Though I am mostly a pinko liberal when it comes to most things government related, I have always made it a point to tout my harshly libertarian views on liquor laws (and, among closer friends, vice laws altogether). I have often wanted to create and propagate a “from my cold dead hands” slogan for those…
Category: Meanderings
Mostly unimportant ramblings…
China’s Longest Bridge in the World
Say Hello to the future, “longest bridge in the world:” Sorry Causeway, though you are a Modern Marvel…
New Orleans Bucket List
Where? Where can I water ski behind an old school F-14 Tomcat in GNO? Is this on the lake? The river? They must be doing this on the North Shore. I must do this now! Oh, right, I just need to click on the ad.
Post Crawfish Discussions About the River
Still perplexed by last night’s post crawfish berl discussion / disagreement about the Mississippi River. It started out with talk of drownings in the river and the inability of folks to manage in the current even a few feet from the shore. That was all well and good and everyone concurred that the river is…
Po Boys and Baby Boos
Out on Jackson Square, every artist is a CFO for their little business. The demand is there, ready and willing. The artists’ responsibility is to provide it with the supply. For some artists, this is easy. The supply is fleur de lis or jazz players under lamp posts. You will see these two images repeated…
CNN All About Us
Someone over at CNN must have come down here and had one of them “amazing experiences” and “fell in love with the city” because they have been posting like crazy. UPDATE: Now I understand. Beyond Raw: How New Orleans serves up oysters Making gumbo with John Besh and James Carville Oysters stage a comeback after…
Bat Boy on Food
Well, it was a stupid question… E:: Who taught you to love food? J.C.: That’s like saying who taught you to love sex! New Orleans: Cooking with Carville
The Chicory Year in Review
January – We were all like, “Holy shit! The Saints won 13 games in a row then lost three and now who knows what the hell is going to happen.” Of course the haters were sure we were going to be one-and-done in the playoffs. A 7 point loss to the Cowboys and a 3…
IFC Isn’t Independent Film Channel, SYFY has Ys In It, There Aren’t Just Cartoons On Cartoon Network, Wait, WTF IS Happening?
Cord Cutting Debate Takes Center Stage at UBS Conference Okay, but Cable is starting to suck. I’m not talking about my Internet and my phone. Those are fantastic. I get what I pay for and it’s usually tip-top. If it goes out, I call, it gets figured out. Everything’s great. Bravo Cox on those. Cox…
The Japanese Cafe Du Monde is Real
Nobody ever believes me when I tell them there are a chain of Cafe Du Mondes in Japan and they sell stuff like hot dogs with scrambled eggs on them and beignets with fruity sauces… So here it is… CafeDumonde.jp And here’s that hot dog with egg on it…