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Tuesday 30 October

The Voodoo that Da Park Do (09:58) - Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park This weekend's Voodoo Experience presents an interesting problem for the City of New Orleans: is it possible that the city's private sector is coming back too fast? Can the problem-plagued city government keep... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 29 October

Monday Streetcar Blogging (09:21) - The sign out front of Canal Station in 1963, just nine months before the Canal streetcar line was "converted" to bus service. The photographer was standing in front of the Canal Station streetcar barn building. Behind the sign is... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 17 October

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging - Patriot's Cemetery (12:08) - "Patriot" seems to be one of those words that's always been politically-charged. Nowadays we see that with the PATRIOT Act and the extreme nationalism put forward by the current presidential administration. It's not just a modern thing, though. In... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 12 October

Is Bayou Contracting irresponsible? (16:11) - From the Rebuilding-Lakeview mailing list: Today, I realized that the contractor was sanding to bare wood with a rotary sander the house two doors down from me. This house is over 80 years old, so there is a good... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 8 October

Monday Streetcar Blogging (08:56) - clicky image for larger version Peley A. Thomas streetcar 866, on Tulane at S. Carrollton Avenue. The direction and roll sign indicate that 866 is running on the Tulane Belt line. The railroad grade crossing gates and the switch... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 3 October

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (09:56) - Charity Hospital Cemetery, which is located on Canal Street, just behind Cypress Grove. Everyone is used to seeing New Orleans cemeteries with the above ground tombs. They're quite a contrast to classic graveyards that consist of plots marked by... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 26 September

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging - Girod Street (10:05) - Since Da Saints lost Monday night, and Deuce McAlister appears to be out for the sesaon, no doubt someone will blame the team's misfortunes on the "cemetery curse." Many people believe that Da Saints are doomed to perpetual failure... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 24 September

Monday Streetcar Blogging (00:43) - From 1963, Perley A. Thomas streetcar 832, running outbound on the Canal Line to the Cemeteries Terminal. 832 is approaching Galvez Street. The Canal Street neutral ground transitions from concrete to grass just past Claiborne Avenue. The 800-series streetcars... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 20 September

Where did you go to school? (21:55) - That question is up there with the three made famous by Marcelle Bienvenu: Who's Your Mama? Are You Catholic? Can You Make a Roux? Those three are what a New Orleans mother will ask a girl who wants to date... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

Wednesday 19 September

OK, everyone, repeat after me... (17:43) - There is no organized storm in the Gulf of Mexico today. and IT'S JUST A BLOODY TEEVEE SHOW!!!!!!!! (there, that felt better)... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (08:49) - ...from CitiesOfTheDead (dot net) Grave of Clara Schkolnikov and Abraham Heiman in Beth Israel Cemetery on Elysian Fields in Gentilly. clicky the image for a larger version Those who are knowledgable about New Orleans cemeteries often will go out of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 18 September

K-ville (11:05) - I came in with low expectations, which is the way one should go into any network teevee show about New Orleans. Given those low expectations, it wasn't hard for Fox to reach them. Perhaps they did a bit better.... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 17 September

Monday Streetcar Blogging (08:54) - Perley A. Thomas car (vintage 1924), idling on Canal Street in front of Canal Station, waiting for the operator for the next shift: (clicky the photo for a larger version) 932 had just completed a "switchback" operation. Because the operator... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 16 September

Local News Items... (11:09) - Former Gov. Edwards' son Stephen Edwards out of federal prison Remember when seeing these guys go to jail was the big story? It seems now like another lifetime. Rouses to buy out area Sav-A-Centers I did some computer support... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 September

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (09:51) - The Rogers-Palfrey-Brewster-Stilwell Cross (west face) I was driving past Metairie Cemetery yesterday, and it occurred to me that most people only see this cross from the highway. Metairie Cemetery was originally built on the western bank of the New Basin... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 5 September

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging: Memorials in St. Patrick's (08:29) - Throughout St. Patrick Cemetery Number One on Canal Street you'll find in-ground markers, a curious sight in a cemetery that otherwise consists of above-ground burials. Even the regular graves in cemeteries at the head of Canal Street are raised a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 4 September

Covington Family Values... (13:20) - you don't have to live near the Eebil Coloreds, but who knows what the white folks are doing to you: A serial Peeping Tom suspect was arrested early Monday morning, Covington police said. Gregory Dean Cowart is suspected of peering... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 3 September

I'd almost forgotten about this project... (21:25) - It's a great idea, but it needs the backing and support of a stronger company: A free Internet wireless system in New Orleans likely will not be expanded to devastated areas of the city, following EarthLink's decision to quit investing... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 29 August

RIP (13:22) - Captain Gallagher was one of the good ones: KENNER, La. -- Longtime Kenner police Capt. James Gallagher died Tuesday night, Chief Steve Caraway said. Gallagher was found unresponsive in Lafreniere Park, where he was jogging. He suffered an apparent heart... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 24 August

