Category: New Orleans

  • Cabbage…lots of it!

    Every fall I plant broccoli.  It does quite well in pots on my patio – container gardening is a trade off in the city for a nicely landscaped yard.  In New Orleans transplants are generally available in early October, with harvest right around Thanksgiving.  I was a bit surprised to find transplants at a big…

  • Christmas Scenes on the Avenue (St. Charles, that is)

    I was walking the dog yesterday when I came across Santa Claus lying in the middle of St. Charles Avenue.  This wasn’t a mall Santa with too many toddies after a stressful day of wishes, but a twenty foot tall fiberglass guy!  He was accompanied by workers from a company that produces Mardi Gras parades…

  • Wreaths and Garlands and Doors . . . Oh My!

    I took a walk down State Street here in New Orleans. It is a lovely tree lined street with beautiful homes and gardens. I want to share the doors with their festive wreaths and garlands and bows.

  • Christmas in the Country

    My friends Jimmy and David have a fantastic second home an hour north of New Orleans in rural St. Tammany Parish.  Over twenty years they have transformed a barren piece of land into an estate with a fantastic house, lake, gardens, a greenhouse, and a commercial nursery.  The latest addition – just in time for…

  • Music in the Air

    In New Orleans, there is never a shortage of great music to enjoy and that is especially the case at Christmas time. There are many places to enjoy free concerts by great musicians and some you can join in creating the music yourself. One of the more unusual opportunities to join in is presented by…

  • Ornaments, New Orleans Style

    Decorating our Christmas tree is like a walk down memory lane.  We phased out the shiny glass balls many years ago. Each of our ornaments is unique, and most have a story behind them. We have a sterling “Our First Christmas”, but what I really remember from that year is the cute ornaments that Shell…

  • More Christmas Decorations

    More Christmas Decorations You’ve seen Christi’s decorations, and now it’s my turn! I’m a fairly spontaneous decorator, but I’ve got a couple of guiding principles.  First, I love fresh greenery.  We had a tradition when I was little – “getting the pine”.  We’d go out to the woods and my father would chop down a…

  • Christmas in New Orleans

    New Orleans is a great place to visit and live anytime but I think it is just especially magical at Christmas time. There is so much to enjoy! In addition to the beautiful Christmas decorations, there are the Reveillon dinners, the caroling at Jackson Square and in Palmer Park and . . . well, obviously,…

  • New Orleans Christmas Mantel

    Glad you could come and join us here in New Orleans where we are gearing up for tons of fun in the city and plenty here at home as well. Lots of posts coming up to tell you about the caroling, the dinners, the decorating, and  . . . well, let’s just say it is…

  • Riding the New Orleans Streetcar

    One of the most iconic and enduring symbols of New Orleans is the streetcar. It is a great way for visitors to get around and see the city and it also a great way for locals to get to locations along the line and avoid having to find parking! We are 3 blocks away from…

  • New Orleans Red Beans and Rice

    It’s Monday and I was in the mood for red beans and rice.  Just like my grandmother used to do, I put the beans on early so they could cook themselves while I worked.  Except I was sitting in front of the computer all day rather than doing the laundry. Red beans and rice is…

  • Wreaths on a New Orleans Walk

    I was very late in getting my Fall wreath up this year.  We were doing work on the house – a necessity for old homes, but I wouldn’t trade for the world.  I brought my camera on a recent coonhound walk to document what the neighbors were featuring.  There were a number of Halloween decorations…

  • New Orleans Friends

    Since moving to New Orleans, I have so enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. It is especially fun when I meet someone who I have much in common with, and who wants to share the New Orleans experience with the world, just as I do. Cindy Bush is a New Orleans native who…

  • Resurrection Fern

    Many are familiar with the beautiful Spanish Moss that drapes majestic live oaks in the South as it does these lovely trees in Audubon Park, here in New Orleans.   Another thing that loves the stately live oaks is the Resurrection Fern. This fern gets its name because it goes from this in dry weather:…

  • Halloween in New Orleans | Part II

    Okay, I showed you a lot of the houses with their fun Halloween decorations yesterday. Today, I want to show you a really fun house on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and State Street. It is the Boneyard. There is an article in on the Tulane News site that tells about the family that…