I seem to be having more adventures that I can write about in a timely manner. Of course, the hotel having a busted wireless modem didn’t help, or else I would have been all tidily caught up by now…I have been internetless for days. Today, it occurred to us that I could freely network in…
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Interviews and Lakes
So, we’re staying in Metairie and Lake Ponchartrain is RIGHT THERE, essentially, and we’ve been here nearly three weeks, and had not yet gone to pay it a visit. What is wrong with us, right? Yesterday, I had the job interview with the place I was kind of excited about. I *think* it went well,…
Easter
Our first Easter in New Orleans began pretty much like any other day here in this hotel: We slept later than we would have preferred, since the room is so dark we can never tell when it’s morning. See, the dawg likes to bark, loudly, whenever anyone passes by the hotel window. The only way we…
Exploring, Wandering, Passin’ Time
Applying to jobs in a new town, or anywhere for that matter, involves a lot of time spent playing the Waiting Game. Playing this Waiting Game all cooped up in a hotel room in Metairie defines, I think, a whole new idea of Stir Crazy. Truly. Don’t get me wrong, we haven’t been hiding in…
Willie Mae’s Scotch House
Willie Mae’s has been around for a long, long time. In recent years, the restaurant has been featured on places like the Travel Channel and the Food Network, which is rather impressive. Once a place becomes hyped to that high a level, though, one wonders if it is true, or if they are simply being…
Homecoming
Coming to New Orleans on vacation and staying in the French Quarter and relying only on your feet and the streetcars is one thing. Driving into it and finding a place to park is quite another! Needless to say, when we went down to the FQ that first Friday in town, it was a very…
Recap 3: Arrival
There is a distinct and sudden feeling of Otherness, the second you cross over the border from eastern Texas into Louisiana. Reclaiming the helm at a welcome center just across the line, I immediately cruised us through Shreveport, and knew I was in the right state because the pro-environmental billboard on the side of the…
Recap 2: The Journey
We woke up at the arse-crack of dawn last Tuesday to prepare for our departure. After taking what would turn out to be my last HOT shower for a week (A WEEK!), we drove in the dark over to P&M’s house to retrieve the UHaul. They were kind enough to let us dock our ship there,…
Recap 1: The Last Days of Colorado
*BVoooooM!* That is the sound I keep hearing in my head, now that I am back online. You know, that “Ham Radio Coming Back On the Air, Pump Up the Volume Style” sort of sound. Hello world, greetings from Louisiana. As I write this, I am drinking an Abita Jockamo IPA and am at the…
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