New Orleans

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Linnzi Zaorski and Dancers at d.b.a.

This post is a bit late, as it concerns something I saw on my bike yesterday, but I don’t want to lose last night’s ride just because I didn’t have the energy to put words together when I got home.  Yesterday, just as I was heading home from a lovely weekend of camping, I got a phone call from E. letting me know that a dear family member had died.  Continue reading →

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Squirrel at Tulane University

It’s homecoming weekend at Tulane University, and the place is already crawling with parents following two steps behind students who seem uncomfortably reminded of their position between child and adulthood.  Continue reading →

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Borders on St. Charles, Redux

Today the signs are up.  Borders is getting closer and closer to opening up at the corner of Louisiana and St. Charles.  I wrote an entry about this back in June when the building was still more facade than anything, but now it’s starting to look like it’s actually going to open.  Continue reading →

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New Orleans Public Library on St. Charles

Now that school’s back in session I find myself very, very busy.  Work is cutting in to my biking time, and also cutting in to my exploration of new routes.  I’ve been taking St. Charles largely because it is fast–it’s well-paved, wide enough to ride safely with cars (usually), and free of stop signs.  Whee!  Continue reading →

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Recess at Holy Name of Jesus School

Today in class I asked students to think about how we do gender as children in elementary school. Our reading talked about the ways that teachers enforce sex segregation in the classroom and on the playground–making teams of girls and boys for spelling contests, having girls and boys stand in separate lines, telling the boys to quiet down, “like the girls.” Continue reading →

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Meditation Walk in Audubon Park

Today’s bike ride took me to yoga and then back home, this time through Audubon Park.  Today there were cyclists, runners, walkers, dog walkers, and in-line skaters.  Tons of folks are out and about in the park at 6:30 on a Sunday evening, especially when it tastes like fall.  Continue reading →

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Low Cost Immunization Day at Petco

I used my bike for lots of errands today, ending up with grocery bags strung on my handlebars on the way home. N. and I stopped at Petco because looking at animals and animal things is always cheering. Continue reading →

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Loyola Men’s Basketball Team Photo

I rode my bike up and down St. Charles Avenue six times today, and it felt good to get out on the bike in spite of my cold.  On my way past Loyola and Tulane on trip number three I stopped to snap this picture of a photographer snapping that picture of the Loyola men’s basketball team.  Continue reading →

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New Orleans Math and Science Charter School

I am sick.  I have a cold.  I haven’t had a cold in a long time, and I’m no good at being sick, especially when it cuts in to my bike riding time.  But alas, I must take it easy and get myself back to healthy.  In the meantime I’m just riding to and from work.  Continue reading →

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Mural on Freret

I rode down Freret Street on my way home today.  This ride always reminds me of how uneven recovery and development is in this city.  Tulane’s campus is beautiful, of course, and Freret to Carrollton takes one by some really fancy homes.  Continue reading →