Yesterday morning I was taking a coffee break with some co-workers, and looking out our fourth-floor window we noticed a column of black smoke rising…
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Yesterday morning I was taking a coffee break with some co-workers, and looking out our fourth-floor window we noticed a column of black smoke rising…
Ever had the feeling that all the pieces are coming together — but none of them fit? Like maybe some wiseacre at the factory mixed…
Here’s some pictures taken around this time last year, before everything went crazy. That’s Xy having a meal of raw oysters at Tyler’s on Orleans.…
I said in Saturday’s article that I’d post a picture of our house and try to get some free color advice out of my readers.…
It’s the first day of school for Xy today. I took a picture before she drove off to Algiers this morning. Here’s hoping this school…
I put the trash out last night and a rat jumped out of one of the bags as I was carrying it. Shortly after I…
Today Xy and I hosted a baby shower for one of our new neighbors. She and most of the guests are Honduran. It might seem…
I spent today catching up, running errands that fell between the cracks over the last two days. It’s amazing how many things we’re juggling, and…
…it’s another. We thought our roof was properly patched up, but judging from water damage to the kitchen ceiling after recent storms — it’s not.
Imagine walking into a party full of people you’ve never met, but whom you know more or less intimately because they’ve been pouring their hearts…
Somebody put banners up on the blighted grocery at Carrollton and Claiborne last night: Walgreens has held the lease on this property for seven years.…
New Orleans has been visited by a truly biblical plague of flies since the flood waters receded. You can’t eat food outside without being blanketed…
Sometime in the wee hours of yesterday morning my rox.com e-mail account started to choke. I’ve had the same e-mail address for ten years so…
This past weekend felt like a watershed for my neighborhood, but it also left me feeling overwhelmed. Our Mid-City recovery planning meeting with Clifton James…
Add this to the list of “crazy things white people do”: First, we collected our urine in a bucket. Then Xy poured it into a…
We haven’t seen Lucy since Saturday afternoon. She was lying on the curb in front of our house, kind of a strange place for her…
My parents are here for an absurdly short visit. Yesterday I gave them the Mandatory Misery Tour. First we drove to Lakeview. Then to Gentilly.…
Mark the Carpenter is back at work on our house today, after a hiatus of almost two months. Sadly, his helper Tony is not returning…
Uh oh. I don’t like the looks of this.
As they continue demolishing it, Physicians Hospital is now wide open. I walked in and took some pictures. Man, it’s spooky in there. Added twenty-odd…