"The hardest decision is staying here" (09:05) - I've heard some post-storm stories that rip me up, but this morning's "StoryCorps" segment on NPR's Morning Edition really got to me: More than two years after Katrina, moving past the tragedy is still understandably difficult for some New Orleans... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 20 July

cockroaches! (09:17) - Was listening to this report on NPR's Morning Edition about fighting asthma in households in Los Angeles. Sarah Varney commented that many of the Mexican families that healthcare workers visit won't admit to having cockroaches in the house, lest people... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 19 July

Shorter CityBusiness Blog... (19:18) - I thought all those Colored People were still in Houston!... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 14 July

a long way from Schwegmann bags... (10:04) - I got an e-mail from Adidas this morning. They've started a new promo website, www.futbolmeetsfootball.com. The series of ads feature Mr. Posh Spice with another very popular athlete in the Los Angeles area, #25 for the New Orleans Saints: Becks... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 8 July

why my grocery store is cool... (20:15) - i mean, how many Kroger or Publixx stores have a religious candle section?... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 7 July

Northshore Family Values... (11:47) - more fun and games from those oh-so-moral people in St. Tammany Parish: Volunteer Pastor Accused Of Sex Crimes Suspect Has Worked At 2 Slidell Churches SLIDELL, La. -- St. Tammany Parish officials have arrested a volunteer pastor who has been... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 20 June

taser guns make me nervous (09:31) - Back during carnival time this winter, we went to a parade in Metairie. I noticed several of the JPSO deputies carrying not only their regular sidearms, but taser guns. Two of these deputies and their rank (a captain) were so... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 19 June

Driving on the Northshore... (14:49) - ...has always scared the heck out of me. Too many two-lane roads, too many drunk teenagers driving SUVs, too many possibilities for things to go wrong, like falling trees and people driving into you head-on: Two motorists were killed Monday... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 1 April

FEMA Fiesta Cafe (13:29) - April 1, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW RESTAURANT OPENS IN METRO NEW ORLEANS FEMA Fiesta Cafe cor. Mirabeau and the London Avenue Canal New Orleans, LA ********** The restauranteurs who brought you Bonnie's at the Spillway and The Back of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 27 March

Da Business of Da Saints (13:38) - From their emotion-charged return to Da Dome last September to the NFC Championship loss to the Chicago Bears in January, this past NFL season was the best evah for Da Saints. That means we now must endure the dance between... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 19 March

Holy Cross School Update... (11:57) - On the way home from taking Kevin to Brother Martin High School to get him registered for 8th grade there next year, wife wanted to drive past St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church and School on Paris Avenue. The church, school,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
This is what being a New Orleanian means... (10:35) - If I was slated to be one of St. Aug's drum majors, I'd live in a FEMA trailer, too: Montrell is one of an unknown number of children who have returned to attend school in New Orleans and now live... | 0 Trackbacks | 12 Comments

Tuesday 13 February

it's not PC to blame the victim... (13:56) - ...but sometimes a disaster is nobody's fault but the person who dies: Pontchartrain Park resident dies when storm shreds FEMA trailer By Leslie Williams Staff writer A hopscotching tornado leveled at least two houses in Pontchartrain Park Tuesday and killed... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 7 February

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (13:54) - Organized in 1865 and chartered in 1866, Dante Lodge #174 consisted primarily of Italian immigrants. Since the papal bulls forbidding Catholics from becoming Masons weren't issued until the 1870s, the Archdiocese of New Orleans didn't have a problem with... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 31 January

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging... (14:46) - Beads left as an offering to Marie Laveau at the Glapion Family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number One. While there are several tombs in St. Louis #1 and #2 that are purported to be the resting place of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 11 January

Rude in Retail is a really bad idea... (19:53) - The Krewe of Tafluma, 1980 I dug this photo out last week, because Steve, me, and several guys who are now regulars at T. L. Starke's are in it. I scanned it at wicked-high resolution, printed a couple on... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 10 January

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (15:11) - Tomb of the Orleans Artillery Benevolent Society, St. Louis Cemetery Number One. The Orleans Artillery Benevolent Society is the private organization for veterans of the Orleans Batallion of Artillery, which was later absorbed into the Washington Artillery in 1838.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 13 December

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (12:00) - The Seibert family tomb, St. Louis Number Three. St. Louis Cemetery Number Three was opened in 1854, but most of the tombs date from the 1890s to 1920s. Its location, at Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John, illustrates how much... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 11 December

Monday Memories: The Cabildo (12:24) - The Cabildo, 1930s One of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter, the Cabildo was constructed in 1795-1799, during the Spanish ownership of New Orleans. The building gets its name from the body which used to meet there, which was... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 6 December

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (14:03) - St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans, circa 1910 (postcard): Here's a 1905 C. Milo Williams photo of the original gate and chapel: Located at St. Roch and Derbigny Streets, the small gothic chapel was the first thing constructed on the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 4 December

