Just back from a long weekend in New Orleans. Excellent food -- duck gumbo, turtle soup and rabbit stew in particular -- uptown at Jacques-imo (that's "jackomo") Cafe on Oak by the Maple Leaf Bar. Then in the Quarter, Susan Spicer's Bayona on Dauphine Street was pricier, delicious and features an outstanding wine list. Both are well worth a visit. For uplifting your way out of a hangover, the Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues is just the ticket, but foodwise it's just a buffet.
The recently opened D-Day Museum on Magazine is very well laid out and pretty much as free of jingoism as can be. NOLA was the home of the Higgins Boat Works which manufactured many of the landing craft used extensively in the Western European and Pacific theaters alike. So despite its name, the museum covers both. Only the Russian front is undercovered, perhaps but not so surprising for a museum focusing on the experiences of American veterans. Worth seeing.
Ignored the news for three whole days. (Nawlins is a very good place for this). Coming back to NYC to the news of diplomatic failure and imminent war and the "48-hour" ultimatum, my feeling is that we are at the beginning of a new lawless era in history, whatever the rhetoric of enforcement. Two years ago I couldn't have used the words "new era" without thinking of its optimistic connotations. But that is not the case today. More later.
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The recently opened D-Day Museum on Magazine is very well laid out and pretty much as free of jingoism as can be. NOLA was the home of the Higgins Boat Works which manufactured many of the landing craft used extensively in the Western European and Pacific theaters alike. So despite its name, the museum covers both. Only the Russian front is undercovered, perhaps but not so surprising for a museum focusing on the experiences of American veterans. Worth seeing.
Ignored the news for three whole days. (Nawlins is a very good place for this). Coming back to NYC to the news of diplomatic failure and imminent war and the "48-hour" ultimatum, my feeling is that we are at the beginning of a new lawless era in history, whatever the rhetoric of enforcement. Two years ago I couldn't have used the words "new era" without thinking of its optimistic connotations. But that is not the case today. More later.
- bruno 3-18-2003 5:30 pm