From There to Here

Thursday was another hell of a night in New Orleans, where we went to the House of Blues Voodoo Lounge for dinner and I ate a Po’ Boy Shrimp Sandwich, because if I’m not eating a Po’ Boy in New Orleans, it’s “not worth eating, according to the one New Orleans native in our midst. […]

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I pulled a little video that I shot from the Katrina bus tour we went on yesterday and decided to upload it. I don’t have anything else to add about the situation, but wanted to share some more images from the Lower Ninth Ward.

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As both a newspaper reporter for a good number of years and a writer for all of my life, I’ve usually been able to describe what I’ve seen through my writing enough to paint a picture for the reader.
But after returning from seeing the devastation in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward earlier today, I’m not […]

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I finally decided (after two years) that it was time to figure out how my YouTube account actually worked.
So today, I bring you the video of last night on Bourbon Street. I was talking about the guys playing jazz on Bourbon at Canal, and here they are. Lets hope this works and it means I […]

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New Orleans is pretty freaking awesome, I must say. Yesterday was a long day, with leaving the house at 5 a.m., getting to New Orleans around 11:00 a.m., being in sessions until 5:30 p.m. and doing the dinner and drinks thing until well after midnight. But I’ve got 10 impressions on New Orleans because, hell, […]

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The Celtics wrapped up the NBA Championship last night, and I probably watched postgame coverage until almost 2 a.m.
Now it’s 5 a.m., and I’m headed to the airport to fly to New Orleans, LA to attend a conference on voter engagement for nonprofit organizations. I’m excited about the conference, finding out what other organizations are […]

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