Monday Memories... (12:54) - I haven't posted any old photos in a while, so it's time to continue... Morning Call Coffee Stand in the French Market, circa 1925: For decades, MC was the "other" coffee stand in the French Market. The competition was Cafe... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 9 October

Holy Cross picks Gentilly... (11:39) - I'm not surprised that Holy Cross chose to re-locate their Ninth Ward school to Gentilly rather than to out in Kenner, for several reasons: They're a New Orleans tradition. Holy Cross' roots are in Da Nint'. The school's board had... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 25 September

Benson... (23:09) - ...I'm surprised he's not out on the field with an upraised middle finger, laughing at all the people who spent their hard-earned money to make him richer.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 17 September

morons and the rebuilding of New Orleans (12:22) - via First Draft, I encountered an interesting post about New Orleans from a blog called "American Zombie" The author is describing dinner conversation in Los Angeles with a young-republican type: I was having dinner in L.A. with some folks I... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 15 August

Why is Kenny's Key West allowed to remain open? (09:08) - Prior to the storm, we regularly read about bars in New Orleans that would have their alcohol permits pulled because they were trouble spots--fights, drugs, shootings. The shootings early Sunday morning at Kenny's Key West is just the most recent... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 7 August

Abita Birthday! (12:38) - xposted to yatcuisine: It's good to travel outside the city and drink microbrews with the knowledge that we have one back home that holds its own. Now New Orleans Magazine reports that Abita is having a 20th birthday bash: Abita... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 27 July

Dear Chancellor Ryan (20:38) - Please get this sign taken down. NOW: before one more person makes a joke about shitting the bed or crapping their pants. Love, YatPundit ED '80... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 24 July

Top 7 things Errol Laborde misses... (12:17) - Interesting article from Laborde in this month's New Orleans Magazine. We lost a lot because of the storm, and this is his top list. I'll leave you to look back at the article itself for his comments and reasoning: 7.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
LA-02: Still a wait-and-see... (11:52) - No established pol wants to take on William Jefferson (D-LA), he of the $90K in his freezer. Jefferson who is currently under investigation by the FBI, vehemently denies all accusations of wrongdoing and firmly refuses to step aside, even though... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
trial by public opinion... (10:49) - The nurses charged with murder in the Memorial Hospital case have gotten themselves some smart attorneys. They're obviously not going to let the prosecution be the only ones with their side in Da Paper: Katrina nurses called victims of justice... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 18 July

Murder at Memorial... (09:36) - this is bound to start up the euthanasia debate again: 3 arrested in New Orleans hospital deaths NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A doctor and two nurses were arrested overnight in connection with patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital in... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 July

Holy Cross Update... (08:20) - in the midst of La Copa Mundial, I failed to mention this update on Holy Cross' quest to find a new home. We left off with the saga taking the HC board to the site of John F. Kennedy High... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 3 July

LaBorde's top ten presidents... (11:28) - In New Orleans mag, Errol Laborde's latest article is his top-ten list of presidents who have influenced New Orleans. Here's the list, go to the article for the commentary. Honorable Mention: Jackson 10. Eisenhower 9. JFK 8. Hayes 7. TR... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 20 June

National Guard to the rescue (16:21) - Had to run downtown today, and I encountered this convoy on I-10 near the cemeteries: 40+ HMMWVs were heading into town, courtesy of the Louisiana National Guard.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 1 March

Memento, homo, (10:12) - ...quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 1 February

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (14:00) - Tomb of the Camors sisters in St. Louis Number Three: Emma Camors Musso and Bertha Camors Agnaud Noblet were the owners/managers of The Court of Two Sisters restaurant in the French Quarter. The restaurant has been a popular tourist destination... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 30 January

Monday Streetcar Blogging (10:52) - Perley A. Thomas streetcar 932, running outbound on S. Carrollton Avenue towards Claiborne Terminal. The City of Carrollton was one of the first suburbs of New Orleans. Located in one of the turns of the Mississippi River that make... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 25 January

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (08:53) - An aerial view of Greenwood Cemetery, looking from the rear of the cemetery (near the railroad tracks), back to City Park Avenue. Canal Street is in the background, running diagonally on the left. This photo was shot in 1967,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 23 January

Monday Streetcar Blogging (09:28) - This charming photo shows Canal Street in the midst of an interesting transition. Looking lakebound from the Clay statue, the photographer captures the block of Canal between St. Charles and Carondelet. A street vendor tends his cart at the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 20 January

NOMA Re-Opening Announcement (10:32) - CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! NOMA Grand Re-Opening Volunteer Meeting The HEART of New Orleans Who: New Orleans Museum of Art What: Grand Re-Opening Volunteer Meeting. NOMA needs help from the community when it re-opens its doors to the public for the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 18 January

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging - Chalmette Cemetery (07:50) - A bit of a then-and-now this week at the Chalmette National Cemetery. Many people think that the cemetery is connected to the Battle of New Orleans, but the only link is location. The cemetery was created in 1864, when the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 16 January

