How to make groceries in a pirogue

I have been saying I would post my pictures of the lower Ninth Ward since I visited the area at the end of January, and am just now getting around to doing it. The devastation there was like nothing I had seen before, and I thought I had seen some destruction. I could have taken a thousand different pictures like the ones I have posted because the devastation was everywhere. Half the roads were unnavigable due to the presence of houses in the middle of them. I tried to go see some houses that belonged to friends and clients and was unable to even recognize if I was on the correct street. I guess the best place to start would be the barge the came over the industrial canal (which is still there, by the way):

This picture is the blocks adjacent to where the barge came over and it must be stated, because you cannot tell, but there were houses lining theses blocks:

The unexplainable- black Jesus makes it through the storm still standing though none of the houses around him are:

Here is an example of one of the many houses in the road:

A picture is worth a thousand words on a few of these:

Mother Nature’s power is truly awe inspiring. Chris Rose, a local New Orleans columnist, shared a story in his column in which his son while riding through New Orleans unaffectedly said, “Upside down purple car.” Chris rose felt is was a great metaphor. New Orleans is an upside down purple car.

Last year in Boston my little sister ran across a con artist named Chef Freeman Watson. He came in with promises of a co-star spot on his alleged new cooking show, and went out with all the disappointment of a dream squashed. Gary e-mailed us the other day asking us to link to her story from our blogs to up the search value of her story so other people he is running his scam on can find out who exactly this con-man is before they are disappointed. Read her story in her own words.

I am so proud of Lex, out of a bad situation she found the power to help others by telling her story. Anyone with a website can help out by linking to her story as well. We all google each other now-a-days. If we can get her story out by linking to her site, this guy won’t have a chance of scamming anyone else.

Cyan Ashley Frye Spring1998- January 31, 2006

Cyan had been going to the vet for the past week for what at first presented as pneumonia. Once the pneumonia was treated it became apparent she had a blood disorder that was in effect poisoning her. She died in Chris’s arms early Tuesday morning. He never left her side for days. We buried her in the woods on my father-in-law’s land. She was so full of life and personality, I can’t beleive she’s gone. My heart is broken.