Despite the Fact that There is a Parade

I’ve lived in two cities that can get, um … a little excited about their sports teams.  Although I am caught up in the Carnival season, it hasn’t escaped my notice that the Eagles’ recent Super Bowl win has given my Philly friends a little taste of happy crowds filling the street and even a…

There is No North

New Orleans is an easy city to get lost in.  When you visit the first time, you tend to underestimate this, because if you venture out of the easily-walkable French Quarter, you are braver than most. On perhaps the third day after I moved here, all of my belongings en route from Philadelphia in three…