Monday Streetcar Blogging (08:58) - Four 900-series Perley A. Thomas streetcars at the French Market terminal. Prior to the storm, the French Market was the downriver terminus for the Riverfront and Canal lines. Since the storm severely damaged all but one of the "red... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 9 January

Monday Streetcar Blogging (15:02) - Carnival Time at the turn of the 19th century. A parade is coming up Royal Street and turning lakebound on Canal Street. This was a common route for parades at the time. Parades no longer go through the Quarter... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 4 January

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (16:53) - Since Sunday (8-Jan) is the anniversery of the Battle of New Orleans, here's the tomb of one of that battle's heros, Dominique You: Dominique You was a pirate, privateer captain, lieutenant of Jean Lafitte, Hero of the Battle of New... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 3 January

"won't be difficult" (12:33) - Heck no, I'll take a job where I can get paid $3million+ a year and only have to perform well 20% of the time and my boss tells everyone who complains to go to hell. Saints GM says replacing Haslett... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 2 January

Monday Streetcar Blogging (07:08) - One of the "original" Perley A. Thomas streetcars, 426 was one of fifty streetcars purchased by the New Orleans Railway and Light Company for operations on the St. Charles and Tulane Belts, as well as the Jackson line. These... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 31 December

I still agree with C. Ray... (07:34) - ...but we'll never get a "Cleveland Deal." When the dust settles from the storm, we're going to be a much smaller metro area. We're going to have to work to bring in the rest of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 30 December

Local Public Radio... (10:55) - good article in Da Gambit on local community radio stations. It's good to see that things are moving forward to get WWNO, WTUL, and 'OZ back home. Technical shout-out to Da Gambit's website staff: Thanks for putting the permalinks to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Good news for St. Bernard (09:51) - Battle re-creation's return to Chalmette is victory for parish As re-enactments go, this one is usually pretty good. It's a pretty simple script. There's no cavalry, and all the Brits do is drop dead by the thousands from long-range rifle... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Homeowner's Insurance post-K (09:38) - It's good to see that the state Department of Insurance is on top of the situation: The Louisiana Department of Insurance moved Thursday to avert a crisis by enacting an emergency rule that prevents insurers from dropping policyholders waiting on... | 2 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 29 December

We don't need salvation... (10:00) - xposted to YatCuisine Leave it to Da Paper to spoil a pretty good article with a stupid headline: Can the restaurants save us? Brett Anderson is a good factual reporter, a literate bystander in the world that is New Orleans... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Cops and crazy people... (09:53) - One of my Live Journal friend's thoughts on the shooting of a man on St. Charles Avenue Monday are interesting: I have never been in that situation so I can't imagine the stress and pressure of making split-second decisions that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 28 December

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (21:31) - The vault of Perfect Union Lodge #1 in Metairie Cemetery on City Park Avenue. This vault dates back to just after the Civil War. We have two Lodges numbered "1" in Louisiana. Perfect Union was chartered by the GL of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 27 December

Copeland and Diversified foods (16:56) - well, it's hard to fault Al for pulling the plant, hurricane or no hurricane. With the price of gas what it is, being more centralized in the country makes sense. Hopefully he sticks with this plan, though: Copeland to keep... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 26 December

Monday Streetcar Blogging (10:13) - Jingle, Jangle Jingle, Here comes Mr. Bingle... Mr. Bingle is back on the Canal Line, well, sort of. The little snowman was the Christmas spokesman for the Maison Blanche department stores. For decades, moms would take their kids down... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 24 December

car ribbons... (20:32) - I ordered the Abita Beer ribbon, but they were selling ribbons last night at Celebration in the Oaks for $5, so I got one:... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Merry Christmas from YatPundit (14:36) - Merry Christmas (courtesy of Benny Grunch)... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 22 December

Streetcars make the Irish Times... (07:45) - We're getting international press: Streetcars and desire return to battered New Orleans Denis Staunton in New Orleans The streetcars have come back to New Orleans - just two, in fact - old green trams trundling down part of Canal Street.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 20 December

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (15:07) - Here are three postcard views of the original Metairie Cemetery main gate: The main gate around 1908. In the left background is the Moriarity monument, to the right, the tumulus of the Army of Northern Tennessee, Louisiana Division. The water... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 19 December

Monday Streetcar Blogging (17:10) - Perley A. Thomas streetcar #930 at Canal and Liberty last week, in the first test run of a streetcar since the storm. Decorated for the holiday season, 930 was pulled by a pickup truck from Carrollton Station on the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 10 December

too funny (11:56) - | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
ex-Orleans ADA loses appeal, is sanctioned and suspended. (11:52) - The "Port of Call" murder grabbed headlines in 1995. A Slidell man was shot in a botched robbery attempt as he and his date were leaving Port of Call, a restaurant on Esplanade Ave. in the Quarter. Something had to... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Holy Cross leaving Da Ninth... (09:56) - Holy Cross High School is leaving the Ninth Ward campus they've called home since 1879. The school took about 7' of water, and will re-open at their current campus in January. The boys will use modular classroom buildings to finish... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 6 December

