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December 21, 2007

Nawlins update



Jayson Javitz posted previously on the progress in New Orleans, as City Council voted unanimously to proceed with redevelopment of the blighted, damaged, and mostly uninhabitable "projects" ruined by Hurricane Katrina. Read all about it at the preceding link. What the written word could not convey is the attitude of... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (8 votes cast)

May 16, 2006

You Know You Live In New Orleans When...



You know you live in New Orlenas when you drive past your favorite restaurant and see that all the walls are knocked down and there is a bulldozer parked where the kitchen used to be and you consider that good news.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

February 10, 2006

Giving Directions in New Orleans



I just got off the phone with a colleague of mine who was asking where he could get a part in a town where most everything is closed. So I gave him directions: You go down until you see the brown truck flipped on its side. About a block past... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

December 20, 2005

URGENT- Volunteers Needed To Help Katrina/Rita Recovery



Have you done all you could do to help? They urgently need volunteers in Lafayette, LA. The Cajundome is looking for volunteers to flush more than 200 toilets in the building. That's right. About 70 volunteers are needed to participate in the great Cajundome flush-off at 6 p.m. Dec. 27.... [Full Story]

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December 14, 2005

You Know You're From New Orleans When...



You know you are from New Orleans when you are late for an appointment because you are stuck in traffic behind a bulldozer driving down a city street with a boat in its bucket. And you know you are really from New Orleans when you call your customer and tell... [Full Story]

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November 11, 2005

People With Guns Allowed To Break Curfew in New Orleans



Now here's an odd one: Hunters won't be held to curfew Duck hunters who feared they wouldn't be able to reach the marshes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes because of dusk-to-dawn curfews in those areas can rest easy. Spokespersons for each parish said duck hunters will be allowed through... [Full Story]

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November 6, 2005

You Know You're From New Orleans When...



Chris Rose from the Times Pic is trying to steal my "You know your life is surreal when..." schtick. (Which I've renamed "You Know You're From New Orleans When...") Here's one for you: Some friends of mine were clearing out their belongings from their home in the Fontainebleau area and... [Full Story]

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November 2, 2005

You Know Your Life is Surreal When...



Author's note: I'm presently leading a completely surreal life in New Orleans after Katrina. Being overwhelmed by the thousands of things I'd like to blog but can't, I'm reduced to sharing only the most absurd of my observations in this new Wizbang category labeled "Surreal Katrina." I can't type enough... [Full Story]

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