AP reading and then a conference. Olivia’s brother passed away, so she’s in Alabama.…