New Orleans East Yet, May 2006

Creepy:

Sunflowers of New Orleans East

Seed scattered by the storm has brought a little color to a dismal landscape:

Dickie + Christine = Stella Evangeline

New Baby Here!

Dickie

Christine

Stella

photo by one of the parents

Stella Evangeline arrived on Cinco de Mayo. Is there a theme here?

Picture-Sneaker-Inners

Ever realize that someone really wants to be in your picture? There are tons of them pic-sneaks out there...

One

Two

Three!

Actually, Jessie (the guy in the picture) pointed her out to me after the shots were taken. He definitely looks like he knows.

Festers aren't very subtle. She was highly visible all over the fairgrounds that day. Maybe her boots and cherry bikini top made her stick out?

All That's Left Are the Hairpins

For those who know her, below are a few pictures of the lovely Ana, who blew through town from Austin for about a second as she passed in her Senior Thesis for UNO.





Congratulations Ana!

Ruthie Monday IV

People Watching at Jazz Fest 2006, Installment II

Love.

People Watching at Jazz Fest 2006

The John Deere Dress:

The tractor-print dress fits in well with the mud being tromped around from the reqiusite Jazz Fest rainstorm.

Kids Favorite Jazz Fest Spot

Carrollton Hunters Mardi Gras Indians 2006:




Not quite the same as finding them on the street, but just as beautiful.

Ruthie Monday III (Early)

As per Ms. Norma's request, I tried to get Ruth-Anne to stretch out beside the yard stick. Fat chance. BUT, I am an 8.5 shoe...my jazz-fest-mudd-splashed foot is exactly 9.5 inches high. She is exactly one Nik-foot high. I will come up with more creative ways to show her relative size in the future.

She weighs 7 pounds...she has gained two since I got her on March 31rst. Her birthday is January 5, 2006.

It's Jazz Fest...2006

Time for good food, good music and REALLY bad fashion.


It is sweet, though. And the Cuban Sandwich bit it this year, actually. Sorry. Not enough pickles!
The Natchitoches Meat pies still rock, though. I bee-line it for that booth RIGHT AWAY. First stop.

Can't even concentrate on my husband while waiting in line for one:

Then I get the Rose Mint Iced Tea...which Miranda was kind enough to hold for me.

Lower Ninth Ward Today: II

On a porch, a glass angel with see-through wings and fiber optics:





Correction: The photos shown in this series are from the area bounded by Claiborne Ave, Florida Ave, The Inner Harbor Canal and around Choctaw Street:

Map from Mapquest.com

Sorry. I forgot that I crossed Claiborne.

Lower Ninth Ward Today: I

Haven't done this yet. Here's the first:



The pictures I post are from a batch taken in the Lower Ninth Ward Saturday, April 22, 2006. All shots are from the area bordered by the canal, Claiborne Avenue, St. Claude Avenue and Lizardi Street:

Signage

St. Charles and Erato

Usually, these signs would be up for a month or so after the election. Today, I was shocked to see that they were already gone. I think that Mitch and Ray must have recycled. Good for them.

I have been pretty quiet about the elections. I am sitting here reading, watching and waiting just like everyone else. I voted for Mitch, though I really wanted to vote for Ray...I really did. More on that later, though. Festering up for a good blab during the run-off. Putting a finger on something political in New Orleans is such a crapshot. That's what it feels like right now. Hell, it always has. But this waiting thing that hangs over the city is really illuminated by the election debates. It's part of the trauma.

How can we really know what lies ahead?

Ruthie Monday II

Technically, I know, it's Tuesday but I am really busy starting up a new business right now. Sorry Ruthie Fans...
I think these are neat, even if a little blurry.

In the Narnian forest:

Shaking Hands With Ray

Ray was out today, on Martin Luther King Boulevard and Claiborne, shaking hands and talking with the public. I was in the passengers seat, but Miranda got to slap hands with him and we got this Lady-of-Guadalupe-ish flyer to boot.

Windows of NOLA III

Harmony Street between Magazine and Camp

Coliseum Theater Update

The Coliseum

Today

Neighbors pay their respects

Ruthie Monday I

By popular request, Mondays will, for the time being, be "Ruthie Mondays". Apparently there are those who want to see her development, and I can spread the puppy love.

First up: Miranda and Ruth-Anne

(dedicated to Ms. Norma)

photo by Miranda

A little lagniappe:

Good Friday

I always forget, but every Good Friday at around 10:30 in the morning, a procession walks up Erato and by my house at Carondelet. They sing songs about Jesus carrying the cross. It surprises me every year. It's a wee bit jarring in the bright sunlight...

I took these from my balcony: