It’s been a long, long hot summer.  Feels like we’re in for a hurricane this fall for sure. But while school is out and the kids are stuck inside, I’ve been giving more thought lately to making some appealing snacks …

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Beach oasis!

Hi Neighbors! I wanted to share some thoughts (and maybe solutions) for a few of the challenges we have living Uptown. When we moved back to NOLA and into our home, there was PLENTY to do, just to be able …

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It’s December, and I am blessed. In New Orleans it is 70 degrees outside, and I’m sitting in my sun room with the windows thrown open to my neighbor’s courtyard.  Someone is playing guitar out there; my neighbors on the …

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Waiting for Santa

I’m going back to my roots.  It’s already nearly Thanksgiving, and Christmas will be here so quickly… it will be time for Mardi Gras before we know it.  Just look at Hobby Lobby.  No kidding, they’ve got Christmas stuff 50% …

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