Tag: New Orleans
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Bookshelf: Hurricane Katrina
Today’s post is the second of two on books I’ve read about New Orleans over the past few months. To read part one, on the city’s history, please click here. Thin, sketchy lines and muted colors fill the pages of Drowned City, a graphic history of Hurricane Katrina by writer and artist Don Brown. Written…
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Bookshelf: New Orleans and Its History
I went to New Orleans for the first time earlier this year. I’ve been to plenty of places that I visit once and then leave behind—glad I went, but not determined to return. New Orleans was different. I’m certainly not the first person to say this: the city is famous for drawing people in and…
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Wanderings: New Orleans
I’ve been sitting on photos from my trip to New Orleans since January and realized that Mardi Gras would be the perfect day to post them. Laissez les bon temps rouler. I stayed in a hotel in the Central Business District, east of Canal Street, which meant that I was only a 10-minute walk from…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 26, 2025
I was supposed to leave New Orleans late Tuesday afternoon, but by Monday I knew there was little chance my flight would take off as scheduled. The forecast called for 4-5” of snow on Tuesday, in a place unprepared for those sorts of winter conditions. Schools announced closures, the mayor held a press conference, and…
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 