Two for June

June 2, 2009 in Stories
Tags: homes, homes and lifestyles, jazz, magazines, New Orleans, office space, Stories

Two features made it into the June issues of New Orleans magazines: a homes story about a house that isn’t a home: Working out of the home in New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles and an introduction to a young New Orleans jazz band: Shining on in OffBeat

Art lives here

April 8, 2009 in Stories
Tags: art, clips, homes, James Michalopoulos, magazines, st, Stories

The April issue of New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles is out. You can pick it up at area Barnes and Noble and Robert grocery stores. If you can’t make the trip to New Orleans, you can read it online. I wrote the feature (Artist in residence) about the home of New Orleans artist James Michalopoulos.

Festivals are a serious matter

March 22, 2009 in Stories
Tags: art, artist, homes, JazzFest, New Orleans, painting, Stories, writing

Springtime in Louisiana means festivals every weekend. A few weekends ago I went to a festival at a plantation west of here. If this weekend hadn’t been filled with so many visitors, I would have gone to the Oyster Festival in Amite. (Think county fair with raw, chargrilled and fried oysters. And they crown a [...]

Published

March 5, 2009 in Stories
Tags: clips, Creole, homes and lifestyles, magazines, Stories

The Creole town house story I wrote last month made it into the March issue of New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles. You can pick up copies at local Robert grocery stores or read it online here. Don’t miss the photos at the bottom of the page!

Serendipitous city

February 6, 2009 in Daily Adventures, Reflection, Stories
Tags: coffee, friends, musicians, random sightings, Rochester, serendipity, Stories, story ideas, University of Rochester

The regional representative from my university happened to be in town this week, and he asked me out for breakfast to touch base even though I don’t actually live here and am leaving in May. I’ve stayed pretty involved, so he didn’t have to convince me to donate or update me on the latest campus [...]

An interview and a history lesson

January 31, 2009 in Field Notes, Stories
Tags: Creole, Creole townhouse, homes, New Orleans, reporting, Stories

On Tuesday, I picked up an assignment to feature a restored 1830s Creole townhouse for the homes magazine, due next Friday. I met the owner, Mary, at her home Thursday morning. I rang the bell (an actual bell-shaped bell to the left of the door) and Mary opened the shutters and let me into the [...]

Hunting for stories

January 27, 2009 in Reflection, Stories
Tags: Facebook, friends, homes, reporting, stalking, Stories

People ask what I do all day. I cook, clean house and hunt for stories. And I drink a lot of coffee in between, usually at a different place than the time before. Each day starts with the Times-Picayune and cold-brewed coffee. I read looking for unanswered questions. I check out events listings. I run [...]