This tomb is in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, where scenes from the films Easy Rider and Interview with a Vampire were shot. It is bordered by 6th St, Prytania, Coliseum and Washington. This is Uptown, Garden District. We lived in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every time I looked at this marker, I had a funny little vision of random body parts buried randomly about this field- not too deep, maybe wrapped in something flimsy or some old gauze. An arm here or a leg[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You may want to right-click (or your appropriate analogue) and “view image”. I don’t want to shrink this. I will admit that this is not a terribly pleasing photograph. There are unbelievably gorgeous photos from this cemetery somewhere, but NOLACemeteries.com[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My understanding here is that Mamaw…was a nice lady. And that her great grandchild designed her flower-holder. Very sweet. You ever think about the ones you love that got out right before Sept. 11th, 2001 and feel that after the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pert’ Near! I mean….just about there! I don’t know if that means “nearly canonized” or “big and or tough enough to be on the local NFL team”. They grow ’em pretty big in NOLA. Anyway, you might recognize the last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just, you know…put stuff anywhere! It’s only a sacred marker for someone’s mother’s final resting place! Originally published Feb2009
This is the Monument to Gen. Beauregard. He is interred nearby in Metairie Cemetery. 2016 Update: I guess we have to talk about this This Monument is now classified by Mayor Landrieu as a symbol of White Supremacy. I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, when I die, will you do me a favor and bury me in a bread oven? Then bury my dog beneath me. KTHNXBAI
“One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song?“ This crypt is an interesting splash of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Jefferson Fire Company No. 22 crypt is one of four or five firemen group tombs in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 The Lafayette Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 and The Chalmette Fire Co. No. 32 are also in attendance.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…