Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

The marching club has a ‘practice parade’ a week before the real deal. The only thing they really practice is drinking, staggering through every Irish bar in the city over the course of the day.
As Charlie puts it, “Where else are hundreds of drunks going to get to stop traffic throughout the city- with a [...]

I randomly had my camera with me one night when we saw this on a pole in front of the Moonlight Cafe. I really liked it, and vaguely thought the whole ‘Nola Rising’ concept sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place it.
Today’s Chris Rose column has the info, and it’s pretty cool.

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Jeez, don’t be so judgemental, y’all- just because CRay was spotted with his security guy at the Herb Import Company…
Look, they have other things, too, like…uh… let’s see. Vitamins. Plus incense and stuff. It’s very stressful being the mayor, and showing up for…oh, wait. He doesn’t do that part.
There’s all that votin…scratch that.
And then there’s [...]

I recently had occasion to visit Mr. Binky’s, a full service (har har- get used to it. It’s impossible not to talk in double entendres, and I’ve long since stopped trying) adult store in the city, due to a request from a client.
I found myself in the position of needing to do some research in [...]

Had to drop the car off for service (it hasn’t been the same since the accident) and stopped at Walgreens before schlepping the long long drive down Airline to the nearest Mitsi dealer.
The cashier looked sadly down at my purchases.
“A water.” Pause
“And a Hubig’s.*” Pause.
“For breakfast,” she added, looking at me reproachfully.
“Yeah, I know,” [...]

So, you know, uh…there’s this behemoth Walmart lurking at the back of my neighborhood. I know I shouldn’t visit it. I know. Really, I do.
 I was against it going in in the first place. But, now that it’s there…you know how it goes…it’s just so damned convenient. And so, I end up there periodically for [...]

So I just put up another Inappropriate Mardi Gras Bead post, and while insuring the second picture was properly hidden from those with delicate constitutions, I scanned the page briefly.
Among other things we’ve got a murder, a scammy neighbor, and now a frog with an erection. I guess you never know what’s going to [...]

Charlie’s a Halloween Baby, which is a fantastic excuse to have a big blowout, which we’ve turned into an annual deal. Since Halloween falls in the middle of the stupid week this year, we had the party early.
Last year I kept the camera close at hand, this time I carried it for about 3 [...]

Murder #164 happened tonight, just outside our house.
Ten shots. Large caliber.
It was one of the most horrific nights of my life, and how selfish is it of my to say that?
After all, he wasn’t my boyfriend- though it was that poor girl’s shrieks that told us the shots had found a target.
And he wasn’t my son- [...]

Rec’d this notice from my daughter’s school (emphasis mine):
Important Information Regarding Carpool and Traffic Detours
Subject: HEADS UP! Street Closure and Special Effect Notification for K’Ville
The 20th Century FOX television series K-Ville will be filming scenes for their locally based television series Monday October 1st and Tuesday October 2nd on the riverside of the 2600 block [...]