Humid Beings

Tried and Tru Burger

Had a nice lunch today with Octavia Bookstore owner Judith Lafitte. Went to thriving Oak Street and tried new place run by my friend Chef Aaron Burgau (of Restaurant Patois fame.)Stopped at the general store (10 Dollar) before going in and got some necessaries. I am please by the proliferation…

Ghost Bikes: Leave up or remove?

Story below about Chicago's ghost bike issue, where friends and family of fallen cyclists put up a stripped bike, painted white to signify a cyclist's death. Some neighbors (rightfully in my mind) wonder when it should be removed rather than left to disintegrate on its own. Families and friends, however…

Nte2NO Neighborland meeting

Announcing a new Meetup for Net2NO (NetSquared New Orleans)!What: Net2NO August Meetup: Neighborlands.orgWhen: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 6:00 PMWhere: 12 Bar On Fulton608 Fulton StreetNew Orleans, LA 70130Join us at 12 Bar on Fulton August 2nd for your monthly dose of innovation, inspiration and inebriation! We'll hear from founders of…

True Burger

Had a nice lunch today with Octavia Bookstore owner Judith Lafitte. Went to thriving Oak Street and tried new place run by my friend Chef Aaron Burgau (of Restaurant Patois fame.)Stopped at the general store (10 Dollar) before going in and got some necessaries. I am please by the proliferation…

Bloomberg gives Mitch millions

Not in his role as mayor of the largest American city but as billionaire Bloomberg, the CEO of Bloomberg Inc has announced that 5 U.S. mayors will receive around 3 million dollars each from Bloomberg Philanthropies to form teams outside of city government to tackle issues within.Since our mayor's project…

The Big Uneasy hits the road

The largest engineering disaster in U.S. history continues:Shearer movie

Bastille celebration in Faubourg St. John

Neighborland

Another inclusive, graphically simple idea for grassroots democracy. I sense designer Candy Chang's hand in this.I have written about her before, with her Street Vendor pamphlet, "I Wish This Was..." stickers, "Before I Die...." wall, the "Please Disturb Me" door hangers. If it will ultimately include a mapping element to…

Pedicabs will have lottery

I think using a lottery to pick the first group of pedicab operators is the right way to go. Let's keep this honest and useful for all people and reduce the cars and add some human scale activity to our streets.T-P story

carpetbagger (pronunciation): kay•kay•prah•jex says her piece

I hope she remains in the news. Her point of view is so skewed and pompous that it gives us another disaster parable to tell for generations, as we walk past the "organic garden" that will no doubt rise in the place of these houses.Mencken's "booboise" is alive and well…

Poetry bombing

Seed bombing was my favorite practice for guerilla activism, but it has been supplanted by poetry bombing:

Solar Panel Leasing and Mosiacs

an explanation of Solar Mosiac:and a story on Solar Leasing:Solar Leasing

Lafitte Greenway presentation to City Council

TRANSPORTATION

Democratic Manifesto from Spain

Manifesto (English)We are ordinary people. We are like you: people, who get up every morning to study, work or find a job, people who have family and friends. People, who work hard every day to provide a better future for those around us.Some of us consider ourselves progressive, others conservative.…

High Speed Rail ideas

Life at the Speed of Railfrom NAC Daily News and Intelligence by Next American CityVan Alen Institute will be presenting winning entries to the Life at the Speed of Rail competition this Friday at the National Building Museum with advisers Christopher Hawthorne, Keller Easterling, Petra Todorovich and Michael Lejeune. Here,…

It's neither too early or too late.

We are now coming up to 6 years after the federal levee system disintegrated. When we look around, do we see our old neighbors, a resurgence in small mom and pop businesses, and a generally more liveable city than before?I'd say no.What we have is more non-profits (so more underfunded…

Happy St. John's Eve from Bayou St. John

The feast day of Saint John the Baptist was a very popular event in the ancien régime of France, and it is still celebrated as a religious feast day in several countries, like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.The tradition landed in Canada with the first French colonists.…

Six Things You Can Do to Accelerate Community Capital

from Living Economies Blog by ShannonTue, 06/14/2011 - 20:57Recommendations from Don Shaffer of RSF Social Finance at BALLE's Accelerating Community Capital workshop on June 14 about what we can each do right now to make a difference.1. Change your bank--from a big one to a locally based bank investing in…

The Next Industrial Revolution

Well, if you have to work in a factory, I guess this is a good one....In any case, business owners need to be more conscious about their products like Herman Miller. I don't really like the way the interviewee speaks at me, but the idea that regulations are a design…

Creative economy filibuster

Stacking large events in only one neighborhood of a city ends up detracting from the quality of life and success of businesses.Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:03 AMSubject: Re: races along EsplanadeTo: afielkow@nola.gov, sgguidry@nola.gov, jbclarkson@nola.gov, kgpalmer@nola.govTo Councilpersons Guidry, Clarkson, Fielkow and Palmer: I am writing about the proposed use…

strawberry season is upon us. See, humidity helps.

Commented on humidhaney's post:
"The New Orleans Athletic Club"

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Commented on humidhaney's post:
"The New Orleans Athletic Club"

let's also NOT forget that members that were women or people of color were missing from here until the 1980s! Get the hell out of there. Go join a university gym as a community member and support their efforts to teach.