Last week, I wanted beignets. More than that, I wanted to sit at the Cafe Du Monde with friends at 1 a.m., drinking coffee and chicory and listening to street musicians. I wanted to try to convince my husband that I really did need a tattoo, and have him remind me that I only say [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Coffee Tree offers a sweet taste of home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alcohol, beignets, books, bookstore, cafe, Cafe Du Monde, chains, chicory, coast, coffee, Coffee Tree, conversation, Crescent City, customer, customer service, friends, Gulf Coast, home, Huntsville, hurricanes, IHOP, music, New Orleans, powdered sugar, street musicians, tattoos, used books on October 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Memories that don’t go up in smoke
Posted in Photographs, Uncategorized, tagged 1960s, 1970s, aging, ashtrays, awesome, brother, bus, cancer, Chesterfields, childhood, collections, college, cruise, death, divorce, family, father, grandmother, groovy, heart disease, hobbies, K-car, secrets, teenager, Thanksgiving, tour, vacation, weird on October 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A co-worker complimented me on my paperclip holder this morning. It’s an ashtray. My grandmother (father’s side) LOVED to smoke. She loved it like some people love their pets. It was her hobby. When we were children, my brother and I would argue over who got to flick the Bic to light her Chesterfields, secondhand [...]
As Pictured Below: View from the Top
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged American Dream, bathtub, cursing, drywall, heights, home, husband, iPhone, leaks, phobia, photograph, real estate, renovations, repair on October 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So what the real estate agent doesn’t point out when you’re buying a two-story house is the blatantly obvious: The second story is awfully far from the ground. Far as in go buy a 32-foot ladder far. Luckily, the husband and I aren’t afraid of heights (these kind of heights, anyway), so we were able [...]
As Pictured Below: Danger Ducks
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged animals, ducks, iPhone, lake, phobias, ToyCamera, walk on October 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
To take a walk around Lady Ann Lake, I often have to make my way past the Guardian Ducks of the North Side. The scary, scary Guardian Ducks of the North Side who are not content to eat bread tossed on the ground, but have to take it directly from your hand.
