With a sign this beautiful, anything is possible. Ask Harkins, what do you do?Harkins is a florist. I had a conversation with our friend John the other night. He’s a therapist, and was down from Vermont to visit for a night. We were talking about the challenge and deep worth of finding the words to…
new orleans (the last): cafe du monde
In the sense that there is a bit of Disneyworld in the French Quarter, I’d say that Cafe du Monde could be considered the food court. Right there in the middle of it all, there is most likely a line of sunburned and drunk/ hungover tourists extending down the street, waiting not so patiently…
new orleans part 2: tonique and the pimm's cup
I left the blooming azaleas back in New Orleans, but I took the Pimm’s Cup back home with me. It tastes just as good here as it did there, even though we are on the eve of an impending April 1 snowstorm, even though you can’t walk two steps without hearing reference to “mother…
butcher
Like any other tourist destination, New Orleans has a neighborhood where the tourists hang out. The French Quarter is amazing in its own right–people stay there because it is beautiful and creepy and filled with gas street lamps and little restaurants. But it is also a party all of the time, and walking…
new orleans
If you think that 2 days might is a very small amount of time to eat your way through New Orleans, you would be right. However, I assure you that if you keep to an hourly eating schedule, anything is possible. We got back in a few hours ago, and I’m not quite seeing straight…
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