A week after my birthday, I moved into a different apartment, in the Riverbend area on South Carrollton Avenue. After a month living here, i can say that I am quite pleased with the quiet, pedestrian-friendly location with tree-lined streets, and my delightfully-detailed early twentieth century building. Once again, I have room and time to merely ( Read more... )

I was grateful to spend the Christmas holiday in San Diego, and see family and friends. However, mother nature has seemed to have a yen for history making. After experiencing literally two feet of rain in two weeks in New Orleans in December 2009 before flying to California, for this year's trip I had the lovely opportunity to experience the ( Read more... )

For some reason, some motion pictures hold my attention and endear my affection more than others, for their celebration of the senses and living, most especially through cuisine. They tend to be foreign films or domestically produced ethnic cinema. Perhaps I appreciate how such themes unite living and culture and sheer joie de vivre--which might ( Read more... )