New Orleans – Page 3

Lutheran Invasion

Published by Editor B on Sunday, 26 July 2009

There’s some 37,000 Lutheran kids volunteering in the city of New Orleans this summer. I was surprised to discover approximately half of them working next…

Close Encounter

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 25 July 2009

I had just dropped Xy & Persephone off at the house of some friends and run a few errands. I stopped back at the house…

Tales of the Cocktail: Day One

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Somehow I wangled a press pass to Tales of the Cocktail. I’ve always wanted to attend this event, and if you have even a passing…

Hike the Lafitte Corridor

Published by Editor B on Monday, 11 May 2009

What are you doing for National Trails Day? If you’re in New Orleans, please join us for the 5th Annual Hike of the Lafitte Corridor.…

Five & Dime

Published by Editor B on Thursday, 7 May 2009

It’s been a little over five years since I started blogging here in earnest. I thought this would be a simple extension of the journal-writing…

Mid-City Community Garden

Published by Editor B on Sunday, 26 April 2009

My neighborhood is still capable of surprising me every now and again. Such was the case yesterday when we stopped by the Mid-City Community Garden…

Dear Goody Clancy

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Here’s a letter which I hope to present directly to representatives of Goody Clancy at tonight’s District 4 meeting (6PM @ Jesuit). Dear Goody Clancy,…

Closer to the Greenway

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 18 April 2009

From New Orleans City Business: City moving closer to work on creating Lafitte greenway Redeveloping 3-mile stretch from Quarter to Lakeview billed as recreation hot…

Band Camp

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 28 March 2009

Last night we went to the Big Top Gallery for something called Band Camp. Five bucks at the door, live music, lots of little kids,…

Don’t Put My Name in It!

Published by Editor B on Friday, 6 March 2009

I wasn’t going to post anything about the current e-mail foofaraw down at City Hall, because I figured I didn’t have anything to say about…

Passable

Published by Editor B on Monday, 2 March 2009

I commented a year ago (to the very day!) that some sidewalks around our home were impassable, some friends recommended a stroller upgrade. They didn’t…

Stairway to Levee Flag

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 28 January 2009

I was putting up posters last week for the Beyond Jena forum. I thought to myself, “New Orleans East always gets left out of the…

NOLA vs. NYC: Rodent’s Eye View

Published by Editor B on Monday, 26 January 2009

Thanks to my friend Jason Neville for bringing this choice piece of research to my attention: “We put rats in relatively large areas with objects…

Bonfired Up

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 17 December 2008

There’s nothing I want to do on New Year’s Eve except run around the Christmas-tree bonfire on Orleans Avenue. New Year’s Eve is usually a…

Shots Fired

Published by Editor B on Tuesday, 16 December 2008

My sleep is interrupted by the peal of a semiautomatic weapon being discharged. Three spurts. Close by. I’m too groggy to check the time but it feels like midnight or two in the morning. Did someone just arrange another funeral? Did someone’s son (or daughter) meet their untimely end? But there’s only silence afterward, no shouts, no sirens. Maybe someone was just firing into the air for the hell of it. I drift back to sleep, uneasy, but too tired to care.

Tag: New Orleans