Lizzie's New Orleans

Monday, June 14, 2010

Alright, goddamn it.

Here's a freakin' nice and purty rainbow after the strong storm today...jeez...

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first rate treatment...

...at Meyer's hats!

more of the holiday decorations..

at the Roosevelt

this horse is made from..

...cast iron

tree beads....

....as sculpture?

Delacroix, Louisiana

lots of meat on Airline Hwy on the way...

...to Grammercy from LaPlace, LA

boil water advisory the entire weekend

...before Thanksgiving!

interesting use of shoes as...

planters. Like the fern w.ivy too!

The same stoop, but during

...the spring this year

I like me...

...some purple cabbage yards!

Fountainbleu Park cabins

...for rent and you can have dogs!

On the way back...

...to new Orleans from the Rodeo

they don't really mind,

do they?

another view

from the 'hills' of Baton Rouge

Donald Harrison Quintet

tribute to Idris Muhammad

Zaccai Curtis

of Donald Harrison Quintet

Big Chief of Guardians of the Flame

Donald Harrison

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and YOU!

...are you just gonna....gonna...SIT there all day?!??

Look..putting your head in the sand...er...water...

is NOT going to make this go away!

rainbow on Esplanade

..after the short lived storm today

inside the grotto in the Prayer center

God (or what/whomever) help the people of the entire Gulf Coast!

a lovely grotto-type area in the

Community Prayer Center

The Community Prayer Center on the way

to the southern tip of Venice, Louisiana

the remnants of the 'chili cook off' that the local authorities

were having a day before the first visit by Obama

The 'Oilers' of Venice!

...how ironic....

Fort Jackson

where the oiled birds are being cleaned

shiny-faced peoples after my first parade...

....of Mardi Gras 2010.

Pascale Manales

where BBQ shrimp originated! (hence the bibs...)

Pascale Manales' oysters...

..with long-time friend Jon and his gal Robin

only one side of the shotgun is mine...

...but the other side is storage for the owners so no neighbor-noise!

blowing willows....

....didn't capture the otter huffing at us

sunrise reflection

Sat AM Viet market

lovely, strange winter fruit

poor wittle wabbits

Dirge dancing

The baby dolls accompanying Antoinette

New Orleans puts the FUN in funeral!

Treme brass band boys

great fashions on display...

Guero

riding with the NOPD in Orpheus

"There lies a Saint"

Now THIS is more like it...

halftime show from the suites, boyeeeee

See how freakin' steep this is?

one of my favorite things about football..

...is the uniforms. sigh.

'Weezy Walk'

..for the Amer Lung Association that I stubled on while bike riding.

New Orleans cooking school

see all that butter in the overhead mirror?

BBQ - blue cheese oysters

This was a case of TOO much goodness

nice tree canopy

Whole Foods Jamboree!

with the ladies playing base and drums

dog washing at the local Whole Foods

what? dog washing at a food store? yep.

scrape and paint.....

then scrape and paint some more.

you see the most interesting utility set-ups down here

wet shiny road

one of abandoned downtown spaces

closer up

so even the abandoned properties...

..get dressed up for games

the Global Green house..

..certified LEED Platinum

partial 'living roof' at the GG house

frames for vines on the south facing walls

2 types of flushes - small and large for water conservation

leaving the impromptu architectural tour of...

...the Holy Cross neighborhood

Doing the Fat Albert

Henrik and high school friend

Brown's Diner

on the same street where I lived for 2 yrs in college

NOLA bridge

from the west bank

First blogging location

backyard at Spruce Street

Brevard Barn

docmented every trip I make up there

this former cow pasture near Brevard is now...

...part of an Arnold Palmer golf course

my grandparents place in NC...

...that has since been sold and torn down

Pics from trip to SC-NC

vehicle topiary

Pics from trip to SC-NC

Dots house in the mist

yep, we're in the bayou, cher

gorgeous shrimp and house boats

this cajun is read-eee man!

'nuff said

this was the worst hit area..

..that I saw, which is pretty bad

no - you're not halucinating...

...this station has just been closed for quite awhile

whoa...big daddy!

near and dear

sorry - not REALLY open 24 hours

(pssst. check the closed rolled door for a clue)

new, steel power poles a couple of..

..blocks away that I hadn't noticed before

thanks, guys, for coming to help

Tree limbs down in most areas..

..things could surely be worse

one tree down next door, lot of branches blown off

this is for you, Henrik...

Spices from the farmers market -

most are less than $2 for 0.3 lbs

THE best market I've ever been to -

- anywhere

no photography was allowed at the market..

..but I managed to get this of one of the dried bean rows

Charleston relief..

..coming to the Gulf Coast

Here horse-y horse-y!

mmmm.....

..summer 'maters

I call this decor..

.."Country de Sade"

Asleep in the backseat

Big Ass Mississippi Biscuits

well, this was a dead end..

..in MS after trying to get around a barricade

Mississippi bridge

by Ocean Springs

school buses and tombstones..

..right next to each other

notice the ball field lights?

nice riverfront park

two tug boats pushing this steel

I always end up on 'this' side...

..of the tracks

reflective view of clean up...

...from windows of ferry terminal

as close a shot...

...as my little snappy will allow

see the camera here?

that's recording this barge clean up 24-7

lone bicyclist on the west bank...

...checking out the river

Ernie K-mural...

...facing the courtyard

Lifesize Ernie K-Doe

Do these "Lady Steppers" really exist?

and if so where can I join up?

pattypan squash sure looks neat..

..but boy is it bland

you can drink it legally...

...you just can't make it here

Blake and Mr. Shaw..

..with his 'Lassie' shirt on

Wait a minute.

You upstream or down?

Yes, these are the showers.

The famous Maple Leaf

Home Sweet Home

back deck

...note both realtors in flip flops

Haiku Boards

This ain't your spot, Jack!

Palmer Park live oak

Yeah, I'm curious...

...so what?

Shotgun style

Audubon Park

during a morning bike ride

The trees are..

..full of Egrets

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