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Washing Machine at Soniat and Willow

Washer at Soniat and WillowI love New Orleans weather in January.  Yesterday it was windy and wet with a tornado warning.  Today it’s all sunny blue skies with just the right nip in the air.  I took Willow home today rather than St. Charles and was surprised by how much has actually changed in the last month.  Continue reading →

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Steps at Thalia and Coliseum

Steps at Thalia and ColiseumYesterday was stormy, rain and thunder and lightning, no good for a bike ride.  But today was beautiful.  It was warm and humid and the air was thick like summertime.  In January.  Continue reading →

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Baseball Diamond at Laurel and Lyons

Baseball field at Laurel StreetI had never seen New Orleans before I drove in on I10 last summer.  I moved in to a house on Laurel Street that I rented, sight unseen, from a Tulane professor who was on leave.  Just down the block was a FEMA trailer park in what used to be a park.  Continue reading →

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House at St. Louis and N. Prieur

House on St. Louis and N. PrieurIt was a crisp, sunny day in New Orleans, and I took the Saturday for a nice, long bike ride around town.  There was a bazaar over on Broad and Bienville, so I rode down to the Quarter and then over toward Mid-City on St. Louis.  Continue reading →

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Blooming Flowers on Baronne

Flowers on BaronneI’ve noticed recently that I take a lot of pictures of thing that represent the rundown parts of this city.  That’s partly because that’s most of what this city is–rundown and largely abandoned–but why this is and how this could be different is also largely what I think about when I’m tooling around this place.  Continue reading →

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Bywater Neighborhood Association Annual Mirliton Festival

Mirliton FestivalToday was another jaw-droppingly beautiful day in New Orleans. It was warm and sunny with a blue sky, and any plans I had to stay inside and work quickly went out the window. I hopped on my bike and rode down to the Bywater for the annual Mirliton Festival celebrating this local produce. Continue reading →

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House on Delachaise and S. Liberty

It’s a beautiful day in New Orleans.  I can’t believe how warm and sunny it can still be in November.  I zipped home from work this afternoon on Willow and then took a right onto Amelia to head toward the river.  I passed this house near the corner of Delachaise and South Liberty.  Continue reading →

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Neighborhood Association Block Party in Uptown

Halloween weekend in New Orleans was a blast, and I was really, really happy to have a bicycle.  I tooled around the Quarter and Frenchman Street, navigating crowds with ease and zipping by cars and taxicabs lined up for blocks.  Continue reading →

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Fish in the CBD

I have been incredibly busy at work lately, and it is cutting in to my blogging time, and my biking time, and I have not been happy about it. So after a long day at work today, I decided to spend part of my evening riding down to the Quarter on my bike to see some friends. Continue reading →

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Shipping Container at Delachaise and LaSalle

Riding home from work today I passed this shipping container sitting outside a house.   This is a fairly common scene around New Orleans as people still have trailers in front of their homes and portable storage units are parked all over.  Continue reading →