This morning I noticed something kind of strange. This new graffito, on the back of the RTA facility… …bears a striking resemblance to this older…
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This morning I noticed something kind of strange. This new graffito, on the back of the RTA facility… …bears a striking resemblance to this older…
I noticed this sign on a house around the corner. “For rent — Section 8/FEMA only.” That seems discriminatory. Is this legal?
I didn’t know Nia Robertson. And now I never will. Nia was killed at Pal’s Lounge Wednesday night. I first heard about it through Think…
The Mid-City poster contest is now officially over, and you can check out the winners.
3319-21 Iberville Street [map] This building was been proposed for demolition by FEMA. Since it’s in a historic district (Mid-City, my neighborhood) FEMA “requested the…
I couldn’t take in anymore. Having hair in the summer heat just sucks. Plus, I was no longer looking my usual devilishly attractive self. So…
A short while ago, Mid-City got a grant from Mercy Corps to do community outreach. As part of that effort, we decided to make our…
We’ll let the minor factual inaccuracies pass in this, the 21st article about our renovation, because Stephanie is such a nice person. But dang, Steph, this is what happens when you make up quotes!
I’m not sure why, but there seems to be a real uptick in activity in our area lately. People are renovating flooded properties or demolishing…
If you want to live just around the corner from yours truly, consider this freshly renovated shotgun double in the 3000 block of Bienville. Live…
Upon our return to New Orleans, we had a bit of laundry to do, so I made my way to a nearby laundromat. This place…
Some days I feel pretty gloomy about the way things are going in my little area of Mid-City. But on other days I feel much…
Yesterday’s Boogaloo was a screaming success, with something like 10,000 attendees. (Charlie London has posted a video.) Today the bayou saw more action. After weeks…
I remember last year at this time, I was skeptical. What kind of screwed-up, misplaced priorities do my neighbors have, planning a festival when we…
That old chaos hag Courtney Egan has done a great installation at Banks and Broad. Check it out. Similar idea: Someone put a marker up…
I was just getting ready to post about how sick I am of living amidst piles of garbage, when I came across the latest from…
Xy came home from visiting with a friend yesterday evening to discover that our block was a crime scene. Police had the street blocked off…
Remember the guerrilla art installation I wrote about in November? On the Jeff Davis neutral ground, a pitcher of water was suspended over a map…
Xy and I took part tonight in the third City Walk sponsored by Silence Is Violence. The concept is simple: People gather at a designated…
Easter Sunday. Xy and I spend the day engaged in yard work. Our “yard” is about 4′ x 12′ between the sidewalk in front of…