Louisiana in 48 Hours

My daughter made me a going away card.....

uh.....she'll be - um, 15 in September....

On another flying note all I can say is:

Oh dear GHOD!!!

Moving on, I got these great pix of a Cajun oil change king in Metairie -
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Katrina didn't kick his ass!!

The Superdome- looking poetically like a nuke plant,

and hauntingly ambient

when you're there, it hits you - thousands and thousands of people - our car would have been completely submerged - the overpasses that run right by full with evacuees. It had to be some first class horror.

I went a little nuts & bought a case of Blue Runner Creole Cream Style Beans - now I'm set for a while. The folks in Gonzales want 12 bucks just for shipping on 6 cans.
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.....but I got some top quality service at Zuppardo's Economical Market. They were really helpful. Then, the TSA got their hands on 'em:

I'm sure these beans will cause some kind of explosion, just not the one they were looking out for.