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New Orleans Pictures

December 18, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

It was a whirlwind of a trip. Yeah, I know, ten days sounds like a long trip but it went by in a flash of friends, food and frolic. I didn’t even take very many pictures this time but here are some of them: I had been craving raw oysters since my trip with Roz…

NOLA Nights

December 10, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

This was the view from our room on the 41st floor of the Sheraton last night. Pretty spectacular, huh? [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Frozen Music

October 13, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

“Architecture in general is frozen music.” ~Friedrich von Shelling~ I was one of those kids who drew house plans for fun. I remember a really cool one I designed which was centered around a courtyard. That was long before I knew anything about French Quarter courtyards which just might be evidence that I lived there…

Thelma and Louise…with a happy ending

October 11, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Road trip! My friend, Roz, and I spent a week in New Orleans and despite the trepidation some expressed, we behaved admirably. I came home with a burn on my hand and a stubbed toe but no criminal record so I count that as a success. We ate delicious food, listened to wonderful music, went…

Thank you, New Orleans!

September 28, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

Tomorrow morning my friend, Roz, and I will be taking a little road trip…to New Orleans! We’ve promised our families to consider “Thelma and Louise” a cautionary tale rather than a blueprint for our trip. Now, take a look at this weather forecast, would you? Roz just happens to be one of my more sensible…

Sackcloth and Ashes

September 21, 2011 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Photo by Cher Groves The trip wasn’t nearly long enough but I’ll take what I can get. David and I took a short trip to New Orleans to help celebrate the 21st birthday of the daughter of dear friends. Jade is part of our NOLA Wenches group but until now she couldn’t enter many of…

Six Years Ago…

September 7, 2011 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

(Photo by Deanna Piercy) Each year on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina I have written a post about it (links at the end of this post). Obviously this one is rather late. David and I were in Oklahoma City celebrating my birthday and since then I’ve either been too busy or just lacking in direction…