Archive - Zen Orleans

Blue Plate Building

The neutral ground is wide and set with granite pedestals in the middle of Norman C.

12 hrs ago •

Happy Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras is over.

Mar 5 •

I’ve been busy in the annual swirl that is Carnival.

Mar 3 •

February 2025

Toast in Gentilly.

I am talking about the restaurant called Toast again.

Feb 28 •

Dark Dreams of Childhood.

I’m sitting next to a guy who came in carrying a Mardi Gras go-cup from 2023.

Feb 26 •

Life on the Greenway (Conclusion).

Crab-eating macaques prefer to live on marginal land, bivouacking into human domains for meals.

Feb 22 •

Finally. Monkeys on the Greenway.

The worst crossing on the Lafitte Greenway is where it crosses Carrollton Avenue in the Little Metairie part of Mid-City.

Feb 21 •

Still Living It Up On the Greenway.

Crossing Broad is no treat.

Feb 20 •

Life on the Greenway (con't).

There is talk about tearing down the highway.

Feb 19 •

Life on the Greenway (Part 1).

The Lafitte Greenway used to be the Carondolet Canal.

Feb 18 •

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

I am writing about the 1820s:

Feb 11 •

Creole Ben Franklin

Before New Orleans was American, it was Spanish.

Feb 10 •

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