tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52366662009-11-30T16:31:34.873-05:00Daniella's MisadventuresA thirty year old New Orleans girl contemplates life and her place in it.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.comBlogger778125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1149638637071096012006-06-06T19:20:00.000-04:002006-06-06T20:03:57.176-04:00In case you haven't figured it outI just don't have time for this site right now. Don't worry, I'm not going away for good, it just has started feeling like "just one more thing" on my to-do list rather than as an enjoyable activity. If you would like me to email you when I start posting again, feel free to leave your name and email in the comments.I leave you with the long overdue Jazz Fest Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1146049203743816362006-04-26T06:58:00.000-04:002006-04-26T07:00:03.753-04:00On my wayWe're on our way to New Orleans for some sun, fun, music and food. Come back around May 2nd or 3rd for a write up and lots of pictures.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1144106794657744722006-04-03T19:19:00.000-04:002006-04-03T19:26:34.673-04:0022 days, 21 hours...till we go home for my favorite thing in the whole wide world (well, aside from seeing my friends and family!).Jazz Fest.I am a-blur with joy at the thought of being home and listening to the kick-ass line up of fabulous music and munching on some of the best food this side of... well, of anywhere.Here's the line up for the first weekend:Friday, 4/28Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Keb� Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1143759983078918682006-03-30T17:59:00.000-05:002006-03-30T18:06:23.100-05:00Seven Months LaterChris Rose is a genius. His writing is so very, very good.From here.Misery in the melting potAlong Toledano, the only thing worth having is patience It has been seven months. I am walking down Toledano Street, the wide pitch from Broad to Claiborne, 10 blocks of classic urban American landscape: sad grocery stores, chicken, pig's feet and dirty rice to go, brick revival churchesDaniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1143072388068346742006-03-22T19:05:00.000-05:002006-03-22T19:06:28.080-05:00That's itI'm on strike from my life.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1142550090732600972006-03-16T17:56:00.000-05:002006-03-16T18:01:30.743-05:00Why is it?Why is it that the "low-battery" indicator sound that the smoke detector makes always, always starts beeping at 3 AM? You never have the low battery sound come on at like, say, 7 PM when you would get up, like a normal, sane person, go get the step-stool and change battery. No, in my 33 years of living, it has only ever gone off between the hours of 2 AM and 5 AM, particularly when you Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1141687987038488312006-03-06T18:31:00.000-05:002006-03-06T18:33:07.050-05:00Single handedly the funniest thing I've seen in a long time...What people really mean at work. Click here and prepare to laugh. **warning, not safe for work and needs soundDaniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1141152358414839422006-02-28T13:44:00.000-05:002006-02-28T13:45:58.446-05:00Hey La BasHappy Mardi Gras, ya'll.Laissez le bon temps roule!Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1139617421205860632006-02-10T19:05:00.000-05:002006-02-10T19:23:41.223-05:00Good-byesA year ago, I found out my dear friend Mike Wolf had passed away. I'm not going to go into it in great detail, you can read about it and about him if you cycle back to last year's February archives. Suffice it to say, he was a remarkable person, taken from this world much too early, and this is a colder, darker place without his light in it.A few days ago, I found out my Uncle Herbie Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1139531074576628252006-02-09T19:22:00.000-05:002006-02-09T19:25:13.303-05:00Pokes head up, pokes head back downHaven't abandoned the blog yet, just too busy between work and school to keep up with it. If anyone's still reading (helloooo? Anyone out there?), let me know. I'll try to post something pithy and urbane this weekend. Or not.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1137637687627979732006-01-18T20:38:00.000-05:002006-01-18T21:28:44.080-05:00My Date with John StewartAfter two years of being on the waiting list, we were informed via email that we had been selected to receive tickets to The Daily Show taping tonight. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past several years, The Daily Show is the best damn fake newscast on TV.Our adventure started with this email:Dear Ticket Holder, This is your email ticket letter.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1137026416026685642006-01-11T19:32:00.000-05:002006-01-11T19:40:16.043-05:00Where did you go now, where did you go....Ok, I promise, no excuses. I swear. Really. It's just that since I last posted, I:1. had an unpleasant medical procedure (all normal, thank you)2. hosted the parental units for a week (went great and they liked the house, now known as The Decrepit Love Shack)3. cut off a lot of my hair (new year, new me!)4. got a promotion5. hosted both sets of parents Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1135128105249389802005-12-20T20:14:00.000-05:002005-12-20T20:21:45.260-05:00Frickin' Transit StrikeI wanted to write a well worded acid rant about how ridiculous the transit strike is (do you even know why they're striking??? Because these guys, who make an average of $63K without the benefit if a college education or a skilled trade, want to continue to be able to retire at 55 years old with full pension benefits, continue to receive health care benefits with no cost Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1135030053888164482005-12-19T17:03:00.000-05:002005-12-19T17:08:04.236-05:00That thing that starts with a W, ends with a K and we don't talk about hereI'm not an idiot, so we don't talk about that thing that I do every weekday and some weekends and that is going really, really well.But it IS going really, really well. And, while it's pretty much all-consuming, I am really into it and passionate about it. And I'm kind of obsessing about it to the exclusion of a lot of Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1134089486829045372005-12-08T19:49:00.001-05:002005-12-09T07:52:15.646-05:00CarcassMake your own caption.