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11/29/11
I write to you from Ohio on my wonderfully relaxing Thanksgiving break. My fiancé and I have spent the weekend eating amazing home cooking and watching football. Things worked out for him (LSU), but not so well for me (Ohio State). We'll soon be traveling back to New Orleans among lots of other people coming and going for the holidays.
And this is just the beginning. Christmas and New Years are right around the corner, so this means loads of traveling for me since my family is out of town. Here are some of the things I've learned about flying that I always try to remember and which make traveling a much more pleasant experience.
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11/22/11
The elephant in the room is the turkey.
We all seem to dance around the subject. We go to great lengths to tart it up, stuffing it with ducks, chickens and various dressings. We brine it, we deep fry it, we purchase boutique and heritage versions of it. We surround it with a panoply of sides far more enticing than the golden, broad-breasted lie right smack there in the middle of the table. The sad, uninteresting truth is that turkey is boring.
My friend Teddy and I want to change all that.
Less than 48 hours removed from Turkey day proper, most of America’s minds will still be dulled as...
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11/15/11
I've recently had some friends come into town and it's always fun to hear what restaurants they try, what they love, what they didn't love so much etc. So started me thinking, where have I had my top New Orleans meals? And this was a hard one, because there is so much food to try around here, yet I feel like I've only just begun to scratch the surface. Like in school you have "required reading," in New Orleans you have "required eating" if you want to be able to claim to live here. For example, I have tried a muffuletta at Central Grocery and Bananas Foster at Brennan's but I have not tried the Alligator Cheesecake at Jacques-Imo's or a
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11/08/11
My dad had a saying that the most frightening phrase in the English language is “I’m with the government, and I’m here to help.” His wisdom was again proven true by FEMA’s recently-released new flood zone maps. If you haven’t heard about these, and if you live in an area that is affected by them and are required to have flood insurance, you might be in for a rude awakening. These maps may present yet another obstacle to homeowners hoping to remain within the city and, for some, it may be insurmountable.
According to these, the area bounded roughly below St. Charles Avenue and Magazine Street have been determined to be "High-Risk" and therefore require Flood Zone A1 flood insurance, which comes with A1 prices. If you live...
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11/01/11
Annie picks up Errol's vernacular baton
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Annie Drummond is a graphic designer and artist from Columbus, Ohio. She has a degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design. Two years ago she made the move from the Midwest to New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood and fell deeply in love as she discovered the rhythms and traditions of her new city. Annie is a production designer for Renaissance Publishing and a Jedi Master. In addition to The Lighter Side, she writes about food, art and design (and other stuff) at www.AnniedelaDolce.com.
