Monthly Archives: August 2007

blogger solidarity

An outsider’s take on Rising Tide 2: In most cities, bloggers practice a peculiar virtual cannibalism, tearing each other apart for sport. But at Rising Tide, among people young and old, black and white, I saw my first glimpse of what can be termed blogger solidarity. It stemmed, as one told me, from “the necessity [...]

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AS NOT SEEN ON OPRAH!

I’ve never liked Oprah, particularly after she did that “look at my fabulous week-long birthday party and how much people with money love me” segment a couple years ago, but this takes the cake. WTF???? Chris Rose’s book is amazing and I’ve required my students buy it, so let’s hope the word gets out and [...]

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Katrina, 2 years later

Graphic by Greg Peters

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Katrina Clearinghouse and new narrative

While I am wary of any site whose tagline includes the phrases “Your Go-To Page” and “Everything you need and need to know is right here” [is it me or is that redundant and grammatically awkward?], I do appreciate any effort to gather the latest in Katrina headlines and resources. Check it out here. Much [...]

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Katrina Drama

With the 2 year anniversary coming up, NOLA theatre writer David Cuthbert has written a great piece on all of the works written and performed by locals, those “creative voices… raised in response.” Here’s a snippit from the section that features my best friend, Rudy: [In Fleeing Katrina there is] Rudy Rasmussen, a hotel concierge/actor [...]

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wedding playlist

Our civil ceremony on the beach [Palm Cove, Australia] was about a half hour, including the photo-taking, so instead of dealing out cash for someone to sing one song, we opted for the boombox so we could make a mix! These three, all by Sam Cooke, were played before the ceremony: Sugar Dumpling You Belong [...]

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some wedding details

Something borrowed: the fabric that lined the inside of my dress was leftover from the batch used for the petticoats of the Broadway cast of Mary Poppins [it helps to have a fabulous dress designer in NYC!] Something blue: my garter [basically the only "traditional" thing I had to have!] Something old: my engagement ring [...]

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Wish I Could Be There

but the jet lag is killing me! Rising Tide 2 is a conference, a party and an opportunity to learn where New Orleans stands two years after the failure of the federally-built levees following Hurricane Katrina. The weekend schedule of events is organized and presented by New Orleans bloggers in an effort to bring real-life [...]

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Wedding Day Album

It’s up on Flickr, folks! Here’s are 2 of my favorites: and I know I still need to share the details, but I’m so jet-lagged all I can say is eloping is the way to go!!!!

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it was a g'day and a g'way to get hitched!

Hi everyone! Haven’t had time to blog as I’ve been on my trip to Australia to elope then honeymoon! Pictures on flickr to come but right now I’ve got to get to dinner!

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