A.D. After the Deluge

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Elton John at JazzFest

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Waking Up Naked in Strange Places

The Louisiana Story

King Creole

A Streetcar Named Desire

The re-opening of the Canal Street Cars.

Treme

Bonus: Red beans and rice

Eight years ago, I was hitting the refresh command on the Times-Picayune website over and over, hoping something good would appear. It did. After reading of people gathering in the Marriott's hallways in order to avoid window shrapnel, after reading about attic gatherings and power outages, after reading about wind damage, I just wanted to read ( Read more... )

Katrina is seven today. I can't believe how fast she has grown ( Read more... )

Last month I was in New Orleans. When I mention this, I'm often asked how things are going there. It's been six years.

I hope for a speedy recovery for all eastern seaboard flood and storm victims.

And, six years later, I hope for a speedy recovery for the Gulf Coast.

Received: 1 carton of books and stuff from an anonymous sender.

I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert

I am constantly amazed that Colbert's self-important smug, post-factual bulldozing shtick doesn't get old. Yes, it wears me out, but I don't stop laughing. This book is like a long form of his "The Word" segment from his show, if the "word ( Read more... )

The current Louisiana state flag looks like this (from Wikipedia).

My flag boy told your flag boy
I'm gonna set your flag on fire.

Click to view

Recently, our grand niece got to share the stage with Ms. Lauper.

The gift shop employee at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel and the International Shrine of St. Jude said that the coin box for St. Expedite is plugged up because people were probably fishing donations out of it ( Read more... )

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