Tagged: NOLA

Finding My Rhythm in NOLA

Walks, Flavor, and Furry Friends You don’t drive New Orleans — you walk it. That’s the first thing I learned after moving here. Back in suburban Frisco, Texas, getting anywhere meant keys, traffic, and...

We bought a house!

Well, another one. Remember that house that we leased to stay in during the Mardi Gras season? It was for sale when we arrived, and after a week of living there, we thought, why...

Mardi Gras Reflections

So Mardi Gras is over for 2025, and here are some thoughts on “surviving” the season. First, living in the Quarter was not what I expected during the Mardi Gras season. It was much...

Mardi Gras 2025

The main reason we decided to make this trek to New Orleans this year, was to experience “living in the Quarter during Mardi Gras.” We have both been to NOLA many times, remember Chris...

NOLA Bound

What started as an item on Chris’s bucket list, has finally turned into reality. Over the past couple of days, we have packed some items into a U-Haul truck, loaded the dogs into the...

1998 Pat O'Briens

Remembering the Love of NOLA

I was thinking about New Orleans today. I guess it’s been on my mind for the last few days. I watch the news (mainly CNN) and see something, and then I’m batting my eyelids...