NOLA Life – April 2026 Edition
Today, as I wandered through the French Quarter, I realized that I really do like living here. Today was (is) the first day of the French Quarter Festival (FQF), which is a four-day event...
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Riding with the Krewe of King Arthur 2026
Belonging, Pride, and Pure Mardi Gras Magic On Sunday, February 8, 2026, I did something I’ll carry with me forever: I rode in the Krewe of King Arthur parade for Mardi Gras. One day...
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...
