For those of you who read this, I posted an entry earlier this month about my friend Diane who has been battling cancer over the last few years, first breast cancer, and now leukemia. Diane died Thursday, July 28 around 11:00 PM (Melbourne time), which is around 8AM this morning. She wasn’t meant to. Here… Continue reading
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Glory, Glory, Halla-margarita
Hump day is over, and what better way to celebrate than a visit to our good friend Gloria’s in Frisco. It was happy hour, so the drink prices were better than ever, and more enticing. Layton and I got there around 5:30, and we were soon joined by Ian, followed by Chris. In the 90… Continue reading
LOTR Musical?
Put this in the category of “HUH?!?!” It appears that Lord of the Rings is to become a musical. According to the BBC Online, “Producers of the stage version of The Lord of the Rings have picked the cast – with British actor James Loye landing the role of Frodo. The show will open in… Continue reading
How the other 90% live
Thanks to C. D. Oldenburg for this link to an article in the New York Times about how part of the other 90% live up in Missouri. From part of the article comes this, “In certain parts of Party Cove where the boats tend to be christened with names like Eye Candy, Insatiable and Nocturnal… Continue reading
NOLA 2005 Reflections
Now that I've “caught up” with my posts about the trip this past weekend, I thought I might offer some reflections (you know the deep and meaningful insights that drift into the mind from time to time). People: I have to say the best part of the weekend was the group. I've travelled a lot… Continue reading
NOLA Update Finale
Sunday is our last day in New Orleans. Bobby and Ian left on an earlier flight with American, so it was just Layton, Brian, Chris and I left. We decided that we would try to get on an earlier flight, however it appeared that all flights out of NOLA was booked solid. So we decided… Continue reading
NOLA Update Tres
Saturday was an odd day. Chris ran out to grab some juice/coffee from Dolores, while Layton slept (and slept, and slept). Bobby, Ian, Chris and I decided that we were going to head over to the Clover Grill for some breakfast (actually we thought about Cafe du Monde, until we saw the line; actually sat… Continue reading
NOLA Update 1, Part B
I forgot to mention that we did experience Bourbon Street Pub, as well as the upstairs bar/dance area (called Parade). Even had a bit of bop on the dance floor, until we were interupted by a show, hosted by Raquel Chevallier, which aims to put people on stage (voluntarily) to then be criticized by a… Continue reading
NOLA Update Deux
Friday morning I was nice. I had to let it happen at least once on this trip, so I figured I would shower Chris and Layton with a room-service style breakfast. Actually it was Dolores's idea (unknowingly), as she asked me if I wanted to take something back to the room with me, and promptly… Continue reading