Sep
16
2008
Okay, I never heard of this holiday before, either, but it sounds like fun and a reason to have some grog. It’s coming up on September 19th, so put your tri-cornered learning caps on and brush up on your pirate lingo here: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html
If you’re in the French Quarter on friday, you’re in luck. There’s plenty of pirate history here, and plenty of places for pirates to hang out and drink. Having pirate-ish fun is a daily thing here. It’s not unusual to see people in full on pirate gear on any given day of the week.
Sep
12
2008
Okay, it’s not just a rainy day. We are actually under a tropical storm warning and a tornado watch. It seems odd, because the rain has been spotty, then heavy, then nonexistent.
All in all, it’s a good day for a nice cup of coffee, internet access, indie wave music, and people who are too cool to hang out with you off the clock. Where would I be if I wasn’t flat broke from the last evacuation?
Café Envie on Decatur! I’m not getting paid by them to say this, not even with a free slice of carrot cake. For any French Quarter businesses out there: I AM open to bribes, or even job offers. Really.
My current favorite is a drink called a Jittery Monkey. It’s got coffee, banana and Godiva liqueurs, and whipped cream. They serve it hot or cold, but the hot is clearly the best. According to me, anyhow.
Here’s their page: www.myspace.com/envienola
Sep
11
2008
It’s called the Battle of the Badges. This Battle is really a friendly competition between the firefighters and the police to see who can get the most people to donate plasma. The drive is on the corner of Howard and Barronne and will continue until 2 or 3 this afternoon.As of this posting, the firefighters are ahead. The general feeling is that our firefighters get dumped on the most of all our first responders. They get left out of pay raises, haven’t had fire stations rebuilt in a timely manner, and had the crappiest evacuation during the last storm.
Still, I have to root for the New Orleans Police. My husband is halfway through the application process to become a police recruit, so I’d better pull for them!
Edited to add the Results: The Fire Department won, for the third year in a row!
More here: http://www.wdsu.com/news/17452967/detail.html
Sep
08
2008
When we arrived home from our hurricane sponsored trip, I quickly saw that things were back to normal. People were walking around with drinks in hand. My husband had to inch through the streets, carefully dodging party people who, rather like rutting deer, will step into the street at any point with no warning or thought.
As we searched in vain for a parking spot, we grinned and said, “We’re home.”
The only visible damage to our corner of the universe is some missing plaster on the exterior wall of our favorite bar, The Jimani. There’s another chunk missing on the same building over Evelyn’s Place. Maybe it was bound to happen when they hung new gutter pipes and painted.
I don’t see the hanging signs for either business. Hopefully, they were brought in prior to the storm and will be re-hung soon. People seem to like to take pictures under them. Bring your camera!
