Once upon a time there was a city filled with life and diversity. People were attracted to the city because it had opportunities. The people that settled there knew that they were vulnerable to nature’s elements, but they chose to live there anyways. They raised families, generation after generation and for the most part, all …

“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 …

Yesterday was a field day for “armchair mayors” discussing the Mayor’s speech. Whateva… It is so much easier to stand in the sidelines and say what you woulda done or said better, but fun to pick it apart (fess up …you know it is). I’ve heard so many dollar figures bounced around this week that …

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 …

During the AI finals last night, I caught the trailer for the new FOX show called “K-ville.” Yep, you guessed it, (at least I think so) a post-Katrina cop and his family return to the place they left. Here is a little juicy gossip about the show. This show could really help the city if …

I was thrilled to read this comment today and had to share. I Have been researching a relocation to Louisiana since my husband took a job in Norco last October. It didn’t take long to narrow my search down to Mandeville on the Northshore because of it’s school system, low crime, and beauty. I love …

This just on NOLA.com. I am locking my kids in a biosphere armored like a tank. Two reported dead after shooting near Mandeville Posted by St. Tammany bureau April 18, 2007 6:15PM Categories: Breaking News Two people are reported dead and others possibly injured after a shooting this afternoon in the Tall Timbers neighborhood north …

ATTENTION: All you businesess in Mandeville, Covington, Metairie, NOLA…anywhere I write about…jump in now before I charge you a full FEMA check for a tiny ad!!! “This” blog has only been around a short time, but I maintain others and have been a blogger for 2 1/2 years now. I know what I am doing …

new-orleans-orleans-louisiana-united-states-google-maps.htm “You see the map – see the big lake – I live on the Northshore of the lake. No Mom, I haven’t seen a murder up close, I don’t lock my doors every second of the day and I feel safe. There is a 24 mile bridge that separates the Northshore from the crime-ridden …