Saints: Tagliabue spanks Benson...again... (11:07) - In the actions-speak-louder-than-words department, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue makes Saints owner Tom Benson look more and more like the horse's ass that we locals know he is. He came to New Orleans yesterday to see things for himself: Tagliabue toured... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 5 December

YatCuisine Podcast... (14:45) - We're back! This week's YatCuisine Podcast... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
My Mattix Dilemma... (10:13) - Three years ago, my wife decided to re-model the kitchen. Fortunately for me, I was able to set up a three-week teaching gig in Tokyo, avoiding the trials and tribulations of ripping out the kitchen and getting all the new... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 30 November

Jefferson Parish Transit Plans on Hold; Councilman still wants rate increase (21:13) - This article in Da Paper is two weeks old, but the news is still current: Transit plans to be delayed More time wanted to evaluate ridership Still unsure of Hurricane Katrina's impact on Jefferson Parish's public transit riders, the Parish... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 29 November

Boycott Ruth's Chris (18:22) - (xposted to YatCuisine) The sign says: Remember: When the bodies from Katrina were still being collected. When we needed FAITH & HEROISM.. Ruth's Chris FLED to Orlando: Forgive them, Ms. Fertel. WE WON'T. From World Class New Orleans. Not to... | 0 Comments
WiFi in New Orleans? (16:21) - MSNBC and WaPo report this morning that Mayor Nagin is pushing a plan to set up a city-sponsored wireless community network in New Orleans. I like Chief Technology Officer Greg Meffert's cut-through-the-crap attitude: "My number-one job is to restimulate the... | 1 Comments

Friday 25 November

Insurance Fundamentals... (08:27) - I'm no fan of the insurance industry. They manipulate the system worse than just about any industry in corporate America. Healthcare companies are often the worst. Property/casualty companies aren't a lot better, but they are our main line of defense... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 23 November

60 Minutes... (09:13) - OK, that show was too stupid to even bother trying to refute. Next time Ed Bradley comes to town and tries to be a New Orleanian, every club in town should show him the door.... | 1 Comments

Monday 21 November

Monday Streetcar Blogging... (23:06) - ...albeit a bit late on Monday: Perley A. Thomas streetcars 910 and 928, waiting to depart on the outbound leg of their current run on the Canal Street line, one afternoon in the early 1950s. These two cars have circled... | 1 Comments

Thursday 17 November

Evacuation and Protection of the Streetcars (10:30) - (crossposted on CanalStreetcar and YatPundit) Since yesterday's article in the NYT, I've been asked two questions numerous times, enough to merit replying here rather than individually. The first question is, why didn't RTA use more buses to evacuate people from... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 13 November

City Park Botanical Garden Wishlist (19:37) - The Botanical Garden at City Park took a pretty bad hit in the storm. They've compiled a Wish List of plants they lost and need to replace. If you're in a position to help out, please consider doing so. At... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 8 November

from the it-could-have-been-worse department (12:27) - This article from Da Paper on the museum at Jackson Barracks is significant, mainly because so few museums and historic collections suffered major damage at the hands of the storm. It's no surprise that Jackson Barracks, which is in the... | 0 Comments

Monday 7 November

I suppose this was just a matter of time... (19:22) - A HWWMV is a big truck. Mustang convertible vs. military vehicle is a pretty lopsided battle. To say the driver's behavior was erratic would be kind, and the fact that he was ejected means he most likely wasn't wearing a... | 0 Comments
Now, this is why they should've done CSI:NOLA (12:37) - What a great plot this would have been: Body found in trunk not victim of Katrina A body found last month sticking out of a footlocker on the North Rampart Street neutral ground is believed to be a homicide victim... | 1 Comments

Thursday 20 October

Tattoos and Katrina... (10:09) - Well, they were big before the storm here, and all these military guys around, I suppose this makes sense...maybe daysinger needs to open up a new location... :-) In Katrina's wake, a tattoo boom in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (Reuters)... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 27 August

Mama Cathy says be patient... (13:53) - ...so we're going to be patient. We'll bail for Planet Houston tomorrow if this storm looks bad.... | 2 Comments

Thursday 25 August

Thursday French Quarter Blogging (07:41) - since I'm at CC's on Royal Street this morning... Latrobe Park in the French Market: click the photo for a larger version... | 2 Comments

Monday 22 August

Monday Streetcar Blogging (06:51) - Von Dullen streetcar 2020, just passing the intersection at Canal and St. Charles Avenue. The Pickwick Club is in the background at the corner. From Canal Streetcar (dot com).... | 0 Comments

Friday 19 August

Murders in New Orleans... (08:25) - Our murder rate may be ten times the national average, but at least it's down from the dark days of the 1990s. I've never done a statistical analysis of where murders occur in the city, but I've always held the... | 4 Comments

