* 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 …
I am a political junkie – I admit it. I like to know what goes on around the world around me whether in pop culture, world, US or local politics. I gotta know what is happening because I don’t want to live in a bubble. You could say I am the Gladys Kravitz of news. …
Support me, listen, taunt me, whatever – Friday the lucky 13th – yours truly will be honored to sit beside “The Queen of Common Sense,” Andre’ Trevigne. Unless your excuse is, “I was tied up and kidnapped by a bunch of circus monkeys” – you best listen. Thank goodness I didn’t get screened for my …
* warning – drinking and blogging going on here!!!! * the whole fam damily headed out to the Mandeville Seafood Festival again. This night we had a mission, besides blowing cash spending money. We were going with “free passes” thanks to NOLA.com – woot woot – to see the fireworks!!!! * We parked waaaaaay too …
Last I left you…you were staring at your computer monitor (and here you are again – predictability is good). You were saying to yourself, “forget soap operas, Kiss my Gumbo” is much more entertaining. I have to read KMG to see how Greta is going to move the “proverbial Louisiana mountains.” Not so fast…I can’t …
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 …
It was our very first visit to the Louisiana Children’s Museum. As usual the day was filled with mishapsadventures. 1. Getting out the door – fighting kids! 2. Following directions your friend says are better than your mapquest print out. Let’s just say I took the scenic route and saw East Orleans Parish for the …
Thank you to all the readers who have stumbled upon my blog/blogs, Hooah Wife readers who are coming here to visit, and those who are reading for fear that they might be highlighted in an unfavorable light (lol). Now that I’ve got you my pretties, let’s go over the blog rules of engagements: 1. Visit …
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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When we moved to Mandeville, for the first time we didn’t have to search for a dry cleaners that pressed BDUs (fatigues to the rest of the world). After trying a few, we stumbled upon Premier Cleaners aka $1.89. We are very happy with the service and the price. It is a mom and pop …
Negative PR, murders, corruption, another hurricane season, Nagin, Jefferson, Blanco…need I say more? Honestly, Louisiana is taking a beating in the PR war. I have officially decided (like that makes a difference) that Louisiana needs to take the “car salesman” approach (no offense if you sell cars – hey everyone has to make a living). …
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 …
I started to wonder what the “Picayune” in the Times-Picayune meant. It seems like there are so many unique words to the area, I don’t dare take a stab at it. Of course my kids call it the “Times-Pick your nose.” Other creative ways it can be used: “What in the Picayune are you doing …
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 …
The front of NOLA.com is littered (pun intended) with “trash” problem pictures again. Sounds like someone cares and no, an overflowing garbage can isn’t exactly a tourist enticement. Then again, neither is a nasty bathroom or a pungent odor. I am not being negative, nope, just glad people are addressing issues that may prevent any …