Category: Haps

There may come a time, hopefully many, many years from now when Romy and I, if we save up enough dough, will inherit this lovely piece of property that has already been hundred-year stormed this century. That means no more for another hundred years right? This is if we are willing to leave the delicate…

“Life art” as in that shit that goes on all around us is sometimes art just by observation and not my ongoing perception, experience and actions within it making me a “Life Artist”… It just so happens as I spent a good portion of yesterday trying to grasp the pretentiousness of someone saying their way…

It was a crunchy breakfast experience this morning when I woke up to read Ariella Cohen’s interview with “St. Roch art impresario” Kirsha Kaechele. It certainly sounds as if Kaechele got into this with the best intentions but didn’t seem committed to the projects long term and, like a girl that dumps her firends the…

Battling to keep the ‘real’ Venice afloat I couldn’t help noticing the many parallels between Venice and New Orleans. Though, our situation doesn’t seem as dire yet. But Venice also faces the problem of a dwindling population and an increasing influx of tourists that locals claim it is incapable of keeping up with. Wouldn’t say…

Where have I heard this one before? NBA’s Grizzlies inspired by fans in flooded Memphis Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) — People thought that as bad the Memphis Grizzlies NBA franchise has mostly been since moving from frosty Vancouver to this steamy Southern locale 10 years ago, it would be hell or high water before they ever…

Our neighborhood assosciation, the APA sent an e-mail out this morning showing the area mentioned by Susan Macclay of the West Bank levee district in yesterday’s press conference with Mitch Landrieu. The spot here in blue described yesterday by Macclay as having a very real possibility of flooding and being reclaimed by the river. The…

New Orleans 911 calls languish for minutes because of short staffing, report says Just a few haps from the 4th… Last Sunday night around 10:45, a security guard working in Algiers Point noticed a man looking into the windows of a house on Opelousas avenue. The security guard called 911 and…no answer. Also recently, a…

We all just helped each other out and didn’t ask for help from anyone.

Mr. Larose, I recently linked to an article on your publication’s Web site on my blog, thechicory.com. The article had the headline, “City faces decision in ongoing battle over Jackson Square artists.” The link to the post is here: http://thechicory.com/blog/?p=1688 The post is about a perceived bias in the article. But that’s not what this…

City faces decision in ongoing battle over Jackson Square artists No, it’s City Business and it’s all about the Benjamins baby. Just look at the blatantly bias line in this article about the issue of prints on Jackson Square… That’s the time he expects it to take the city to come to its senses and…