The rain was blowing sideways off the Mississippi River when we got in line to get into Cafe du Monde. I turned my red umbrella sideways to block it, and waited patiently with a dry head and a drenched grey skirt. The trick to sitting at a table in Cafe du Monde, you see, is…
Category: Moments
Playing Tourist
When you move to a city that you used to be your go-to Happy Vacation Place, occasionally playing tourist is an important thing to do. Think about it – once upon a time, you had this one place you were completely in love with, and would escape the day-to-day drudgery of your real life by…
The Way Home
For the past year (YEAR!), since J and I moved into our place and I commenced my commute to and from work via foot and streetcar, I’ve been keeping up a pretty stalwart gallery on Facebook called, “On the Way Home – a gallery for things I see on the way home from work.” A…
Birthday Hound!!!
Oh my goodness, my dawg turns 14 today! I can’t believe how time flies. You may be a mess, but you’re MY mess, kid. Happy Birthday, little boo. Here’s to after work and couch time and extra treats. Woof! Featured Image: Tobers acclimated, and shows off his Saints Jersey.
Hail Iris, 2014
Living here, you hear the phrase, “Steeped in New Orleans Tradition,” a lot. Just this Friday, I finally got to experience just what that phrase means. I found myself in the happy situation, about a month ago, of opening up my work email and seeing a message from the gal just down the hall from…
I Veaux-ted!
I have never cared so much about a city in my entire life. Today was a landmark day as I strolled up Jackson in this gorgeous weather, and voted for the very first time as a New Orleans citizen. After years of following the politics of this city from afar, the struggles and the corruption…
Sunday’s Big Bang
I was covered in glass. Big chunks, little shards, stardust. All over. It took a fraction of a minute after the impact to get the car moved the rest of the way across Magazine St. I began to ride out the full-body case of shakes after we stopped completely and while I was doing that,…
It’s Carnival Time!!!
So, Follow Your Crazy turned 2 yesterday. I can’t believe it. I would be a little more celebratory of this if I had been faithfully writing this whole time, but I seem to have fallen off the Earth again. Lots of adjustment period going on here, in this new home which I love and adore. …
In That Number (WHO DAT!)
Man, I tell ya. It is really really REALLY hard to get work done when, three stories below your office window, streams of Who Datians flood past hooting and hollering and chanting. Damn! I really wanted to knock out early today and join the flood with a beer and some hollers of my own! But,…
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