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Continue Reading ⟶: My nemisis
I think it’s safe to say that I have a very strong aversion to my new place. I haven’t really unpacked a lot of things in hopes that I will magically wake up and love my new apartment and want to enjoy the newness that comes with the unpacking. So far, no luck. We all…Keep…
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Continue Reading ⟶: The one about the expanding waistline
I think I had the best meal since I moved to Louisiana the other night. It was phenomenal. Like, bring-on-the-elastic-waisted-pants phenomenal. A friend of mine from home was out here on business this week and we had a chance to grab dinner. Because neither of us knew where to go and we were both in…Keep…
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Continue Reading ⟶: Shaken, not stirredAs I sit in my new pad watching the ridiculousness that is the Real Housewives of Atlanta (it’s like a trainwreck from which I cannot look away) I begin to feel my apartment shake a little. Just a slight little tremor. Immediately, my California brain looks for the nearest hanging light fixture to confirm the…Keep…
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Continue Reading ⟶: Makin’ Groceries
I was sitting at a bar on Saturday night (I live in New Orleans now, remember?) and was watching the various sporting events that were being televised when a very large man at the end of the bar heard that I had just moved here from CA. We began a lively discussion about the dialects…Keep…
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Continue Reading ⟶: Fun with nursery rhymes
My new apartment is off of Hickory, which is the street which one would turn onto from Dickory, which is also the street of which Dock is an off-shoot. It is next to Mouse Lane. I find that amusing. What I do not find amusing is my apartment. It isn’t exactly what one would call…Keep…
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Continue Reading ⟶: 2288 miles
That is the mapquested distance from my old house to my new house and I made it. I didn’t have to drive it (luckily) but I’m here in Naw’lins, which is pretty much the only way to pronounce/spell it. I’m pleased to have the internet (for a brief, flickering moment in time) while my computer…Keep…