Tonight, Sunday, #1 son and myself moseyed on over to downtown Covington to watch the student portion of the Ozone Film Festival. It rained on and off all day – so they moved it from the outdoor venue to The Green Room. I got myself an Abita seasonal and he got a root beer. We …
A reader and friend of mine (Mena) recently sent me some e-mails that were post-worthy. She gave me her permission to post it. Gosh, I need to stop thinking of life in “posts.” Positive thoughts are contagious! BTW(by the way) – It is Sept 30th, I am sitting in my backyard writing this, in my …
***The article I wrote about Soldiers’ Angels is in the current edition of Inside Northside *** Thursday 6th look for the article about Soldier’s Angels in the Mandeville Times Picayune *** Friday 7th 10:30 me on the Jim Brown show talking about Soldiers’ Angels 99.5 FM *** Friday 7th at 12:00 I will be on …
* Today – Friday the 27th – is my 13 year wedding anniversary. Love you babe! To celebrate – we will go to the grand opening of a neighbor’s new gourmet food store – Fidel’s “Northern Kitchen” located on hwy 22- next to the Lampstand in Mandeville. Then we will head over to Covington for …
You guessed it – we saw Ratatouillie today. I decided to pay a little more for a matinee and go to the stadium seats at Hollywood theater in Covington. I did advanced purchase at Fandango.com. Why doesn’t the dang theater sell their own tix on-line? I print up the tix and low & behold – …
I am pretty sure that Surf’s Up was based on a true story. After watching penguins surf on the big screen – I almost believed that they can do it for real! We went to the O’Neil Theater for the $4.50 Matinee. We were almost the only ones there. 7 tickets, 2 large popcorns, 2 …
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 …
Our bestest friends from Oklahoma are in town for a Saturday through Tuesday visit. Saturday they arrived and I had a poolside spread of crawfish & baked bries that I bought at the Mandeville Farmer’s Market & a spinach pie and doberge cake from the Mandeville bakery. I had Abita beer of all flavors on …
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I didn’t touch caffeine until I was 30 – seriously. No soda, no coffee and no tea! Somehow I survived 7 years of college – caffeine free! Then…. I had kids – need I say more? Now, every morning I insert my coffee IV to a fast drip or else…never mind you wouldn’t want to …
I recently met Milena Merrill in person. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, it should. Milena is the Northshore NOLA.com blog coordinator and master of EVERYTHING she touches, a remarkable woman. She shared her Katrina story with me, and as usual, my chin just dropped. But, her “it is what it is†attitude and …
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My stockbroker (my cousin), calls me whenever the market plummets and says, “Everything is on sale Greta…buy now.” If you were house shopping on the Northshore anytime in 2006 (like yours truly), you noticed houses waaaaaay overpriced. I just sold my home in Oklahoma for $77 a square foot & I was shopping for houses …
Wow! I have had an outpouring of local community love this weekend. I got so many E-mails from locals who are enjoying my fresh perspective as well as house shoppers and possible transplants who were convinced that Mandeville & the Northshore were the places for them – after reading my blog. The power of the …
I just got a very lengthy e-mail from a gentleman that wants to take the plunge and relocate his whole family to this land of opportunity. I’ll write more about this later as I’ve got to go get the rugmonsters ready for school. Here are the items I asked this family to consider before taking …
And while you are at it – kiss my butt too!!! One more day & I get DSL – lalalalalala!!!! Thanks Rick for a great hair color at Salon Calais in Covington!!!