Hi. My name is Sooz. I live in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans, Louisiana… Oh my gods. Do you know how LONG I have been waiting to write that?! Years. YEARS. More so this past year, when I just kept waiting for it to be true. Let me say it again, because it…
Tag: New Orleans
Ex El Vee Eye Eye
Ahhh, the long-awaited New Orleans-hosted Superbowl 2013 is upon us. It has been an interesting week, watching the action increase as this weekend drew ever more near. Last weekend, we rounded the bend into Jackson Square and came upon a very floodlit St. Louis Cathedral. Lit up for the benefit of all the news and…
Krewe Du Vieux, Ya-Hieux!!!!
It goes without saying, at this point, that this is my first Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. As an adult, anyway. Among my earliest memories of life (which include a fascination with beignets and that it was okay to make a mess and a toddler’s in-stroller view of the detritus in the French Quarter…
Happy Birthday, FollowYourCrazy!
Happy birthday to meee, happy birthday to meeeee! Happy birthday dear BLOOOOOG, haapppy birthday to meeeee! When 2012 rolled into 2013, we were standing by the Mississippi River in the French Quarter, watching fireworks in a madly-pressed crowd. My one and only resolution for the year was made: to write more. Given that we are…
Merry Christmas!!!
Joyeux Noel! Jackson Square, December 2012.
One Month Later…
Last weekend, J and I were driving down St. Charles Avenue and saw just about everyone out at Audubon park, wearing shorts and t-shirts and playing volleyball. Later on, last week, I was meandering through the garden center at Home Depot, the sun a gentle-warm on my back, the breeze wafting the smell of blooms…
On the Road, Off the Grid: Take Deux
If you can believe it, here we geaux again! Amazing. Just amazing. When J and I threw in our hat and came back to Colorado, this very moment right this second felt eternities away. Standing on the desolate shore of the Other Side of Summer, back in June, feeling disconnected and uncertain and failed and…
Menu Mondays: Cafe du Monde
I have found myself, of late, pondering birthdays. This is undoubtedly because my own is fast approaching, and will arrive in a whopping 10 days. My emotions are mixed about this one, several-fold. I will be turning 36. This does not bother me on a daily basis, but occasionally I find that it completely squicks…
French Quarter Fridays: Backstage
So, I just spent the better part of my spare and stolen moments, for the last several days, glued to news, watching Hurricane Isaac steal upon the Gulf Coast and do his stormy thang. Nothing drives me battier than watching storms like that roll up on my favored part of the United terrain, when I’m…
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