I went to grab some lunch at Minnie’s and was surpised to see lights and a camera crew and some well-dressed people milling about. Next…
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I went to grab some lunch at Minnie’s and was surpised to see lights and a camera crew and some well-dressed people milling about. Next…
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…
The folks at Minnie’s Catfish Corner figured out that I was the guy who posted about them to the MCNO website, and so they gave…
Slowly, all too slowly, Mid-City restaurants are re-opening. We went to Katie’s for a Cinco de Mayo party last Friday… It was a one-time affair,…
Yesterday a bunch of teachers from Xy’s school gathered at the Dry Dock in Algiers Point for snacks and drinks. So after work, I rode…
A tip of the hat to Joe Backwards-7. He came all the way from Boise, Idaho to do some massive re-plumbing work on the central…
Today is not only the four month anniversary of Katrina’s landfall. More importantly, it is Xy’s birthday. We celebrated by dining at La Crépe Nanou.…
Take a nighttime drive down Bienville, from Galvez to Jefferson Davis. It’s dark. There’s a house with some lights near Tonti, another near Gayoso. Generators,…
Today the Octavia Books Science Fiction Club discussed our 50th book — Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Actually, only two members of said club…
I’m not sure exactly what chitterlings (a.k.a. chitlins) are, and I’m not sure I want to know, but I just had a plate-full at the…
It may seem ridiculous, but I gave up alcohol for Lent. Even though I’m not Christian, I find something ever-so-slightly appealing in the idea. I…
Kelly Kuglitsch (nee Slinkman) and her lovely husband Paul visited New Orleans for a wedding. We shared a nice meal at Pascal’s Manale, but Kelly…
Today is Xy’s birthday. She thought she was turning 37 for a while, and was relieved to discover she’s only 36. Yup, she’s old enough…
Xy and I had dinner at Ralph’s on the Park. I think we just celebrated our 11th anniversary, albeit a couple or three weeks early.…