Wednesday 17 August

Buy a Hubig's Pie! (10:12) - I've received so many requests and comments about my Hubig's Pie article that we've set up a shopping cart so those of you who don't live in the New Orleans area can get your Hubig's Pie fix. Buy a Hubig's... | 0 Comments
Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (09:54) - Three single-family tombs are overshadowed by the Italian Benevolent Society tomb in St. Louis Number One. St. Louis Number One is the oldest cemetery in New Orleans, located on Basin Street, just outside the French Quarter. (from www.citiesofthedead.net)... | 0 Comments

Monday 15 August

Monday Streetcar Blogging (23:16) - Takin' it Slow in the 1930s... Perley Thomas streetcar #807 carefully crossing a major drainage project at Canal Street and Jefferson Davis Parkway, this week's Feature Photo on CanalStreetCar (dot com).... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 10 August

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (21:51) - Hope Mausoleum, Canal Street. Originally the location of St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Hope Mausoleum was constructed around the perimeter of the cemetery. Inside, there are four mosaics of the seasons. This is "Summer."... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 9 August

Michoud Plant may continue well into the future... (09:43) - A recent NYT article on the future of NASA spacecraft design was followed up with a local article on the Michoud plant's role in future construction. According to the NYT, NASA is looking to replace the Shuttle with a smaller,... | 0 Comments

Monday 8 August

Monday Streetcar Blogging (14:47) - Von Dullen Streetcar 2002, turning from the Riverfront onto Canal Street: This is a busy photo, but that's the point of it, even though the railroad crossing sign is blocking the streetcar. Shot from the Canal Ferry Terminal walkway, this... | 0 Comments

Monday 1 August

Monday Streetcar Blogging... (17:32) - Southern Railway Station, New Orleans: This is the New Orleans Terminal Company railroad terminal, located at Canal and Basin Streets. It's a postcard from around 1910. The station was built in 1908. When the N.O. Terminal Company was acquired by... | 2 Comments

Tuesday 26 July

Tuesday Streetcar Blogging (21:17) - because I got too busy to post this yesterday... Looking down Canal Street to the river, the World Trade Center looms in the background.... | 0 Comments

Friday 15 July

Yikes, Starbucks has made a HUGE mistake... (20:45) - jeez, even Louisiana has a breast-feeding law: Breast-feeding Mom Says She Was Booted From Starbucks NEW ORLEANS -- A discrimination claim has been filed against a Metairie coffee shop after a woman said she was asked to leave for trying... | 3 Comments

Tuesday 12 July

Monday Streetcar Blogging (10:50) - Von Dullen streetcar #2024, on the return run from Beauregard Circle on N. Carrollton Avenue. The streetcar will head to Canal Street, turn left, go down to the river, turn left again, and end its run at the French... | 0 Comments

Sunday 10 July

tryin' to reason... (11:35) - The NHC three-day track for Dennis at 1100EDT still predicts Pensacola Bay. Mayor Nagin was right yesterday in not ordering an evac. Weather is gorgeous today, of course, much to the chagrin of many a baseball dad. Because Jeff Parish... | 2 Comments

Saturday 9 July

Hurricane coverage... (11:05) - I've looked at three sites so far. It's 1125CDT and Nagin was scheduled to brief at 1100CDT. Here's what I see: Da Paper is clear and concise - Jeff Parish, voluntary evac, Nagin's not ordering/suggesting anything for the city Channel... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 5 July

Yeah you rite, Bob! (09:59) - Just now, on www.wwoz.org, Bob French took some Europeans to task for bemoaning the fact that "New Orleans music is changing." It seems that there are people out there who want to "freeze" New Orleans music in time, and are... | 0 Comments

Monday 4 July

Monday Streetcar Blogging (20:26) - Canal Street, 1902, this week's Feature Photo on CanalStreetCar (dot com)... | 0 Comments

Friday 1 July

OPSB accounting shift is good policy (09:51) - Making sure that the Orleans Parish School Board follows the Sarbanes-Oxley law isn't a bad idea, even if it slows down the process of getting turnaround company Alvarez & Marsal on board: The accounting company that has managed the books... | 0 Comments

Thursday 30 June

From Corrente: People demand accountability for real crimes, not blowjobs. (23:12) - Support for Impeachment higher now than it was in December 1998 We've all seen this from Zogby today, right?: In a sign of the continuing partisan division of the nation, more than two-in-five (42%) voters say that, if it is... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 28 June

You know you're from New Orleans when you... (18:17) - the list goes to 82... | 0 Comments

Monday 27 June

Monday Streetcar Blogging (16:03) - Beginnings and Endings -- busy summer afternoon at the Cemeteries Terminal on the Canal Streetcar Line. This week's Feature Photo at CanalStreetCar (dot com).... | 0 Comments
Gambit's website... (10:51) - Have you seen www.bestofneworleans.com lately? They've given it a very nice facelift. The old yellow color theme was not the most pleasant. I like the soft-blue look they've chosen. Not to mention that Gambit Weekly is usually some of the... | 0 Comments

