Royal Street
Bourbon Street
Iron Work Balconies in the French Quarter
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
12.30.09 Tough.
Photographs by David Leslie Anthony, an LA based fashion photographer. Some of his best work, shot here in New Orleans. Don't they look tough?
Her name is Valerie.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
12.29.09 Old New Orleans
French Market, Decatur Side, 1960.
French Market, River Side, 1937.
A general view of Rex king of the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade leads the way through thousands of revelers packed in the streets March 6, 1946. The float is about to turn from St. Charles Avenue into Canal Street.
Monday, December 28, 2009
12.28.09 New Orleans sets all time high record for restaurants....
On Jan. 1, 980 restaurants were cooking and serving in the metro New Orleans area. That was already up 171 restaurants from the restaurant population before Hurricane Katrina. As of mid-December, the figure stood at 1,045. The 1,000th restaurant, Madrid, opened in April, marking the first time New Orleans had so many eateries.
That is a remarkable statistic. The restaurant population dropped significantly during 2009 everywhere else in America. If we were still filling in holes left by Katrina, that would be one thing. But that deficiency has long since been filled, and we’re still growing.
More large, upscale restaurants opened this year than in the past several. Most growth in 2006-08 was in neighborhood cafés. Those continue to proliferate, but the interest in opening big-deal dining venues has resumed.
The biggest white-tablecloth splash was the reopening of the Roosevelt Hotel. Three major new eateries came with it: the restored Sazerac and Blue Room and the new Domenica.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
12.27.09 After the flood...
More photographs by Robert Polidori from a book, New Orleans after the Flood.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
12.26.09 Happy in Louisiana, thank you....
Ahh so Louisiana ranks as the happiest state, NY is #46-
Louisiana ranks as happiest state
By The Associated Press
December 18, 2009, 2:33PM
People in sunny, outdoorsy states -- Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida -- say they're the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why.
A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found these folks generally have reason to feel fine.
The places where people are most likely to report happiness also tend to rate high on studies comparing things like climate, crime rates, air quality and schools.
The happiness ratings were based on a survey of 1.3 million people across the country by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It used data collected over four years that included a question asking people how satisfied they are with their lives.
Economists Andrew J. Oswald of the University of Warwick in England and Stephen Wu of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., compared the happiness ranking with studies that rated states on a variety of criteria ranging from availability of public land to commuting time to local taxes.
Probably not surprisingly, their report in Friday's edition of the journal Science found the happiest people tend to live in the states that do well in quality-of-life studies.
Yet Oswald says "this is the first objective validation of 'happiness' data," which is something he says economists have been reluctant to use in the past.
"Very loosely, you could say that we prove that happiness data are 'true,' -- such data have genuine objective informational content," he said.
"Moreover," Oswald added, "it is interesting to uncover the pattern of life-satisfaction across one of the world's important nations."
Ranking No. 1 in happiness was Louisiana, home of Dixieland music and Cajun/Creole cooking.
Oswald urged a bit of caution in that ranking, however, noting that part of the happiness survey occurred before Hurricane Katrina struck the state, and part of it took place later. Nevertheless, he said, "We have no explicit reason to think there is a problem" with the ranking.
Rounding out the happy five were Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee and Arizona.
At the other end of the scale, last in happiness -- is New York state.
As if to illustrate the problem, residents attending a meeting Wednesday in rural Queensbury unleashed their anger and cynicism at a state government they described as corrupt, self-dealing and too quick to increase taxes. It was a tirade that had one lifelong resident saying he was ready to flee "this stinkin' state."
Oswald suggested the long commutes, congestion and high prices around New York City account for some of the unhappiness.
He said he has been asked if the researchers expected that states like New York and California, which ranked 46th, would do so badly in the happiness ranking.
"I am only a little surprised," he said. "Many people think these states would be marvelous places to live in. The problem is that if too many individuals think that way, they move into those states, and the resulting congestion and house prices make it a non-fulfilling prophecy."
Besides being interesting, the state-by-state pattern has scientific value, Oswald explained.
"We wanted to study whether people's feelings of satisfaction with their own lives are reliable, that is, whether they match up to reality -- of sunshine hours, congestion, air quality, etceteras -- in their own state. And they do match."
Oswald and Wu used data from CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System collected from 2005 to 2008. The survey, launched in 1984, collects information on a variety of health measures.
The research was supported by Britain's Economic and Social Research Council.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
12.24.09 A Post Katrina Christmas Wishlist
In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, my dad drove around and snapped pictures of the aftermath, including the above picture- A Post Katrina Christmas Wishlist.
Santa's Wish List
1. Cat 5 Levees
2. Coastal Resotration
3. LRA $ in People's Hands
4. City Streets Paved.
5. Neighbors
6. Action, Less Plans
7. Holy Cross in Gentilly
8. 07 Hurricane Season like '06
9. Local Businesses to Return
10. Rebuild Lakeview
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
12.15.09 After the flood
More photographs by Robert Polidori from a book, New Orleans after the Flood.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
12.12.09 After the flood...
Photographs by Robert Polidori, from a book I randomly picked up at an estate sale this weekend, New Orleans after the Flood. His photo's were also on display at the Met in 2006.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
12.10.09 READ more books....
Near Freret and Louisiana.
(Ahem, camoflage bandana....)
Front of house.
Side of House.
A follower of this blog ( didnt think there were! ) sent me this photo he took. In Nevada.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
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