The fiance and I had a chance to check out the new LA/SPCA now located in Algiers and I was quite impressed with it. They have only completed one building but it seems to be very modern and state-of-the-art. Romy and I were able to look at the all the dogs and cats and even…
Author: Varg
It’s Like 2006 All Over Again
The Times-Picayune has an article up on Nola.com right now about this year’s coming hurricane season and it does sound like deja vu from last year: Active hurricane season forecast Last year, while folks were filtering back into the city and levees and flood walls weren’t tip top, articles like this were circulating: NOAA PREDICTS…
Liens du Moment 3/22
Sewage and Water Board looking to copyright meter cover utilized by artists and T-shirt shops. Leggo our logo! S&WB asks state to protect emblem Nola.com A great page of Katrina images from Tulane Deptartment of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The diagrams are all well worth checking out as well as the images of levee scour…
Guns Don’t Kill People…
… but they sure are easy to trace. WWL is reporting that the recently-arrested owners of Elliot’s Gun Shop sold firearms that were used in 125 murders and 500 drug-related crimes around the region. More charges are supposedly pending. What I would like to see is the accused be charged with 125 counts of being…
Gretna is Gassy
Probe continues into mysterious odor in Gretna Yea, and it’s wafting over here to The Pernt! Damn near spoiled my morning bike ride! Sure smelled like natural gas. Perhaps this rain will wash it away. Update: The story has been updated and in the comments section there is a great retort on Nola.com copy editing…
Connick DQed! Shearer Wins!
It has come to the attention of The Chicory that one of our two finalists in the “Official Harry of New Orleans” contest was born under the name, Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr., and thereafter performed under the name “Harry Connick Jr.” Though it was an agonizing decision in light of Mr. Connick’s numerous contributions…
Morial Majority
Morials I thought I had seen it all in regards to search phrases that have led to The Chicory but this one had me in stitches. Someone actually entered this in a search engine and found my site… “where to find people that has respect and morials” And the answer is: No where! I got…
Big Easy To Big Empty
I put the phrase “New Orleans” in my BitTorrent software and saw a few “Best Of Mardi Gras” CDs pop up along with this documentary by journalist Greg Palast, an interesting portion of which is available on YouTube. LSU’s Igor Van Heerten really impressed me in this clip. The transcript of the doc can be…
Liens du Moment 5/8
National Geographic hits a home run with coverage of decrepit Nola storm protection. New Orleans’ Rebuilt Levees “Riddled With Flaws” NationalGeographic.com Herman Leonard talks shop, Katrina on NPR. Photographer Reflects on Jazz Giants, Storm Losses NPR.org Leading Dems admonish Dubya on Katrina. Clinton, Obama criticize Bush on Katrina Boston.com
Shameless Plug #1
I know tonight is one of the most robust music nights of the year but, if anyone happens to find themselves in the 300 block of Decatur tonight around 9 o’clock, duck into Club 300 and be dazzled by a group of Tulane medical students performing as Dr. Funk and featuring Romy Kaye, the fiance…