I love it when I wake up, go to the porch to get the newspaper, and there is a cool, dry breeze blowing on my porch. Not sure what the temp is out there, but it isn't 90 degrees. We survived another New Orleans August.

Part of surviving August, here in New Orleans and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is remembering Hurricane Katrina.

( This year marked 'Four Years Since'. )

I still haven't heard from my Houston family and friends, the lines must be down still. I did get a text from the lil' sis one hour north of Houston, but Mom, lil' bro, and a handful of friends are out of touch.

I haven't been hearing too much from the kitty sitter either....

HOLLA Y'all!!!

been watching CNN non-stop for a few hours now and it looks like we don't have too much to worry about, but that isn't quelling all my fears just yet.

I am drinking an iced coffee and a bloody mary simultaneously, it's all about the balance.

....found the local Whole Foods & saw an old New Orleans friend, Henry, who moved up here a year ago. While shopping at the WFM I was loving on the beer selection, except we were shopping at 11:00am and you can't buy beer in Tennesee on a Sunday until noon....so we waited ( Read more... )

I've said it before and I will say it again:
I heart Chris Rose.

happy katrina-versary, y'all! (insert bitter sarcasm ( Read more... )

Especially after looking at this ( Read more... )