Monthly Archives: November 2017

Night Shift

Our waitress gave us a good tip – to go around back* and look in the window to watch the beignet-makers at work.

Café du Monde is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year except Christmas. That’s an unimaginable amount of powered sugar. And deliciousness.

Café du Monde
New Orleans, Louisiana

photographed 10.25.2017

*I know: I shouldn’t have needed reminding.

Parking is Available

By now, you are all aware of my strong affection for parking garages, aren’t you? Empty ones, in particular. And empty ones at night? Photographer’s heaven!

St. Joseph Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 10.26.2017

Floor level

A toe-level view of the carpet and balcony door at my hotel in New Orleans the other day.

New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 8.23.2017

I think I found Dan Fogelberg

This fellow seemed familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him at first.

But later, it came to me:

Ville Platte, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017

A lot to offer

There are some records that this little town was settled as early as 1793, although Wikipedia hedges a bit: The community known as Chataignier had a beginning, but its age will never be determined. The age of a community is a nebulous thing, depending on whether one uses as point of inception the date of the arrival of the first settler, the establishment of the post office, the coming of the railroad, or any other such memorable happening. Resources for determining the historical origin of a community such as Chataignier are limited. For such information, one must rely on a few recorded instances coupled with the reliable knowledge of the elder members of the community.

(That is actually the most amusing town history I have ever read. Thanks, anonymous Wikipedia person!)

And none of that really even matters. What I wanted to say about this is that there is a strong likelihood this store carries whatever it is you are looking for.

Chataingier, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017