I took a day off from riding my bike yesterday because my knees were begging me. Fine, I told them. Fine. Continue reading
neighborhoods
Contemporary Sculpture in Uptown
Much of what I see riding around New Orleans is either decay and loss or ostentatious wealth and nostalgia for the Old South. Continue reading
The New Orleans Board of Trade
Riding back from the Quarter through the Central Business District today I actively saw the New Orleans Board of Trade building for the first time. I am surprised that I haven’t noticed it before, because surely I’ve ridden past it on one of my many trips up Magazine from downtown. Continue reading
St. Claude
I spent this afternoon riding my bicycle down to the Quarter for coffee and beignets at Cafe du Monde, interested as I was in the tourist class on a Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
Making Movies in New Orleans
I rode my bike to the Uptown Zotz cafe today as I continue my project to photo document all the coffee shops in New Orleans. As I rode by Tulane’s main entrance on St. Charles, I saw these many trucks, lined up, blocking the extra space that I usually use when riding up this busy street. Continue reading
Abandoned couches in Central City
I rode through Central City on my way home from the gymnasium today, this time on Willow. Now, Willow is only a few blocks from St. Charles, but the difference in what these two streets look like couldn’t be more obscene. I rode by this house and its couch sitting on the curb and wondered where the couch came from. Is this a couch recently (or long ago but ignored) removed from a flooded home? Or is this just a couch on the street, as could be on any street in any city? Continue reading
