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Tucked away in New Orleans East is Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, just a stones throw from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. Every year this close knit community of Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year by holding Tet Festival on … Continue reading
Just something on my mind this morning as I read the news about yet another person killed, just for helping… When are we going to stop just being comfortable? We are all comfortable until it hits right on our doorstep, … Continue reading
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It’s that time of year in New Orleans: CARNIVAL TIME! And with carnival (yes, I call the season “Carnival,” and the final day of the season only “Mardi Gras.” My Maw Maw taught me right, after all. But I digress…) … Continue reading
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Recently a friend posted some photos she’d taken of several placards recently posted in the French Quarter/Marigny area. A conversation ensued and I asked her to write up something about her opinion of the message the posters were broadcasting. Dawn … Continue reading
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Southeast Louisiana’s winter weather is so fickle. One day it’s cold, damp and gray and the next is sunny with blue skies and mild temperatures. During Christmas break from work hubby and I decided to go looking for pelicans in … Continue reading
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Minimalism and it’s growing social trend fascinates and appeals to me. I’m not talking art, I’m talking simple living. 2011 was a year of purging and decluttering for me and, in doing so, I became interested in reading about others … Continue reading
It’s about that time of year. King cake season. The king cake represents the journey that the three wise men took to meet Baby Jesus in Bethlehem several days after He was born. Supposedly (according to Wikipedia) for us New … Continue reading
New Orleans Saints player Lance Moore celebrating his TD against the Minnesota Vikings December 18, 2011.
I could watch this all day!!!
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This quick post is really mostly for our NOLA ex-pat readers. Yesterday there was a second line in the French Quarter/Marigny for Coco Robicheaux who died on November 25. This afternoon I’ve been looking at some of the photos and … Continue reading
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It’s the day before Thanksgiving, the time of year when “gratitude’ pieces pop up all over the TV, radio and internet. It’s a good thing to think about everything that’s good and right in your life but saving it for … Continue reading
Tomorrow will be another beautiful day in New Orleans so take advantage of it and come by and create art to benefit ReX’s annual It’s Yours, Take It Art for Toys Swap. This will be the fifth year IYTI will gather donated toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program. (Click link for more information.) Be a good little elf and create for the kids!
PAINT PARTY – NOLA RISING & IT’S YOURS, TAKE IT
the old XO STUDIOS
the PARK next to 2833 Dauphine Street
(Dauphine and Press Streets… Marigny/Bywater border at the train tracks… New Orleans)
SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 20th – 2011 – NOON until 4ish
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Another (partial) milestone was reached today in the City that Care Forgot’s recovery from the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: a portion of the Louis Armstrong Park in the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood re-opened! The Tremé Brass Band kicked things … Continue reading
Please let me preface that with the fact that I am not one of those “Northshore Snobs”, I’m a yankee who’s been here since ’75, mothered a cajun girl and am not going back. Louisiana is my home and that’s … Continue reading
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Every day throughout our country, citizens discuss history and culture. They argue their viewpoints and opinions about history and the important events that have influenced our lives. Over coffee at cafés, in checkout lines at grocery stores, and in staff … Continue reading
Shortly before moving back to New Orleans about a year and a half ago, a close friend gave me a going away present—a book along with a notecard. The notecard wished me luck on taking on a city that is … Continue reading
