“Back to New Orleans”
I picked Diana up at the airport on Tuesday evening. The flight was mostly on time – good news given all the storms in the San Francisco area earlier in the day. Storms and earthquakes – she was awoken at 6am by a quake centered about a half mile from Clorinda’s house.
This video captures the winds and rain on Tuesday morning:
Much of the rest of the week was spent packing and organizing for our New Orleans residency.
We did take a break to meet up with Finn for lunch at Mexican Cactus on Thursday. As is normal lately, he seemed in really good spirits.
We went old school and watched a Netflix DVD on Thursday evening. “A Man Called Otto” was excellent all around. We both loved it. It’s been a few years since I read Backman’s “A Man Called Ove”, on which the movie is based, and I think I might have enjoyed the movie even more than the book – very rare.
We were on the road by 8:30am on Saturday as planned. I wore my San Diego State University Aztecs shirt with pride, they played in the final four on Saturday afternoon.
It worked – they won and play in the NCAA Final on Monday night.
We stopped for lunch at Athena in Shreveport, our normal spot. Still just as good, quick and easy. Arrival in New Orleans was around 5:30pm – not too bad at all.
We were quick to enjoy the lovely front balcony. Then Denny and Anne came over with food and a pretty plant to welcome us.
Sunday began with a run in the gorgeous Audubon park – already starting to get a bit humid in the mornings. We really enjoy this park for exercise – nothing like it anywhere near McKinney.
After the park, we stopped by to say hello to Kenny and Kara. Kara was off to an exercise class, and we enjoyed an excellent catch up with Kenny.
He had arranged a bike for Diana to use and planned to bring it over on Sunday evening. It had a slow leak and he wanted to repair that before handing it off to Diana. She’s looking forward to cruising around town.
It’s great to be back in New Orleans.
No book this week – I know, I’m such a slacker. I do plan to get some good reading in over the next few weeks.
I can’t remember what movie or TV show I heard this excellent Kate Bush song on, but it was a good reminder that I need to listen to more of her music:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ijKen7rccf56qOMGkS22e?si=4ae7eb77a1a74ff2
An interesting one that popped up on a Spotify playlist:
And finally, a trip back to the High School days:
Coexist peacefully, with kindness and patience for all!