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NOLA 3: French Quarter by Day

Posted on July 20, 2016July 18, 2016 by TC Leave a comment

The next day being Monday and free from work, we headed to the French Quarter to do the tourist thing. We started, of course, at Cafe duMonde, where I introduced Dave to authentic beignet. Two years before, a local had scoffed at the line of tourists and showed me how to go through the front and […]... Read More

The War of 1812 and leaving Lousiana

Posted on July 20, 2016July 18, 2016 by TC Leave a comment

After packing up Toa, we head over the Chalmette and Jean Lafitte National Park whose visitor center is next to the battlefield where the Battle of New Orleans was fought. The BF really wanted to see it, so I went along. I hate war memorials. I’m a pacifist who spent my academic career learning all about […]... Read More

NOLA 2: The BF Falls in Love

Posted on July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 by TC Leave a comment

So the BF arrived in New Orleans,where he met Katie for the first time. They like each other! Whew! 🙂 Several years ago, the BF gave me Louie Armstrong’s autobiography, which talks about his growing up in NOLA, his time in the orphanage, where he learned to play the trumpet, and how he moved from hard […]... Read More

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Today I Decide to Believe in Myself

Month: July 2016

NOLA 3: French Quarter by Day

The War of 1812 and leaving Lousiana

NOLA 2: The BF Falls in Love