Discovering street murals on my New Orleans “trolley tour”
by I came across the Elysian Fields neighborhood by accident. It was the end of the line for the St. Claude-Rampart trolley on my “trolley tour” …
Category: Louisiana
Men might pass muster; the women–not a chance
I am now seeing New Orleans under the influence of three books set in the revolutionary Eighteenth Century: An Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire …
Seen…scene..random sights around New Orleans
Since I arrived in New Orleans I’ve taken hundreds of photos of people and places around the city. AND–ta-da!–I’ve managed to organize them into folders. …
Living on the odd side of the tracks in New Orleans
The AirBnB listing stated something like: “Garden District condo close St. Charles trolley.” Quickly I booked it and when I arrived I discovered that description …
Shrimp boats, a carillon and an old Cajun cemetery
What is smaller than a village? A hamlet? With its population of 1883 I think Delcambre, Louisiana qualifies as a hamlet. And it is unusual …
Crawfish crime: attempted murder on the bayou
This is true: a woman and her child were picking crawfish out of a roadside ditch after dark near Lafayette, Louisana a few days ago. …