Friday 17 June

Get that woman a grass skirt and some coconuts! (15:29) - US chat show host could be a Zulu DNA experts have questioned Oprah Winfrey's belief that she is a member of South Africa's Zulu nation. The African-American chat-show host announced during a recent visit to South Africa that she had... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 15 June

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (10:51) - Hellenic Orthodox Vaults, St. Louis Cemetery #3 St. Louis #3 is on Esplanade Avenue, by Bayou St. John (not far from the Fair Grounds racetrack, site of the JazzFest). The Greek Orthodox community does not have its own cemetery, but... | 0 Comments
Schiavo: No big surprises (09:11) - The autopsy report contains no huge revelations and appears to back up everything the husband has claimed, either himself or in court documents, for all these years. One thing stands out to me in the initial press reports: Thogmartin said... | 0 Comments

Monday 13 June

Bad management decisions can come back to haunt you... (11:24) - Such is the case with the latest re-hashing of the clergy sex abuse scandals in the local Catholic Church. There haven't been many cases where a priest accused of abuse has fought back against the heirarchy, but it figures that... | 0 Comments
Monday Streetcar Blogging (10:33) - This week's Feature Photo at CanalStreetCar (dot com) is a shot of a Von Dullen streetcar on Canal Street at N. Clark Street:... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 8 June

The Politics of Protest (10:00) - Horst Pfeifer's dislike for oversize vehicles in the Quarter is now well-known. Prior to this publicity stunt, however, it's not clear just how vocal an opponent he or any other Quarter denizens have been. NOPD and the mayor's office both... | 0 Comments
Publicity stunts by restauranteurs (09:47) - Usually when one hears about a restauranteur involved in a publicity stunt, the first reaction is to ask, "What has Al Copeland done now?" The lastest stunt doesn't involve Al, however; he has enough real legal troubles to keep him... | 0 Comments
Job hunting in New Orleans (09:23) - Ian made me chuckle with this: Regarding job fairs: one is going to be held in New Orleans in July. They are urging you to dress in your finest suit or jacket. Repeat: in New Orleans. In JULY.... | 1 Comments

Friday 3 June

Racial sideshows (10:12) - There's a preacher going after Harry Lee again. This in itself is not news, but Lee's reaction to the criticism was pretty strong this time. When asked to respond to allegations that his deputies overreacted when they shot and killed... | 0 Comments
OPSB: Torin Sanders should resign (09:31) - If not from the board itself, definitely as its president. Frankly, he should resign the office altogether if he can't work with the other members of the board. There is a time for debate and there is a time for... | 0 Comments

Thursday 2 June

Podcast - Top Ten Thursday (16:16) - Top Five print columnists in New Orleans 1. Ronnie Virgets - Gambit Weekly 2. Lolis Eric Elie - Times Picayune 3. Clancy DuBos - Gambit Weekly 4. Geraldine Wyckoff - OffBeat 5. James Gill - Times Picayune... | 0 Comments
Ronnie Virgets... (15:02) - What a great column, and on castration, no less: The Cruelest Cut Any talk of removal of the family jewels is guaranteed to cause an automatic and involuntary flinch in any male within earshot, even if such a subtraction is... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 1 June

Hurricane Plans... (18:45) - The Louisiana State Police have drawn up some good maps of the evacuation routes and plans for Southeast Louisiana. Locals should familiarize themselves with the routes, and those of you who don't live down here can get an idea of... | 0 Comments

Friday 27 May

Marie Laveau (12:02) - Wow, it's interesting that I got a very obnoxious e-mail from someone purporting to be a tour guide earlier this week, saying that I was reckless in my description of the practice of marking the Glapion tomb in St. Louis... | 0 Comments

Thursday 26 May

Only in Da Parish... (13:57) - 3 Chalmette Teens Accused Of Running Prostitution Ring Tricks Turned In Back Seat Of Cabs, Police Say CHALMETTE, La. -- A 16-year-old girl has been accused of running a prostitution ring that involved two 15-year-old friends. Authorities said the girls... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 25 May

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (21:10) - The tomb of Laure Beauregard Larendon in Metairie Cemetery. Mrs. Larendon was the daughter of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Confederate General and New Orleans civic leader. The tomb was designed by the General. Beauregard is also buried in Metairie,... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 18 May

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (10:50) - Blaise Michael Carriere, Metairie Cemetery Mr. Carriere was one of the co-founders of the New Orleans Recreation Department, and was very active promoting youth sports programs in the city. He is shown on his headstone with his trademark boutonniere... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 17 May

Da Airport (14:13) - Very interesting page one article this morning on the future of Louis Armstrong International Airport. The two proposals outlined both have a lot of good points. The notion of building in the Bonnet Carre' Spillway sounds odd at first, but... | 0 Comments

Sunday 15 May

What's a Hubig's Pie? (21:41) - I've noticed that people come to YatPundit occasionally because they Google the term "Hubig's Pies." When I originally wrote the subtitle of the blog as "Politics, Funky Music, and Hubig's Pies," I pretty much assumed that everyone knew what a... | 0 Comments

