Posted in Food, Katrina, New Orleans on Feb 17th, 2008
So last night was Captain Sarcastic’s birthday dinner. Unfortunately, Nola’s continuing illness kept her from joining us. It turned into a small party (seven adults, one baby Sun–always an exemplary baby when dining out) meeting at Pascal’s Manale restaurant on Napoleon Avenue uptown.
Manale’s is an old-school New Orleans place. We used to go there about [...]
Posted in Food, French Quarter, Katrina, New Orleans on Feb 9th, 2008
As I announced earlier, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show was airing its New Orleans episode this week. I wondered whether it would delve a little deeper than the episode he did in the city with his old show on the Food Network. I’d like to say it didn’t disappoint, but I can’t. It was indeed [...]
Posted in Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans on Jan 23rd, 2008
Mardi Gras 2006 was the first post-K carnival season. I was of the opinion at the time that the city just was not ready. Way too much of town was uninhabited and uninhabitable; much of the devastation lay in traditional parade areas such as Endymion’s Mid-City route. How would the rest of the world believe [...]
Posted in Katrina, New Orleans on Aug 29th, 2007
Two years ago today, I spent the day in front of a computer DSL’ed to the internets, which was in front of a TV that went back and forth between CNN and the Weather Channel.
I was at my parent’s house near Hot Springs, Arkansas, having arrived there the day before, after fleeing my home in [...]
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