Here There Be Monsters.
A clam may be delicious but it isn’t a good conversational companion. I cannot remember the last time I ate a clam. We only have oysters in New Orleans.
A lobster tail at Crescent City Steaks costs $29.00. I am used to ordering a whole lobster, fresh from the ocean, for ten bucks.
New Orleans is a different world than I am used to. There is no going back.
There are whole aisles of Winn Dixie that I rarely, if ever, visit just as there are neighborhoods in New Orleans where I rarely tread because I have no pressing business there. Nola Incognita. That doesn’t mean that I don’t know what is there.
I walked up and down the pet food aisle at Winn Dixie today, both ways. I have nothing else to report on that matter.
We call this part of Mid-City New Orleans, “Little Metairie,” because this stretch of North Carrolton Avenue most resembles the suburbs.
I went to to the Marshall’s on North Carrolton Avenue today. Don’t ask why. It was a failed errand that isn’t worth discussing. It would be like discussing philosophy with a clam. My trip to Marshall’s was very similar to my walk down the pet food aisle at Winn Dixie.
Here there be monsters.
They don’t keep club soda in the soda aisle at Winn Dixie. It’s a mixer. They keep it in the beer and wine section. Hard liquor has to be special ordered from a dedicated cashier at a special counter in the front of the store. What makes this perplexing system a Winn Win, I have yet to discover. It must make sense to the brain trust at headquarters. Leave it to Jacksonville, Florida.
This carbonation shortage that has been sweeping the city has really depleted the bottled club soda supply. Again with the supply chain issues! Stock is running low. Maybe people are stockpiling club soda as a hedge against inflation. I don’t know. I am still collecting data. Stay tuned.
The fun never ends. It is like a venous hum. Did I spell venous correctly?
I have talked about Winn Dixie enough for one day. I don’t understand why there is never anyone working close to the entrance. Winn Dixie is not Rouses. Rouses offers hot egg rolls and hot pizza. Rouses is Louisiana strong.
It’s time to put the paywall up so I can further discuss Winn Dixie without non-paying customers eavesdropping.