It was a cold day today. Weather that would usually make me deem 2nd tier Carnival parades as optional, but not today. I caught a little bit of the Krewe of Carrollton on St. Charles, with the theme "Blue Roof Blues", which was good, but then I headed out to what really got me out of the house today-- the Knights of Nemesis Parade in Chalmette-- ( Read more... )

A NPR story reported that no businesses were open in St. Bernard Parish. Do they check on these things, are they using old information, not realizing that things have been changing at a good clip weekly? Hm, it's been almost 3 weeks since I was last in St. Bernard, but businesses I noticed open included the big Murphy Oil Refinery, and a cluster of ( Read more... )