The Voices In My Head
September 1, 2009
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....
Stories
Revolutionary ??
September 1, 2009
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...
On the Fourth Anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans is still far from recovery
August 31, 2009
By: Jordan Flaherty, Contributing Writer Posted: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:03 pm On the Fourth Anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans is still far from recovery Crawling through a hole in a fence and walking through an open doorway, Shamus Rohn and Mike Miller lead the way into an...
Derelict Buildings House Thousands In New Orleans
August 27, 2009
by Kathy Lohr - NPR Four years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has regained about 75 percent of its pre-storm population, and there are signs of economic progress. But although New Orleans is rebuilding its arts and tourism venues, including a $165 million theme park in...
Living in a House That's Not a Home
August 7, 2009
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...
Why go to law school when I can spend my nights in abandoned buildings in New Orleans?
July 23, 2009
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...