From the art4now website a nice write up of Jimmy Buffett and poster artist and local radio god, Garland Robinette.
I can hardly wait for it to arrive!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Jazz Fest 2011
Look what I bought this morning before work
From the art4now website a nice write up of Jimmy Buffett and poster artist and local radio god, Garland Robinette.
I can hardly wait for it to arrive!
From the art4now website a nice write up of Jimmy Buffett and poster artist and local radio god, Garland Robinette.
I can hardly wait for it to arrive!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Another Return from the storm
More than five years after being inundated with over than 5 feet of storm surge which compromised the exterior on five of its six floors, The Towers Building in Slidell is reopening this week.
The Towers Building post Katrina
The Towers Building - 2011
The parish bought the building, called The Towers, in December 1991 from Pelican Homestead and Savings for $250,000 to use as the state's public health unit, with eventual plans to make the building its main office space in eastern St. Tammany.
The long-vacant building, which the bank had repossessed, needed significant structural repairs, and the parish had to remove asbestos throughout, before it could occupy the first offices in March 1993.
The Towers Building is the parish's all-in-one location for residents who live in eastern St. Tammany. Returning to the renovated building are the following agencies:
- Registrar of Voters
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office
- St. Tammany Parish Department of Permits & Regulatory
- St.Tammany Parish Community Action Agency
- St.Tammany Parish Assessor and the parish's
- St.Tammany ParishArchive Management office
- St.Tammany Parish Clerk of Court
The Towers Building post Katrina
The Towers Building - 2011
The parish bought the building, called The Towers, in December 1991 from Pelican Homestead and Savings for $250,000 to use as the state's public health unit, with eventual plans to make the building its main office space in eastern St. Tammany.
The long-vacant building, which the bank had repossessed, needed significant structural repairs, and the parish had to remove asbestos throughout, before it could occupy the first offices in March 1993.
The Towers Building is the parish's all-in-one location for residents who live in eastern St. Tammany. Returning to the renovated building are the following agencies:
- Registrar of Voters
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office
- St. Tammany Parish Department of Permits & Regulatory
- St.Tammany Parish Community Action Agency
- St.Tammany Parish Assessor and the parish's
- St.Tammany ParishArchive Management office
- St.Tammany Parish Clerk of Court
Monday, February 07, 2011
We found some pelicans
It seems like every day in the last week of January was cold and/or rainy. So when we awoke Saturday to sunshine, we decided to head to New Orleans East to Dong Phuong bakery for some
Banh Mi.
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For those of you who don't know what Bahn Mi is, it's basically a Vietnamese PoBoy and VERY delicious. At Dong Phuong they have a large variety of these sandwich for only $2.85/each! Click the link above for more info and a menu.
After getting the sandwiches, five loaves of pistollettes and 2 meatpies, we headed back down Highway 90 armed with our Nikons in search for whatever we could find (hubby and I are avid photographers if you haven't figured that out by now).
Our first stop: The Michoud Assembly Facility where I've worked for 29 years.
The next leg of our journey was down Highway 90 towards Lake Catherine to take a picture of all of the camp signs (the subject of another post).
Before we could get there, though, we had to stop for lunch at Bayou Bar & Grill in Venetian Isles (at the foot of the Chef Pass Bridge). The shrimp poboys were great and we were on our way again.
After getting thru Lake Catherine we headed towards Slidell on LA433. We saw some birds wading in the water and pulled over to try to get some pictures at Salt
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As we were photographing a young pelican coming in for a landing, a couple pulled up in a car to tell us that there were many more pelicans down the road a bit, so we headed into the heart of Salt Bayou. Sure enough there was a group of birds hiding from the strong north winds sunning themselves.
The wind was brutal, even in the sun. It got to a point where I couldn't see thru my viewfinder because my eyes were watering so badly.
We were also told that more pelicans could be found in the Carr Drive area of Slidell, and that's where we headed next.
View Larger Map
At the very end of Carr Drive was a large group of pelicans enjoying the late afternoon sun as well as other types of birds.
We took so many pictures! As soon as I sort thru them I will post additional pictures.
We had the bahn mi for dinner and it was DELICIOUS!
Banh Mi.
Click on pictures for larger versions
For those of you who don't know what Bahn Mi is, it's basically a Vietnamese PoBoy and VERY delicious. At Dong Phuong they have a large variety of these sandwich for only $2.85/each! Click the link above for more info and a menu.
After getting the sandwiches, five loaves of pistollettes and 2 meatpies, we headed back down Highway 90 armed with our Nikons in search for whatever we could find (hubby and I are avid photographers if you haven't figured that out by now).
Our first stop: The Michoud Assembly Facility where I've worked for 29 years.
The next leg of our journey was down Highway 90 towards Lake Catherine to take a picture of all of the camp signs (the subject of another post).
Before we could get there, though, we had to stop for lunch at Bayou Bar & Grill in Venetian Isles (at the foot of the Chef Pass Bridge). The shrimp poboys were great and we were on our way again.
After getting thru Lake Catherine we headed towards Slidell on LA433. We saw some birds wading in the water and pulled over to try to get some pictures at Salt
View Larger Map
As we were photographing a young pelican coming in for a landing, a couple pulled up in a car to tell us that there were many more pelicans down the road a bit, so we headed into the heart of Salt Bayou. Sure enough there was a group of birds hiding from the strong north winds sunning themselves.
The wind was brutal, even in the sun. It got to a point where I couldn't see thru my viewfinder because my eyes were watering so badly.
We were also told that more pelicans could be found in the Carr Drive area of Slidell, and that's where we headed next.
View Larger Map
At the very end of Carr Drive was a large group of pelicans enjoying the late afternoon sun as well as other types of birds.
We took so many pictures! As soon as I sort thru them I will post additional pictures.
We had the bahn mi for dinner and it was DELICIOUS!
Sunday, February 06, 2011
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