“Mike and I are going to be checking out an encampment on the Algiers Levee tonight.” I inserted this into the general goodbye-banter between two people who’ve grown familiar with each other – amidst such standard stuff as “good night”, “be safe” and “see you tomorrow”. ...
It’s a fine line between a brilliant idea and intrusive noise. I think we crossed it when you strategically gutted your last apartment with your elbow....
You never know who you are going to meet on our streets. We were standing outside the Royal Sonnesta on Bourbon Street for a fundraiser. Mike was smoking a cigarette and I was watching people passing by wearing Mardi Gras beads and drinking hurricanes. Tuesday night...
We have a big problem in little old New Orleans. In fact, we have 65,000 of them. Almost four years after the federal levees failed to hold back the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is now the #1 most blighted city in America. We...
I recently got word that University of Michigan law school won’t let me defer law school again. I was accepted 16 months ago, and a few months later asked for and received a one-year deferral . But now my request for a second one-year deferral...