I Heart NOLA

One year ago this evening ... My first outing in my new beloved city.

I was sitting at the bar at the Funky Butt having their namesake cocktail and experiencing the most sweltering heat of my life. It was funny to me. The bar half full, seemed like locals only, I was thinking these people are crazy! while trying to fan myself. The bartender was so nice, the place so New Orleans with it's no-sense-of-urgency type vibe. Hurricane Dennis was possibly bearing through so half the town was gone and some restaurants boarded up.

When they announced the band after the set, it turns out one of the Marsalis' was on drums ... of course it's like that. This is New Orleans.

During the set break I met smarmy Dave who inquired if my cocktail tasted like a**. I am perceptive and his charms did not allude me, so of course I said yes when he invited me to join him at the bar of the Hotel St. Marie just around the corner to meet his friends hanging there. They were all great, loved them all like play cousins ... Courtney, Jen, Rick and Barkeep Kevin. "Have we met before?" he asked "I know you from somewhere." mmm, flirty bird ...

Jackson Square, the St. Charles trolley, hanging on the balcony overlooking Decatur to the m.i.s.s.-i.s.s.-i.s.s.-i.p.p.i. one block away, life in Vieux Carre ... I fell in love with you NOLA.
My Apartment on Decatur

See me up there sipping my coffee on the balcony ...



My view down the street toward the Quarter


Across the street
The Cafe Du Monde Experience


Another beautiful balcony on Royal. If I lived in NOLA, I would celebrate my balcony in the same way.