yo man, you want fresh veggies? i gots da hook-up.
Today I went with the 'rents over to Milton to get broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, and more turnips. He also raises rabbits (for pets, not food, don't fret), and they were adorable, but I didn't take...
View Articlelandry cemetery
landry cemetery 8, originally uploaded by pinstripe_bindi. Late yesterday afternoon, when I got home from my bicycle ride, I asked my brother Rian (who arrived from NYC on Sunday) if he wanted to go...
View Articlebe my fucking friend, damn you!
So it occurred to me last week that maybe I should look for Meetup groups in Baton Rouge, which is a lot closer than New Orleans (a little over an hour's drive as opposed to 2 1/2). And I found a...
View ArticleSNOMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE
Here in Louisiana we're currently in the midst of ICEPOCALYPSE '11!!! Most of the schools and government offices in the local parishes are closed; and I am blogging from home, in my pajama pants,...
View Articleobligatory new year's post
I feel like 2011--my first complete year in Louisiana--was a pretty good year for me. I still feel positive about my decision to move down here, and the Lomography meetup group has been going well. We...
View Articlelomo LC-A+: mardi gras, fuji natura 1600
Thursday I only worked until noon, then I drove to New Orleans, checked into my hotel, and walked down St. Charles Street until I found a good spot. I had originally planned to be at St. Charles and...
View Articlei spent this weekend in new orleans and i can report that it's all still there
A lot of residences still don't have power, some streetlights were still out, and in the residential sections I saw lots of branches waiting to be hauled away, but they appear to have escaped any major...
View Articleanother trip to new orleans
I decided to go to the Push Pin Show, basically because I will use any excuse to spend time in New Orleans. There are things I love about the country, but it's also nice to recharge my batteries in a...
View Articlebranching out my love of old stuff
It's no secret that I go antiquing a LOT. I always loved antique stores, but they weren't as plentiful in California as they are in the south. There are entire small towns here whose entire downtowns...
View Articlei shouldn't have to work if there's no mail
I had a super busy weekend, although I wasn't out late either night and thought I was getting enough sleep. Clearly that is not the case, as I forgot to unlock the front doors at work this morning, and...
View Articlei'll take ICEPOCALYPSE 2012 over another non-winter like last year
So, I had made plans to go to New Roads this weekend. (Sadface: I found out last weekend that the delightful--and reliable!--New Roads-St. Francisville ferry stopped operating last year, when they...
View Articleanother weekend, another trip to new orleans
It's been noted that I'm in New Orleans so much that I might as well live there, but I like the country, too. I love visiting cities, I don't necessarily want to be in them 24-7.Anyway. Saturday was...
View ArticleMardi Gras: Krewe of Muses
I shot 2 rolls of high speed Fuji Superia during the parade and 1 roll of Kodak Ektar in St. Louis Cemetery #3 the next day. These are just some shots I took with my digital Polaroid or my cell...
View ArticleLC-A+: Krewe of Muses
Happy Mardi Gras! It's kind of a yucky day today, but I had my celebration last week.I used 1600 film, but it was a moving parade hours after sunset so there's still a lot of blur. That's the kind of...
View ArticleNOLA: Super Sunday
Super Sunday has nothing to do with football, let's get that straight right away. It's the Sunday before St. Joseph's Day, when all the Mardi Gras Indian tribes mask together in Central City. The...
View ArticleSuper Sunday: Kodak Ektar in the LC-A+
I broke my usual no-cropping-film rule, because I couldn't always get in close to the Indians. Whenever I couldn't totally get rid of the crowds, I tried to incorporate them as a framing device; this...
View ArticleLomographers of Acadiana: Fort Jackson
April's meetup had to be re-scheduled because of Granny's funeral, so it was last Saturday. I chose Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, a decommissioned masonry fort from the 1820s. There are a lot of...
View ArticleSt. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Last weekend the weather was slightly less hot and humid than it had been for the past 10 days or so, so I went out shooting. I really don't want to spend the entire summer cooped up indoors, so if we...
View ArticleTrue Detective
Anyone else watching this new HBO show? It takes place in my corner of Louisiana, Cajun country/Louisiana prairie. (Yes, south Louisiana has prairie. It's not all gator-infested bayou.) It's always...
View ArticleWho went to Krewe of Muses last night and got herself a shoe?
Meeeee!2013 was a pretty lean year for me so I didn't have the funds for a hotel room--especially not during the last week of Carnival, when they all jack up their rates--so I wasn't sure until the...
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