A sobering 2 1/2 days.
Over the weekend I had a plethora of emotions running through me. Saturday saw a very busy day at the shop capped off with yet another amazing meal at one of my favorite restaurants, here or otherwise, Elizabeth on 37th. The Brothers Butch pulled out the guns and a great time was had by all. Wines included:
It was amazing. Got to bed around 1.30 in the a.m. 7.00 would be coming early.
Wake up straight away and hit that long black ribbon called lonesome. A good friend of mine had moved from to Savannah to New Orleans, then evacuated back here and decided he was staying for good. So we went down to gather up the remainder of his worldly possessions.
If you haven't been to this part of the country since 'The Storm', you simply have no idea the extent to which the entire region has been damaged. I know it's not fashionable to talk about these things nowadays with all the brew-ha-ha that is the Abrahamoff scandal and now ole Mr. Lott's prayed it over and decided that he's gonna run for a 4th term..."to do the right thing for the people of the region". My take is that he lost all his shit like everybody else in Mississippi, so why the hell not give it a go for another 6 years, bilk the populi for another couple of pay raises and live out the rest of his days on the largesse of us monkeys.
I digress.
Regardless of your belief or non-belief in some higher being/power, imagine the most grand definition of the word 'awesome' and then multiply that ten-fold. Then you might be getting close to the shear devistation that 'The Storm' brought to the Gulf coast.
I have a very special place in my heart for the city of New Orleans - the good, the bad, and the ugly. With that in mind, I can only hazard a guess that it will be at least 10 years before that city is anywhere close to what it once was.
It will take someone much smarter than I to figure out how to put it back together. I took multiple pictures while I was there, but much like the ones on the boob-tube, they don't come anywhere close to properly conveying the reality there.
Godspeed, NOLA.
Champagne Delamotte NV Brut
Domaine Guffens-Heynen Mâcon-Pierreclos 2002
Lycée Viticole Hautes Côtes de Beaune Rouge 2001
Bandol Rouge 1998 (producer escapes me)
Late Harvest Chardonnay from Guillemot-Michel 1992
Banyuls 2001 (producer escapes me)
It was amazing. Got to bed around 1.30 in the a.m. 7.00 would be coming early.
Wake up straight away and hit that long black ribbon called lonesome. A good friend of mine had moved from to Savannah to New Orleans, then evacuated back here and decided he was staying for good. So we went down to gather up the remainder of his worldly possessions.
If you haven't been to this part of the country since 'The Storm', you simply have no idea the extent to which the entire region has been damaged. I know it's not fashionable to talk about these things nowadays with all the brew-ha-ha that is the Abrahamoff scandal and now ole Mr. Lott's prayed it over and decided that he's gonna run for a 4th term..."to do the right thing for the people of the region". My take is that he lost all his shit like everybody else in Mississippi, so why the hell not give it a go for another 6 years, bilk the populi for another couple of pay raises and live out the rest of his days on the largesse of us monkeys.
I digress.
Regardless of your belief or non-belief in some higher being/power, imagine the most grand definition of the word 'awesome' and then multiply that ten-fold. Then you might be getting close to the shear devistation that 'The Storm' brought to the Gulf coast.
I have a very special place in my heart for the city of New Orleans - the good, the bad, and the ugly. With that in mind, I can only hazard a guess that it will be at least 10 years before that city is anywhere close to what it once was.
It will take someone much smarter than I to figure out how to put it back together. I took multiple pictures while I was there, but much like the ones on the boob-tube, they don't come anywhere close to properly conveying the reality there.
Godspeed, NOLA.
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