Saturday 14 May

More on the Saints (18:19) - Via New Orleans Metblog, here's an article that lays out just how good a deal Benson's got with the State of Louisiana. Here's the heart of the matter: Benson wants no part of a very generous new deal constructed by... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 10 May

Slots at Da Track... (09:59) - Pete Finney is right, it's time for the New Orleans City Council to respect the wishes of an overwhelming majority of Orleans Parish voters and pass an ordinance allowing the New Orleans Fair Grounds to operate slot machines at the... | 0 Comments

Friday 6 May

having my coffee in the Quarter... (09:26) - ...at the CC's on Royal Street. It's a bit of a change from hanging out in a Metairie coffee shop. For openers, the cleintele is totally different, a mix of people on their way into the CBD, Quarter residents, and... | 0 Comments

Thursday 5 May

The Meters... (09:38) - There are very few things that are as much fun for me as listening to The Meters. This morning, during a letters segment on NPR's Morning Edition, they read a note from a listener who did the "driveway" thing last... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 4 May

Two new restaurant reviews on YatCuisine (09:24) - I wrote up quick reviews of lunch at Andrea's Restaurant and Maple Cafe', both in Metairie, over on YatCuisine. For anyone new to YatPundit, I keep the food porn separate, since there are a lot of foodies who don't want... | 0 Comments

Monday 18 April

I hope he's a real "saint" now... (22:33) - Carolina Panther Sam Mills passes away April 18, 2005 Panthers.com Carolina Panthers linebackers coach Sam Mills, who had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer in August 2003, passed away today. He was 45. He may have been their coach, but to... | 0 Comments

Friday 15 April

These guys obviously don't watch South Park (08:55) - Summer baseball extension pitched Non-all-star players would get more time Kenner baseball and softball players who want to play ball all summer, but don't make an all-star team, would be able to play ball longer under a plan being proposed... | 0 Comments

Monday 11 April

Sean Penn and New Orleans... (15:22) - Da Paper has a front-page article on native son (and political madman) James Carville's role as a executive producer of the latest film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's wonderful novel, "All the King's Men." A fictionalized tale of the political... | 0 Comments
new orleans in the 1920s (10:51) - Dan Myer's doing a fantastic show right now on WWOZ of all stuff recorded in New Orleans in the 1920s. Just great stuff. www.wwoz.org for the stream.... | 0 Comments

Friday 8 April

Momus Alexander Morgus (10:06) - I've been seeing commercials on Cox over the last couple of weeks saying things like "he's back!" without saying who it is. Then I saw "him" last night. Yes, it's Momus Alexander Morgus. Sid Noel is reprising his role as... | 0 Comments

Friday 1 April

Restaurant Review: The Voting Booth (08:56) - 1-APRIL-2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: YatPundit, comments@yatpundit.com food.yatpundit.com or www.yatpundit.com New restaurant offers classic New Orleans atmosphere with contemporary cuisine. I had the pleasure of attending a preview event for the city's latest restaurant last week. Clerk of Court Kimberly... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 30 March

Wednesday Cemetery Blogging (23:28) - Monument to jazz legend Buddy Bolden in Holt Cemetery. The exact location of Bolden's grave is unknown. Holt is the city's "potter's field," and precise burial locations were often not recorded.... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 23 March

Cemetery Blogging... (11:40) - St. Joseph Cemetery Number One, 2200 Washigton Avenue in Central City. The St. Joseph cemeteries are next to Lafayette Cemetery Number Two, the lesser-known stepsister of Lafayette #1 in the Garden District. The chapel in the background is the... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 9 March

Random Lunch Notes... (15:53) - Just some thoughts on Lunch around town of late... Bud's Broiler on City Park Avenue is still one of my favorite places to stop for a bite. #4, fries, diet coke. I got an e-mail from a local who said... | 0 Comments

Monday 7 March

Holy Trinity Illustrated (21:01) - Today's podcast on the "holy trinity" of Creole cooking (onion, celery, green pepper) inspired me to do a bit of Creole cooking tonight. I had a cut-up fryer I broiled in the oven, and to go with it, I made... | 0 Comments

Friday 11 February

Coolest. Coconut. Ever. (14:32) - My lawyer (who is a friend of almost 30 years now) rides in Zulu, and he did some really nice coconuts this year. I don't know where Stroup gets the idea that you can't hollow out coconuts practically, because... | 0 Comments
Weekend Warmup (08:55) - Friday's Podcast as mentioned in the podcast, we'll be switching Thursday's and Friday's formats next week, doing the Weekend Warmup on Thursdays and Potpourri on Fridays. That way we can give people more lead time for the weekend.... | 0 Comments

Thursday 10 February

What's going on! (00:13) - Ash Wednesday is traditionally a day of fasting and reflection, as Lent begins for Christians. I've spent the day doing some work for clients, but also I've been working on my Movable Type blog, www.yatcom.com. I pretty much shut down... | 0 Comments