24 hours in the French Quarter

I get lots of emails from people visiting from out of town, asking what they should do while they are here. It is always tough to pin that down as everyone is so different. We have lived here for 3 years now and I still have a huge bucket list of things I have not [...]

Pre-game in the Quarter

And Mama needs botox for Xmas! Damn – nothing worse!

Baghdad vs. New Orleans

This Time article compares the safety of the 2 locations. In fact the safety was compared back during Mardi Gras. I’d write more, but I have to run to the studio in the French Quarter by the scene of a murder of a great lady committed by a group of teens. I still love this [...]

Sucked into the Twitter Vacuum

@kissmygumbo in case you want to follow me! I’ve been on Twitter for quite some time now and hit the 1500 follower mark yesterday (I is soooo special). Why do I use Twitter (d’uh I’m a web geek and have to try everything new)? Well…the first thing that appealed to me was the New Orleans [...]

Hanging in the French Quarter

By now you all know how in love I am with New Orleans and all it has to offer. Over the past 2 years, we’ve only spent one overnight in the French Quarter and this weekend hubby planned a second one. We stayed at the beautiful Ritz Carlton on Canal Street. They give a wonderful [...]

3:00 Saturday AM 690 WIST

Update: AM 690 WIST (central) call in numbers 800-888-WIST (504)260-0690 3:00- 3:30 I will be interviewing FBI Special Agent Robert Basanez and we will cover as time allows * What’s the deal with Social Networking and child predators? * Can your online activity come back to haunt you? * What’s this new form of “bullying” [...]

Greta’s Jambalaya

The kids go back to school on the 8th – woot woot. I mean, I will just cry and cry all day *sniff sniff* (evil laugh inserted here)!!! Anyhoo, my parents are here this last week of vacation. We have been busy doing all kinds of touristy stuff and going out to eat (yay – [...]