It’s the end of February, Carnival is in full swing, and the tulips are in bloom at City Park. We took a Sunday stroll through the park and sculpture garden. Unexpectedly, the above photo caught the attention of New Orleans Museum of Art social media folks and they featured it in their feed.
And the 2022 carnival season kicks off with the return of Krewe du Vieux on February 4th! The satirical and artistic parade did not disappoint taking swipes at the pandemic, the mayor, and hurricane Ida. KdV is made up of numerous subkrewes such as Krewe of C.R.U.D.E., Krewe of L.E.W.D. and Mystic Krewe of Spermes. […]
First off I will say that hurricane Ida was bad. Very bad. It is tied with the1856 Last Island and Laura hurricanes for the most powerful storm to make landfall in Louisiana. It is on par with Katrina as the most powerful storm to impact New Orleans. Because of the levee failure and flooding, Katrina […]
Ran out to stock up on critical supplies. Bottled water, meat, milk, etc. Whole Foods seemed to have the shortest lines so that was the stop. Like everywhere else they had a run on water, so the only option was flavored seltzer— Grapefruit and Ginger. Whole Foods is only a few streets over from my […]
The Battle of New Orleans In late 1814, the English launched the Gulf Campaign whose ultimate prize was to be the city of New Orleans and, perhaps, eventual control over the Louisiana Territory. The New Orleans portion of the campaign began with the Battle of Lake Bourne on December 14, 1814. Colonel Andrew Jackson led […]
Arabi is a “census district” of just over 8,000 residents immediately downriver from New Orleans located in St. Bernard parish. Originally called Stockyard Landing as most of the slaughter houses serving New Orleans were located here. In 1880 Orleans parish passed a law banning slaughter houses within the city limits. The business interests in Stockyard […]
