New Orleans

Katrina: What Happened in the Hospitals

December 10, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: Celia’s Story

December 8, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: The Effects on Communities

December 6, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: Effects on the Middle Class

December 3, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: 9th Ward

November 30, 2011

Including a good look at some of the houses Brad Pitt helped build. The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: Don’t Bring Your Kids Here

November 30, 2011

Had a post-Katrina tour of New Orleans with my cousin Celia. Here she explains why many dispossessed New Orleanians with children will not be returning. The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: Corruption

November 30, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina Tour: Xes

November 30, 2011

The New Projects Xes Effects on the Middle Class Don’t Bring Your Kids Here Corruption The Effects on Communities 9th Ward Celia’s Story What Happened in the Hospitals

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Katrina: The New Projects

November 29, 2011

During my recent trip to New Orleans, I spent a night with my cousin Celia. The next morning she took me on a private Katrina tour, recounting her own experiences as well as what happened then and is happening now in our ancestral city. I’ve divided approximately 30 minutes of footage into topical segments, and [...]

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Women, Business Travel, and the Hyatt Regency New Orleans

November 27, 2011

^ interior of the new Hyatt Regency New Orleans I don’t earn much from my website directly, but every now and then an unexpected perk arises. The largest (in monetary value) to date was a recent trip to New Orleans, where I was invited by BlogHer to speak on a panel at a Women & [...]

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The Great Glass Elevator

November 26, 2011

The newly-reopened Hyatt Regency New Orleans features a glass elevator. Of course I took video.

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Jackson Square, Testing YouTube’s Video Stabilization

November 19, 2011

This video is interesting for a technical reason: I tried YouTube’s image stabilization feature. It works well, with a few weird artifacts; you can see from what happens to the title now how jittery the original was. Ah, YouTube saved the original as well, so you can see for yourself:

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New Orleans Street Performers

November 17, 2011

Didn’t get the band’s name, not even entirely sure what language she’s singing in. Damn. They were good.

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Street Bluegrass, New Orleans

November 16, 2011
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Nighttime Music

November 13, 2011

We ended up at the Oak Wine bar to listen to Coco Robicheaux because of a personal connection to someone who was playing with him. Not my usual sort of scene: music to loud to enjoy conversation, but too much chatter to enjoy the music…

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New Orleans Parade

November 13, 2011

You can’t hardly walk down the street in New Orleans without people throwing stuff at you…

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Street Performers in New Orleans

November 11, 2011

Music! Chihuahuas!

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