Tag Archives: New Orleans
St. Jeremiah Altars.
21-Feb-09Chaos and Muses.
20-Feb-09how to buy clomid over the counter The Krewe of Chaos were supposed to roll after Muses last night, but somehow they got in front of Muses and when turning the corner of Magazine and St. Charles, one of their floats broke its “wagon tongue” – the hitch between the tractor and the float (the float is carried on a 130-year-old wagon […]
Mardi Gras Out of Context.
20-Feb-09were to buy prednisone The parades roll in earnest now – every day there is something worth seeing. But it’s good to take little snapshots out of context. Last night, I was eating french fries at a bar on Magazine Street. As my companion bit into a burger, I saw behind him through the window a giant bathtub, 50 […]
Death and life in New Orleans.
20-Feb-09When I got back from my excursion to the shrine of St. Vera, I tried to settle myself down to an afternoon of laborious composition. After a few minutes I heard some scuffling in the neighbor’s yard, and having no particular focus for my thoughts yet, I looked out my window. I saw two dogs […]
The power of the sanctified dead.
20-Feb-09I had three good writing days in a row, but the city snared me again today. I served as chauffeur as my roommate, who is a bit hard up now, ran some of his errands – getting a W-2 from a former employer, then a trip to H&R Block to get his tax refund as […]
Pig Smiling, Bacon Frying.
19-Feb-09Sometimes you just see something on the street that seems to stand in symbolic relation to the whole city. Even the name ‘squeal’ speaks of the pleasure of horror and horror of pleasure.
Quote of the day.
16-Feb-09“New Orleans is the only city where my brother and I were mistaken for boyfriend and girlfriend – when he was 18 and I was 11.” (In conversation today, from a friend of mine.)
The view from my window.
13-Feb-09Spring in New Orleans…
10-Feb-09… comes in February, exactly when you need it.
Satire in New Orleans.
08-Feb-09One of the things that has most struck me – and which I never noticed before here – is the omnipresence of political discussion. There are strange things here, like truly local talk radio – not talking about Democrats and Republicans, but about New Orleans and its specific problems. There is an Onion-type newspaper, […]