This is Ruthie the Duck Girl as photographed by George Long. I purchased a print of this from the artist and encourage you to see (and buy!) his work. A biography of Ruthie is here. Her Obituary is here (Los[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How could I not notice this person tooling around the shops at Jefferson / Magazine in this child-filled contraption. Even in New Orleans, she kind of stood out- all that RED! Not to mention she was wearing some kind of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can see any number of street preachers in New Orleans during Carnival season (Epiphany, January 6th to Ash Wednesday). But this guy was preaching on Canal Street (usually at Decatur) in 1997 and he’s still there today. He had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here is the first new original material for the 2016-reboot of this website. I was going to wait until I had the previous version pretty-well restored before posting new pictures, but I just can’t wait. My wife and I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, no wonder insurance premiums are so freaking high down here! But honestly, as long as these dudes aren’t drunk, they’re probably doing better than most of the local drivers.
Old Nick hopped onto the red car, of course. Dapper and prim, as you would expect. Not only did I not learn The Blues, I didn’t even get a good Gumbo Recipe. *Did you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…