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When you’ve been to a city as many times as I’ve been to New Orleans, it’s too easy to stop actually seeing the city. On one of my last visits – in February 2013 – I decided to spend a … Continue reading
Sometimes the hardest part of getting back to something you’ve neglected is dealing with the passage of time itself. It’s too easy to get accustomed to not doing something, especially when life presents other more persuasive or demanding distractions. The longer you wait, the more futile any attempt to return seems.
But today was different. Although I’m not sure why, I knew that I would start again. Not tomorrow or next week. Today. So here I am with so many tales to tell and visions to share that I’ll have to go back in order to go forward.
Even though I haven’t posted in 3 years, I was still writing and capturing moments in notes and pictures. Haphazard and half-hearted at times, my attempts to chronicle travels and intriguing occurrences in the day-to-day continued. Shall we catch up in the next few posts over the upcoming weeks and then see where we are? Let’s go!
Photo courtesy of natcom.org
The Presbytere museum at Jackson Square has an ongoing exhibit on the Katrina disaster, Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond. Stark and moving, the exhibit uses a multi-media installation to familiarize the visitor with New Orleans’s long history of hurricanes while focusing on the most infamous one of all. Continue reading
For those of you in doubt, I can assure you that French Quarter dining is thriving. On each visit to New Orleans, I’ve tried to have at least one new place on my list of dining spots and, in recent years, have avoided dining in the Quarter as it seemed that most of the exciting new spots were popping up in other neighborhoods. As that’s no longer the case, this time I visited two new(ish) places in the Quarter. Continue reading
When I first came to the Bay Area in 1994 for law school, I was surprised to find some similarities between the pace of life here and in the South (at least in the urbanized South). Now Southerners do practice a special kind of leisurely approach to living (and working) that is not for the faint of heart – or maybe it is. Continue reading
An art school in Detroit, College for Creative Studies, has released one of the most clever and entertaining ad campaigns I have seen in some time. A parody of the anti-drug PSAs from the ’80s, the campaign succeeds in being both humorous and incisive. Continue reading
Jackson Square
Anyone who knows me or has read my older posts is familiar with my deep connection with New Orleans. Most of my visits to New Orleans have been solo, but it has been about 4 years since my last such trip and I’m feeling the need for the boost to my spirit that only New Orleans can provide. Continue reading
Coming to a First-Class Seat Near You (photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Virgin Atlantic recently launched its “Gallery in the Air” for first-class passengers. For its inaugural launch, it is featuring British street artist, Ben Eine. Continue reading
When I was nine, my sister took me to see 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Oleander Cinemas in Wilmington, North Carolina; it was a lot of movie for a nine-year-old. I saw A Clockwork Orange for the first time in a college film studies class (I wasn’t allowed to see that one at nine although I’m sure I tried). Continue reading
After a longer than expected hiatus for more reasons than I care to recount, I hope to get back to a more regular schedule of posts. Sorry for the prolonged absence. Continue reading