Ohh, the Carousel of Endangered Species. That’s fun. It’s right at the end of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. You just ride in circles and sob. It’s over! They’re all dead or dying! Enjoy your day at the Zoo, kids! […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art & Whimsy
Be a sport, now! You can’t participate in the Tri-State shutter swap if YOUR SHUTTERS ARE PAINTED ON! This is kind of selfish if you ask me. Not only do people in Mississippi need those shutters, you’re denying yourself access[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I was entertained. Remember what I said about New Orleans building codes? Originally posted Mar 2009
On St. Paddy’s day, the parade floats throw cabbages, real, fake and imagined. It’s just like Mardi Gras, and creates just as big of a mess, and like Mardi Gras, it’s all miraculously cleaned up by the next day. Well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Audubon Park is a public park that spans the land from Tulane / Loyola Universities to the Mississippi River. It has been the site of a World’s Fair, the Cotton Centennial and served as a staging area for soldiers a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, if times is tough, times is tough. That or the nice one was stolen. Originally posted 20091223 .
Many of the streets in New Orleans are labeled with while tiles with blue letters. These are called “Encaustic” tiles, which means the lettering is clay dust fired with the tile, not dyed or painted, then glazed. These were likely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a T-shirt I bought in New Orleans after Katrina. I tried to buy a lot of shirts because I know it’s a high profit-margin item. $2.00 to make; sell for $35. Fine with me. This is one way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…