It was a beautiful day, so we packed some picnic snacks, loaded up the baby stroller, gathered up some neighbor kids and headed down to…
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It was a beautiful day, so we packed some picnic snacks, loaded up the baby stroller, gathered up some neighbor kids and headed down to…
Keep N It Real Social & Pleasure Club was in our neighborhood today. It ended just two blocks from our house. Actually we missed the…
We took our first stroll around the block yesterday. Many of the sidewalks are impassable, so we had to push the stroller in the street.…
Well, we did it. For a while I didn’t think we would be able to pull it off. First there was my sprained ankle. Then…
I’m trying not to get sucked into the drama of the presidential primaries… but it’s hard. Here, then, is a diversionary tale of adversity and…
Kalypso surveys her street and finds 70% of the houses are uninhabited.
As Ashley noted, Victory got their permit to demolish the Lindy Boggs hospital (formerly known as Mercy). This was decided by the Housing Conservation District…
Story on the front page of today’s paper confirms what I wrote in November.
The Housing Conservation District Review Committee met on Monday. They voted to allow the demolition of three public housing complexes, and passed the buck on…
Normally neighborhood groups support the demolition of abandoned buildings. However, last Monday representatives from the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization spoke against the demolition of the old…
Here’s a note I sent to my neighborhood discussion group. Neighbors, After much soul-searching I have decided that I will not be seeking another term…
For most of the year a rumor has circulated in our neighborhood regarding the Lindy Boggs Medical Center. That’s the hospital at Jeff Davis and…
Old Roy came over to borrow a shovel today. He owns the house across the street, which he’s still repairing from flood damage lo these…
Wow. I missed Waiting for Godot, but I have got to check this out: Art In Action!: Site #23: Sean Derry “An Interlude To Stillness”…
Jeff and Laura came over to watch the Saints game today. Like us, they’re Hoosierleanians — transplants from Indiana who’ve come to call New Orleans…
The plumber came Monday morning, but he wasn’t able to do any work because I hadn’t purchased a few items I was supposed to have.…
I think one reason I’ve gotten so caught up in Garbagegate [TM] is because of my own personal garbage anxiety. I haven’t put any bulky…
To the relief of everyone Uptown, Endymion is coming back to Mid-City in 2008. Therefore I imagine we’ll be having our annual Samedi Gras party,…
Yesterday I posted some thoughts on a panel discussion, but I forgot that I had a written version of my opening statement which I might…
This summer FEMA scaled back the amount they’d pay the Army Corps of Engineers for debris removal, meaning the City of New Orleans would have…