Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
It has been quite awhile since my last post...so many things have happened I couldn't begin to recount them all. This last year was one for the record books, I got through it, came out stronger, and am now looking forward to what this year has in store...as trite as it may sound. I may go back and post on some things from last year, or just go forward. On va voir. John and I (I met John in Lafayette LA at the International Festival, he was a friend of a friend and we've been together since) went to see the sunrise over a beautiful local area for the New Year, past New Orleans East on Chef Menteur Highway. We found a nice spot to turn into off the main road, and ended up seeing a sea otter who made huffing noises at us. Then on to the Vietnamese Saturday morning market which I've been meaning to go see...it was 37 degrees this morning so there probably weren't as many vendors out as usual but it was an interesting glimpse into their life here in South LA.
Friday, May 8, 2009
It's Fest Time...
Well...where the hell have I been. I been FEST'in, that's where! Here, in Lafayette, all over man. This being a year of many 'firsts' for me...such as Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, International Fest, French Quarter Fest, etc etc. I now know how to do them...well...better, I guess, if not perfectly. I'm still not going to be the one at Jazzfest all day every day, not even in my younger days could I have done that, but many people do.Saturday, March 7, 2009
The FEMA funhouse
So...I still have quite a few Mardi Gras photos to post but I thought that this was a particularly good time to show these ones. I heard that after the storm there were a bunch of floats with FEMA references but I thought this 'evil clown' one was particularly scary....and appropriate. I could not have known that the WORLD would find this out soon enough....please read the article below...http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/new_orleans_fema_recovery_offi.html
Then, what do you know, the new Secretary of Homeland Security visited town this past week and saw for herself the issues surrounding the recovery that have so much to do with that dysfunctional office...All of us working on the recovery had very high hopes when Obama got elected that things would change around here.....and I consider this quite a quick response resulting in this fact-finding trip, particularly when so many other pressing issues are hitting them squarely at the same time.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Indians on Fat Tuesday!
The Mardi Gras Indians are a secretive bunch and the only reason I knew where to find them at 6 am on Mardi Gras day was that the son of a coworker was in this group. They were having a ball and their handmade wares were so gorgeous and well made.
The Big Chief arriving.
The back of Spy Boys garb.
Tai-Tai and his fellow scouts.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Antoinette K Doe's jazz funeral
They brought the effigy of Ernie out of the Lounge to ride along with his bride to her final resting place.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Mardi Gras 2009!
Dani, Sonji and me at the Mayor's ball (without the Mayor as he was in DC meeting with other mayors and Obama about the stimulus money)
The 'Flying Elvii' at the Muses parade...my favorite parade so far.
More Muses from the stands at the Ball..
One of the super cool ladders people have for their kids to help them catch the goods.
Speaking of the Mayor....
One of the many great marching bands busting a move, baby... Sunday, January 11, 2009
Grandmommy
The sweetest woman in the world passed away on Christmas night last year, my Grandmommy, Doris Orr. I had just told a story about her to my boss the day before she died, about how the first thing I always wanted to eat when I saw her was her grits. It was hard to pick one of her amazing foods as the best, but those grits just reminded me of her and the way being around her in her house made me feel. My aunt Dot reminded me Grandmommy had sent me packages of grits when I was in Africa....I laughed out loud when that package arrived it made me so happy. She was one of the only people I've ever met that loved ALL of her family fully, with no judgements. One of my cousins said to me, after the service at the burial site..."There lies a saint" and there's nothing more I could possibly add to that.
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