Short post. Back home safe in New Orleans. Looks like majority of the city has power back now, but I'm not yet among them.

Posting from a cafe about to close up early.

Had tasty gelato on Magazine Street earlier.


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H & I made a day trip to Vicksburg. It was raining steadily from reminants of Gustav, but mostly not severely, and we thought Vicksburg in the rain was preferable to being cooped up all day here, comfoy though our room is ( Read more... )

Our place in Port Gibson only lost power for less than 2 minutes last night; some rural areas out of town were said to still be without power this morning. Bands of rain and clear are traveling through here today, but not as bad as it sounded the other day.

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Nothing much is going on here in Port Gibson, Mississippi, which I suspect is the usual situation. Port "Too Purty To Burn" Gibson is home to mystery Loa, scarry looking but benevolent anthropomorphic pigs, and (temporarily) Louisiana evacuees.

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Hi from beautiful downtown Port Gibson, Mississippi. It's between Vicksburg and Natchez (closer to Vicksburg) for those following on your maps at home ( Read more... )

Barring a major change in the track of Gustav, Hollie and I will be bugging out Sunday morning ( Read more... )

H and I are contemplating it might be road trip time again, as Hurricane Gustav is forcasted to be heading to the central Gulf Coast ( Read more... )

Y'know what's a real treat?

Not scrambling to pack up to leave town, maybe for good.

H & I are planning to really celebrate on the 28th, by not getting up before dawn and by not driving all day. In fact, we plan to sleep late and stay in town.

Obligitory personal retrospective anniversary postTo backtrack just before ( Read more... )

Another Saturday night...Oct. 1st, 2005 at 10:15 AM ( Read more... )