New Orleans is one of my favorite places in the US, second only to NYC. After a review of my post on the blogger, I did not fully appreciate how often I wrote about it. I celebrated: an important event "a milestone birthday," New Year’s Eve 2010; attended an annual Essence festival during the 4th of July weekend; and visited often one of my oldest and dearest friend Angelamia and her partner Ginger who live and thrive in the Big Easy.
My interest is perhaps a tribute and an acknowledgement of the legacy of Filipinos living in the Bayou, and the welcome I experience during every visit. My lingering feelings of shame about being an American as we witnessed what happens to a city devastated by two catastrophes: Katrina and the Federal response, also plays a role. More importantly it marks how important Angelamia is in my life.
Here is a recount, to get the full shebang. Each title has a link that will bring you to the entry. Upon reading them, I hope you get a flavor of the why for my frequent return.
A Filipino in New Orleans.
Where is Daniel? NOLA for the 4th
NOLA Reprise
A day in NOLA
More on the Birthday
NYE, Bday, and days in NOLA http://a-onechronicle.blogspot.com/2010/01/nye-bday-and-days-in-nola.html
WOW Gustav veers Northwest sparing New Orleans
Gustav, NOLA and Daniel (part 3)
Gustav
Florida Avenue Canal, 7th Ward
Gustav, NOLA and Daniel (part 1)
Two Thirds of Katrina Donations Exhausted
Fed Supported Mercenaries in NOLA
Purging the Poor by Naomi Klein on NOLA Reconstruction
Did Katrina Blow off the White Sheets of American Racism?
A RANT – let’s look back to the future (Katrina in our mind)
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