I may have said some of this before – but it bares (not naked bare – get your mind out of the gutter) repeating. The Northshore of Lake Pontchatrain is NOT – I repeat NOT the red-headed stepchild of New Orleans. We are part of the “Greater New Orleans Area.” All of us support and …
“I think people can take some comfort in knowing that it was a random act of violence,” said Sgt. Joe Narcisse, and NOPD spokesman. Now I admit I am no kool-aid drinker and am skeptical of every story and want to know the other side. Anything said or written in the media can quickly be …
* CLARIFICATION: The chimps were in NO way insulting – I just thought they were cute:) I was honored to be included in a meeting of the minds, round-table style discussion today. I must have fooled somebody who thought I might have something intelligent to say. But, I had on a new dress (thanks Prima …
No sillies – not evacuation buses. I have been working hard to make things happen – but at the same time – the opportunities in Louisiana seem endless! I have been on a good luck streak since we moved here in January and hope it never ends. Ya- S*%T happens – and it will -but …
* I’m canceling our Disney vacation and am planning on opening my own theme park in the backyard. “Squirrel World” could be the next theme park craze. I’ll create a cute little fuzzy squirrel mascot, charge admission to my backyard and let the world view all the little buggers who are feasting on my dang …
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Back in college, I had to sign up for one of those “mandatory/voluntary†psychology experiments. You know, the one where you had to do some useless study that some other college kid had to perform that would solve all questions about how strange college students were (big run-on sentence). To make a long story longer…I …
I am proud to share with y’all that Angie’s List is here and Craigslist is going ahead at full-speed! As for the Northshore – it is considered New Orleans in both these lists. A little Greta tutorial: Craigslist: is 100% free and run by a guy named Craig (really – he has e-mailed me) from …
Yesterday, I was having a wonderful conversation with a born & raised local dad from my son’s baseball team. He was asking where we had lived, grew up, gone to college and how we ended up here. * When I told him we had lived all over the US and knew we would end up …
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What can I say – but that was the best $2 (with coupon) I have spent in a long time. We had a blast at the UCM Museum (5 miles North of I-12) in Abita Springs . The curator, John Preble couldn’t be nicer and more patient as the 6 kids poked around his gift …
Don’t tell me about it….I’m so excited to go and it is better if I go not knowing anything about it. I was thinking of creative places to take the kids tomorrow (5 boys & 1 girl – 3 boys are visiting) -something not too expensive and not too far away. I remembered during my …
I have a folder on my desktop called “cool stuff for blogs.” Usually people send me stuff, but sometimes I surf for fun and find them. I was in Cafe Press, surfing for New Orleans stuff and came across this: And get this…it was designed by someone who calls themselves “The Anti-Northshore Alliance.” Puhleeze! I …
Please don’t let anyone know that the Northshore (Mandeville exactly) is where the rainbow ends!
It seems Mayor Nagin’s office is making some PR efforts to help NOLA. Buhleeve you & me, I would love to think of him without the photoshopped Wonka hat – really I would! If he has done anything right (& I’m sure he has) since the storm – it ain’t making the news! Listen up …
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Remember that “your chocolate is in my peanut butter” commercial? Get your mind out of the gutter – because that is what I was referring to with the title! The Perry family launched the “Kiss My Gumbo” (formerly “Kitty Dreams”) at the Madisonville ramp, for the first time since we moved to LA. The lake …
Continue reading “Hey – Your Tchefuncte is in my Pontchartrain!”
OK – this is going to be some type of bleg (blog beg) this morning. I REALLY REALLY REALLY (get the point?) want a header designed by a LOCAL!!! I mean come on, this is New Orleans (and that included the outreach of the whole state), the art mecca of the world! I have been …