Uptown

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Bus Stop at Freret and Cadiz

Sometimes I really don’t understand the rebuilding priorities in this place.  There is so much to be done.  Just today on my ride home from work I passed a decaying house with missing doors exposing a moldy high chair, stacks of old newpapers, and a spare bike tire that particularly caught my eye.  Continue reading →

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Barack Obama Bus on Chestnut

I was riding up Chestnut on my way to work and saw this Louisiana for Change/Barack Obama bus.  Yes, the election is coming near, and the town is flush with lawn signs, lapel pins, and stickers.  Continue reading →

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Power Pole Repair on Marengo St.

I took a leisurely ride home from work today, eschewing the St. Charles Highway for smaller streets through Uptown.  I took a left at Marengo toward the river because it is one of the smoother side roads Uptown.  Continue reading →

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Halloween Decorations at Octavia and Annunciation

I had the day off today and spent part of it tooling around town on the bike before settling in to get some work done.  It’s mid-October here, so that means it’s time for Halloween.  I have lived lots of places, but never one where so many put so much into decking out their houses for this particular holiday.  Continue reading →

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Staircase at Baronne and Amelia

Today is a beautiful fall day in New Orleans.  In other words, it’s in the eighties and sunny, with clouds dotting the sky just enough to offer shade when you need it.  I rode my bike home from work today down Freret St. rather than St. Charles, and I’m glad I did.  Continue reading →

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Broken Stoplight on St. Charles

I’m back from my trip to Oregon for Auntie L.’s memorial.  It was a really good trip, but it is good to be home and back on my bike.  Riding up St. Charles to work today I saw this stoplight, broken down and lying uselessly on the neutral ground.  Continue reading →

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Car Accident at Upperline and St. Charles

I had a very, very long day.  I was up early and working all day long and will spend my evening preparing to fly to Portland early tomorrow morning for Auntie L.’s funeral.  I’ve got no time or energy for anything other than what needs to be done right now, but fortunately I still get to ride my bike to work and back.  Continue reading →

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Spanish Moss on Oak Trees in Audubon Park

I was back on my bicycle today, off to work, yoga, home, then back to work again.  On my way home from yoga I detoured through Audubon Park again, hoping to stretch out my ride a bit and see some oak trees; they always remind me of both permanence–they are enormous and old and intimidating–and the inevitability of loss–so many are blown over in storms or cut down to make way for something else.  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 →