Mary Virginia Swanson discusses the PhotoNOLA portfolio reviews. [...]
If I Were Mayor - EngageNola from The Canary Collective on Vimeo.
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No, actually, this study was done before Katrina. I think the results would be different post-Katrina, mainly because such a large percentage of the population in New Orleans now spends at least 50% of their income on rent/housing.
Yesterday, some of the Mayoral candidates participated in a forum hosted by the conservative "Pelican Institute" where the main topic of discussion was the IG's office. The T-P account is here but the NOLAStat blog directs us to actual video of the event. [...] 
This stat caught my eye in a New York Times editorial calling for more housing in New Orleans:
With rents so high, no one should be surprised that the homeless population of the New Orleans area appears to have doubled since Hurricane Katrina. A startling census of the homeless by a [...]
From photographer Harry Benson's new book:
The diminutive writer with the high-pitched voice was the most melancholic person I have ever met, yet he was surprisingly tough, a quality people didn't expect at first meeting. Back in his hometown for a visit, we were having dinner at the hotel when he' [...]
Back asswards – that is what comes to mind when I read this headline on NOLA.com this morning, “New Orleans mayoral race now evenly divided between black and white candidates.” Wait – when I went back to post this, the title of the article had been changed to “Landrieu’s late [...]
We seriously need to consider beating the pulp out of whoever decides when to hold the mayoral election.
No, I cannot make this stuff up. Take a look at what Nola has to do (and prepare to do) for the next few months…
December 13, 2009: Saints v Falcons
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Is it because my children are nearly grown or that the NOLA Bloggers are a lot of grown children that we mock one of the most sacred seasons in the Bank Holiday Calendar? Anyone know where I can get a coal-burning fireplace insert cheap?
Happy Hostilidays. [...] 
Get thee to the French Quarter!Yes I have been quiet for awhile, my choice I guess. Not much to say. I do now have a few things to say, all fun silly stuff.
First of all I got a chance to be an extra in a movie that was filming here in NOLA. Lots [...]
Architects Ila Berman and Mona El Khafif have written an ambitious book about rebuilding the city:
URBANbuild: local/global (William Stout Publishers, $60) was conceived when the pair was at Tulane University School of Architecture, working to heal the landscape scoured by Hurricane Katrina while trying to make the case for neighborhood [...]
The NolaBloggers do a bad holiday video war around this time every year. I’ve never participated, but the entries always make me squirm. When I think of shitty holiday videos, this one always jumps up front. I don’t have time to look back at all the previous entries so this [...]
