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November 7, 2005
I'm going home
On Saturday Gina and I are leaving for a quick four-day visit to New Orleans.
Since she's redesigning Mark's house, she needs to take a look at the site and also meet the contractor in person. She also wants to chat up a couple of architecture firms there just to scope things out. There is also a town hall meeting next Monday sponsored by Nagin's Bring New Orleans Back Commission and the Urban Land Institute, which may be a good place to make connections and figure out if it's remotely possible for her to help in the rebuilding.
I'm going in my capacity as navigator, bodyguard, and restaurant tour guide. Assuming I don't just cry the whole time.
We're staying Saturday night at brother Bill's house in Baton Rouge, then heading into New Orleans for two nights, staying Uptown on Napoleon in an apartment owned by the woman whose bed-and-breakfast we stayed at for Mardi Gras a few years back. She's got a few of her properties back online, although more of them still need lots of work.
I'll take lots of pictures for y'all. Hopefully some happy ones, although I fear a lot of the other kind too.
Posted by ray at November 7, 2005 8:03 PM | Permalink
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Comments
Take me with you?
Posted by: Elvis at November 8, 2005 9:29 AM
Definitely wishing this visit brings you more hope than pain. ~LA
Posted by: LA at November 8, 2005 1:46 PM
What LA said.
Brace for the worst, hope for the best.
Posted by: whirlbrain at November 8, 2005 5:47 PM
LA and whirlbrain said it best, but I'll say it third: may the hope outweigh the pain.
*hugs*
Posted by: Carol Elaine at November 9, 2005 12:52 PM
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