news and notes
Ryan and I just left New Orleans. We toured the Ninth Ward, where we found conditions much as they might have been a week after Katrina, only less wet. We'll be putting up a photo gallery and video and a blog on all that as we make our way to San Antonio.
In the meantime, here are some news and notes from the Dash to the Desert:
No mothers: Ryan wanted to have lunch at the famous Mother's Restaurant on Poydras Street in downtown New Orleans. But we found a long line outside, were already behind schedule so we headed west on I-10. So now we're lunching at a Huddle House, and Ryan's face is as long as the road ahead because of it.
Time warp: Seems like the time stamp on our blog was way wrong for most of the day Tuesday. A blog posted at noon, say, would say 9 a.m. Around 5 p.m. editors were calling us because it looked like we hadn’t posted anything since 10:30 a.m.. The problem was fixed and Editor Pat Yack e-mailed us this morning. “We didn’t figure you were slacking…we figured you were on the beach in the panhandle knocking down some Bud Long Necks while reading Rumi poems.” (Actually, they were Coronas.)
Check lost and found: yes I lost my sunglasses briefly on Tuesday. It was mentioned in blog post filed shortly after our departure from Jacksonville. “dude how did you lose your sunglasses already?” a friend/neighbor e-mailed me. All I can say is, dude, I’m sorry. I lose things, OK? (It turns out the sunglasses were in my cargo pants pocket).
News flash: the coffee in hotel rooms. It isn’t very good.
Music: Thanks to my colleagues for making road-trip music suggestions. Sports writer Francine King, cops reporter Bridget Murphy, columnist Laura Capitano, assistant features editor Tom Szaroleta, food editor Dan MacDonald and education writer Tia Mitchell all made great pitches (Tia: Merle Haggard, really?) Oh, and, yeah, Galnor, I’m still waiting for those songs you promised like nine years ago.
Readers write: Mucho gratitude for all the e-mails from those of you keeping up with our blogs. A great one was from Phoenix resident/Jax native Dennis Little who offered his assistance when we arrive in Arizona. Best of all, he suggested a good restaurant: “one place to try out to eat here is a place called ‘Honey Bears’ barbeque...Tennessee style pulled pork and not too bad.”
Not too bad of a suggestion. We’re so there.
Jeff
In the meantime, here are some news and notes from the Dash to the Desert:
No mothers: Ryan wanted to have lunch at the famous Mother's Restaurant on Poydras Street in downtown New Orleans. But we found a long line outside, were already behind schedule so we headed west on I-10. So now we're lunching at a Huddle House, and Ryan's face is as long as the road ahead because of it.
Time warp: Seems like the time stamp on our blog was way wrong for most of the day Tuesday. A blog posted at noon, say, would say 9 a.m. Around 5 p.m. editors were calling us because it looked like we hadn’t posted anything since 10:30 a.m.. The problem was fixed and Editor Pat Yack e-mailed us this morning. “We didn’t figure you were slacking…we figured you were on the beach in the panhandle knocking down some Bud Long Necks while reading Rumi poems.” (Actually, they were Coronas.)
Check lost and found: yes I lost my sunglasses briefly on Tuesday. It was mentioned in blog post filed shortly after our departure from Jacksonville. “dude how did you lose your sunglasses already?” a friend/neighbor e-mailed me. All I can say is, dude, I’m sorry. I lose things, OK? (It turns out the sunglasses were in my cargo pants pocket).
News flash: the coffee in hotel rooms. It isn’t very good.
Music: Thanks to my colleagues for making road-trip music suggestions. Sports writer Francine King, cops reporter Bridget Murphy, columnist Laura Capitano, assistant features editor Tom Szaroleta, food editor Dan MacDonald and education writer Tia Mitchell all made great pitches (Tia: Merle Haggard, really?) Oh, and, yeah, Galnor, I’m still waiting for those songs you promised like nine years ago.
Readers write: Mucho gratitude for all the e-mails from those of you keeping up with our blogs. A great one was from Phoenix resident/Jax native Dennis Little who offered his assistance when we arrive in Arizona. Best of all, he suggested a good restaurant: “one place to try out to eat here is a place called ‘Honey Bears’ barbeque...Tennessee style pulled pork and not too bad.”
Not too bad of a suggestion. We’re so there.
Jeff
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