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1133642555607633812005-12-03T15:41:00.000-05:002005-12-03T15:42:35.620-05:00HomeownershipThe drawback to having a large yard, with lots of trees...Ouch. My arms sure are going to hurt tomorrow.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1132587169794066902005-11-21T10:04:00.000-05:002005-11-28T20:58:16.610-05:00Journey HomeThe first thing you notice on your approach to New Orleans from the West (we had a connecting flight from DFW) is the dead vegetation over the spillway. The spillway is a marshy area between the city's northern suburbs and the lake. The area is usually green and verdant, but since the toxic floodwaters were pumped out of the city and into the spillway, most of the greenery is brown. Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1132177613531308422005-11-16T16:39:00.000-05:002005-11-16T16:46:53.550-05:00Going HomeI'm going home on Saturday, for the first time since my wedding, after three cancelled trips-including my girls' weekend scheduled for the weekend after that bitch Katrina came to town. I am scared and nervous and excited and conflicted. As my mother warned, I should be prepared to cry.I didn't write the essay below, but I wish I did. It's a great explanation of the city as it was. As IDaniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1131564724843796302005-11-09T14:25:00.000-05:002005-11-09T14:32:04.860-05:00When it rains, it pours... or Why American Airlines SucksFirst, the rental car we got from the insurance company while they fix our car stinks like mold.Then, American Airlines apparently cancelled my direct flight to New Orleans for Thanksgiving (booked in June) and rebooked me on a 6 AM flight with TWO stopovers without telling me. Had I not checked my seat assignments online today, I would Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1131481957910169572005-11-08T15:31:00.000-05:002005-11-08T15:33:24.456-05:00Can I have a do over?Reasons I haven't been writing... we got in a car wreck, the cat needs surgery to the tune of $3,000, I've been sick for about a month, and I could go on.So far, November has really sucked ass.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1130721487753123412005-10-30T20:18:00.000-05:002005-10-30T20:23:20.823-05:00What a difference a month makes front of house oct 30th.jpg The slideshow of the House: Before, During and After is finally loadedYou can click on the photo above to be directed to the set at Flickr, which is not organized and does not have descriptive captions, or you can click HERE and be directed to the snapfish album that is in order and captioned. Your choice.Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1130423032320185832005-10-27T10:11:00.000-04:002005-10-27T10:23:52.333-04:00HalloweenieOk, ok... originally this weekend was to be our spooky Halloween themed housewarming party, but we are not ready for throwing a party yet, so our housewarming gala has been delayed until spring, probably around St Patrick's Day.This leaves us in a quandary -- what to do for Halloween weekend? Anyone have anything cool to do this Saturday? Oh, and it has to be dirt cheap, too, as we Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1130347845971496922005-10-26T13:29:00.000-04:002005-10-26T13:30:45.980-04:00Magic NumberFor the past two and half years John and I have lived in an apartment that not only had rent low enough to leave us with a hefty disposable income every month, but also included all utilities. Before that we lived in New Orleans, where you ran your heat for about a month each winter, if that.For the past two and a half years, we have lived in a blissful, climate-controlled environmentDaniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1130277639404277152005-10-25T17:40:00.000-04:002005-10-25T18:00:39.413-04:00High School Redux -- for a good causeYou remember that movie with Tom Cruise from a few years ago? The one where he's a futuristic detective and crime has been eliminated because there's these empaths who can see the future and you get arrested before you actually commit a crime? I can't remember the name of it and I don't care enough to google it to find out. It's completely irrelevant to what IDaniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236666.post-1129901267340486972005-10-21T09:23:00.000-04:002005-10-21T09:27:47.346-04:00Another New Orleans Update from My Mom, also known as the Refrigerator WarsOne week later.It seems that things are moving along, but only superficially. Once you start looking at everything carefully, nothing is the same.Our area (Uptown between St. Charles and the river), some sections of Metairie, West Bank and Kenner are the least affected. Still a lot of debris, refrigerators have not been Daniellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235330744790518508noreply@blogger.com0