I was out and about yesterday and was able to witness first hand three things that I have blogged about recently: 1.) The “Pothole Killer” I was riding my bike and came head-to-head with this beast making its way down Evelina, its long snout protruding from the front barfing into various voids in the asphault….
Algiers Point May Crime Stats
Armed Robbery (gun) 200 Elmira 5/28 10:15 am Aggravated Battery 300 Slidell 5/35:20 pm (arrest made) Residence burglary 900 Elmira 5/1 9:21 pm 800 Eliza 5/17 7:30 am 100 Elmira 5/18 8:30 pm 400 Elmira 5/30 1:50 pm Auto Burglary 900 Verrett 5/4 10:30 pm Auto Theft 400 Slidell 5/21 10:30 pm “Note we went…
If A Man Is Shot On Esplanade And…
The good people at Nolaagainstcrime.com are reporting that last Sunday’s murder between N. Prieur and N. Johnson on Esplanade occurred when the victim, Chris Roberts, was at his apartment and saw someone (not sure how many) trying to steal his motorcycle, when he attempted to stop the theft, he was shot and killed. The site…
House Hunters Encore Tonight
In case anyone missed it, my and my fiancee’s (nobody told me two Es is the feminine) House Hunters episode will be airing again tonight. Here is the riveting synopsis fro HGTV.com. Buying in The Big Easy After living in New Orleans for a year, Romy Kittrell and her husband Lance Vargas are ecstatic about…
A Huey Long List of Hueyisms
I stumbled across this quote in the Novemeber issue of RollingStone yesterday: “In Louisiana, they have a long tradition of corruption — a Huey Long tradition,” says Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The 10 Worst Congressmen: #4. THE BRIBE TAKER That got me to thinking how many other…
Nothing They Don’t Already Know
Da po’ blog is doing some fantastic work with maps and pinpointing the areas with the most amount of murders in New Orleans this year. Check out this great post. Now, Feds and NOPD, concentrate on those areas. Of course, we aren’t telling you anything you don’t already know. Oh and Times-Pic, you might ask…
How Did This Slip Through? Part II
Sammy Kershaw announced Wednesday that he’s running for lieutenant governor as a Republican, challenging incumbent Democrat Mitch Landrieu. The 49-year-old country singer lives part-time in Nashville, Tenn., but has rented a home in Duson, near Lafayette, since 2005. Before that, he had a home in Kaplan, said campaign spokeswoman Amy Jones. Country singer Sammy Kershaw…
How Did This Slip Through?
Tucked inside a $14.4 billion (€10.7 billion) blueprint for the rebuilding of New Orleans is a proposal for a Hurricane Katrina monument on a grand, “Homeric” scale, like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Maybe we could build houses on top of it. Seriously, is this the first anyone has heard of this? I guess…
Meat Me In Memphis
Uuuuuuuhhhh…maybe you SHOULD keep it? I really don’t want to sell this because it’s one of those i can never get back. This is seriously some one of a kind artwork. I discovered this after the storm and i was basically awestruck. I had to save it. It’s kind of hard to grasp the detail…
Oh The Humidity
Today was the day. The day when people talk to total strangers about the humidity just for the sake of empathy. Walking into Walgreens, a black man man mutters “shit” and a white man concurs, “nasty out here.” The steamy cottons and rayon stick to spongy skin and upper lips are porous. The windows are…