M: ya, after the game we all poured into our cars and drove home to shoot off some fire works we didn’t want to walk the extra half-block to go into the big open field, so we decided that it would be fine to shoot them off in the neutral ground right under the power… Continue reading you guys with the illegal fireworks… who dat!
Tag: New Orleans
I got oranges and bananas…
My old landlord Louis Maistros directed me to this video on Mr. Okra – a man I dare say is a New Orleans institution. Well, maybe not New Orleans, but definitely a Quarter / Marigny / Bywater / 9th Ward institution. He’s like the ice cream man, but nowhere near as annoying or tooth-rotting. I… Continue reading I got oranges and bananas…
An Open Letter to Roger Goodell
The following email was forwarded to me by my father. It was written by a good friend of his and attorney (we won’t hold that against him) Chip Saunders: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Who Dat Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:21:42 -0600 From: John Saunders <audubon253 @cox.net> To: <roger.Goodell2@nfl.net> Commissioner Goodell, I hear the… Continue reading An Open Letter to Roger Goodell
L4D2: New Orleans
Possible alternate titles: ZOMGBIES! or Zombies? In my New Orleans? It’s more likely than you think. So, the demo for Left 4 Dead 2 became available today for those who pre-ordered it. HOLY KATRINA FLASHBACKS, BATMAN! The short of L4D: it’s a first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse, and 4 people have survived –… Continue reading L4D2: New Orleans
1,460 Days and Counting
Well, the web (or at least my little corner of it) is all a-flutter with Katrina posts, as it made landfall 4 years ago. It’s an important event in our lives – not just as New Orleanians or Louisianians specifically, but for Americans and people as a whole. I’m not going to get into a… Continue reading 1,460 Days and Counting
Slurvivor Week
*phew* Red Dress week is over! It’s been a long week, and as much fun as it’s been, I’m glad it’s over. For me, it started on Thursday. The VooDoo hosted a Red Dress Run, hared/led by myself and Fill Me Up (fellow VooDooer) through the Marigny. It was really more of a crawl, but… Continue reading Slurvivor Week
On The Road, Again
After my previous post about Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, my friend Matt directed me to the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation: Holy Simultaneously Grim and Necro, Batman. That aside, a certain shot caught my eye: That’s actual Katrina footage, dirtied up a bit to fit the über-post-apocalyptic setting of The Road. You can… Continue reading On The Road, Again