We must believe in magic...

I live in New Orleans.

08 February 2022.  Tuesday.

I got here at opening hour.  It’s just a fifteen minute stroll from my house.  New Orleans doesn’t necessarily look a city but it is.  Most of Orleans Parish is densely settled and full of conveniences, especially the older parts.

La Belle Esplanade was built in 1883.  The stretch of Esplanade Avenue we are on now dates from th…