Lillian Rodos, French Quarter fixture, dies at 94

Miss Lillian knew how to live.

Lillian Rodos, French Quarter fixture, dies at 94 | NOLA.com.

I think it’s going to rain today

composed and piano by honorary New Orleanian Randy Newman (having lived here as a child) and sung by the incomparable Streisand who has no connection to New Orleans, except having fervent fans up and down the streets of the Quarter, especially between St. Ann and St. Louis….They pay homage to one of the almost daily statements heard in the New Orleans solstice seasons.

Great song, scene from King Creole

Some of the most gorgeous shots of New Orleans ever captured on film. Worth it just for that.

New Year festivities at the Mississippi River

Another amazing picture from local photographer Roy Guste

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A Field Guide To Trees

poetry. haikus.
French Quarter. Bill Lavender.
I approve and buy.

(Found at Crescent City Books on Chartres for a VERY limited time- based on the rumor that few copies are left, told to me by the excellent bookseller and trending author Michael Zell.)

Lavender

what was old is new again…

Unfortunately, we haven’t seen tracks return to the Quarter, but boy, getting closer and closer…

WPA removing car tracks on Burgundy Street near Dumaine Street, 1937.

WPA removing car tracks on Burgundy Street near Dumaine Street, 1937.