N’awlins jazz, baby

Our second and final day in N’awl­ins was divine. Break­fast at the Camel­lia Grill in South Car­roll­ton with far too much butter in the omelette (I could feel the weight piling on) fol­lowed by a driv­ing tour of the Garden Dis­trict, a trol­ley ride into...

New Orleans night out

Arrived in New Orleans and wandered around the Vieux Carré. Res­isted the impulse to revert to Anne Rice and Poppy Z Brite fangirl wor­ship (but did go to Bour­bon St for Lost Souls’ sake). Ate oysters there. It’s an awful strip of strip clubs now.The rest of the...
Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Dear daisynerd,Happy birth­day. I’m really sorry I’ve barely had time to speak with you over the last few weeks. You can open those presents now. You’re very patient for wait­ing till now! I hope your birth­day is awe­some and spec­tac­u­lar and here’s...

Politics, art and liberty

The last days in New York were over­cast then rainy, but we walked the Brook­lyn Bridge and I spent a bunch of time in MOMA and the Met. I didn’t make it to the Gug­gen­heim because it was closed on Thursday when I tried.Still, the Geor­gia...