New Orleans 2012: 4

New Orleans 2012: 3

New Orleans 2012: 2

The man outside this door said, "You know this isn't real...it's a reproduction." I just smiled and said, "I like it anyway."

A request post from Nikki

I will interrupt the regularly scheduled New Orleans posts to interject this special request from Nikki.

This next one has a bit of a story. I took a picture of Robert and Nikki, but had the background focused...not them. So I asked them to wait and let me take their picture here...after all, it was so pretty there.



Just as I get ready to snap the picture, Nikki spotted a rat the size of a hound dog, screamed and pointed, and Robert apparently was taking the old saying 'Every man for himself' seriously. I was able to capture this for eternity.

New Orleans 2012: 1

A marvelous trip to New Orleans. Left mid-day Friday and came home Sunday morning. Not enough time. Simply not enough. I, of course, took pictures. I'm going to post this trip in a chronological series. As it happened.

I could photograph New Orleans 24 hours a day, and still not get enough. I have some favorite places to photograph, and New Orleans is one of the top contenders. I could just stand in one spot and take pictures for hours. People. Details. Actions. Interactions.

But, I did not stand in one place. I walked. And walked. And walked. It was a feast for the eyes. A magical land to photograph.

Walking out of the hotel, I immediately started to photograph. And this is our trip...

Evening on the Sound

"Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Kurt Vonnegut

I will love you no matter what...

"I will love you no matter what your locker combination was, or how you decided to spend your time during study hall."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Lemony Snicket

"The flags twisted around the red chairs like live things, the banners were ragged, the corners of the table tore off through the burbling billowing ends of the cloths."
¸.•*´¨`♥ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

“That's the way I feel, at least: like there's a real me and a reflection of me, and I have no way of telling which is which.”
¸.•*´¨`♥ Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

"He slumps back into the chair. It's quiet now. So quiet you can almost hear other people's dreams."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Gayle Forman, If I Stay

"Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

"I only want to race along Beneath the bright blue sky..."
¸.•*´¨`♥Stephen King, The Waste Lands

An Evening at the Saenger Theatre

Last Saturday evening we went to the Saenger Theatre for their Classic Movie Series. We saw "Citizen Kane" on the big screen. I wish I could say I was swept away, but alas, I wasn't. I believe I had the movie so built up in my mind, that nothing could live up to the reality. Even though it is thought to be the best movie of of time, I say "Pfttttt...." Not impressed.

On another note, the theatre was lusciously beautiful! So ornate. Grand and lovely. So the evening was not a complete loss. And I enjoyed being there with Drew.

“A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.”
¸.•*´¨`♥ Orson Welles, Citizen Kane