The magnolias are in bloom, already. Early each morning I am woken by a cacophony of birds twittering. The windows in this temporary apartment have no insulation – even when tightly closed and locked, most still have gaps the width of a pinky finger between frame and sill – and so those birds might as…
Category: New Orleans
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez
*where a Krewe has pictures of its floats for 2016, I link below* Our first parade of the year was Oshun, followed by Cleopatra, both rolling by our house on Jan 29, a Friday. Cleopatra was formerly a West Bank parade, but it moved Uptown, along with most West Bank parades (it’s easier to consolidate…
One Month – Except this took me a week to write, so – Five Weeks
Welp, we’ve been here a month. I’d say it flew by, but it’s more like I get this weird deja vu sense that we never left. This was inevitable, I suppose, given we have moved back into the same house we used to live in (albeit the upstairs unit instead of the downstairs). On the…
Barbri and Chill
Oh, studying for a bar exam is its own special hell, isn’t it? This will be my third, but of course Louisiana law is all whack, so my first two aren’t much help. Many before have told me, if you’re switching from the common law (which is what 49 states have) to the civil law…
2015 Year in Review
1. What did I do in 2015 that I’ve never done before? I handled a mediation solo – several, actually. I got a new firm job and quit the old one. And I started to feel somewhat confident in my abilities as a lawyer, at last – they all said it would happen in the…