This was a working wetland . . .
~Bayou Woman ~Hat Tweet @captainswallow

Lake Pontchartrain 'Beach Sweep' extends well beyond the beach

first game in da dome! wOOt!
~the hungry termite

Here’s something for the scrapbook: Fazzio co-conspirator Mark Titus in plea talks with US Attorney Letten ~Slabbed

Legislators OK hospital plan

Booty: Dog on Board
~Pauline's Pirates and Privateers

At The Mississippi's Edge, Residents Cling To Land ~NPR

1/21/07: Never Forget~moosedenied

Another Summit To Save Our Sons
~Cliff's Crib

Kirk Cheyfitz of Story Worldwide has updated his post on Trout Point Lodge ~Slabbed

Plea negotiations may affect case against River Birch landfill chief financial officer

Find out what gamblers lost -- and casinos won -- across La. last month
~Kevin McGill

Navy's 110-year presence in New Orleans comes to a close

Speaking of loaded dice, property taxes and the Corps of Engineers: 500 days at Fix the Pumps

Oil found at a third spot in Barataria Bay

New drilling permits would not be expedited by GOP proposal, regulator says

Gulf Shores, Ala., request for beach-cleaning equipment denied by BP

Chevron confirms Gulf of Mexico oil leak

Iowa Congressman Introduces Bill to Change Missouri River Flood Plan

Oil rig workers survived Gulf storm in raft

Then and Now: Pictures of NFL QBs "before they were stars"
~ Alejandro de los Rios, Gambit

Report: La. overpaid on jobless claims

Comment Bump~ American Zombie

I have a sneaking suspicion…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Future NASA rocket will be most powerful ever built
~The Ares-V (left) and Ares-I. Click to enlarge.
~View Expanded Views of Ares-I, Ares-V (293 Kb PDF)
Fact Sheets: Ares I Crew Vehicle (PDF, 690 KB) | Ares V Cargo Vehicle (PDF, 381 KB)
~"It's appropriate that we named these vehicles Ares, which is a pseudonym for Mars," said Scott Horowitz, associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, Washington. "We honor the past with the number designations and salute the future with a name that resonates with NASA's exploration mission." The "I and V" designations pay homage to the Apollo program's Saturn I and Saturn V rockets, the first large U.S. space vehicles conceived and developed specifically for human spaceflight.

Pedicabs Are a Go in N.O.
~NOLA DEFENDER

1880: Humble beginnings for Commander's Palace, a landmark New Orleans restaurant

Black N' Gold Kick-Off Party! Bonerama + Cha Wa + Ying Yang Twins
~Humid Beings

New Orleans Saints and Drew Brees seem serious about working on a deal

Shrimp trawl data is a big problem in sea turtle study

$124 million Federal grant to aid reading education in Louisiana

Plans firming up for water institute
~Amy Wold

New Orleans Burlesque Festival's Mina Mechante, on the art and craft of burlesque
~Maria C. Montoya

Is New Orleans like an abusive lover?

Blogger Profile: Katy Monnot of Bird On The Street ~NOLAFemmes

Jean-Paul Villere: Stomp Sign -- The Familiar Voice of Jivin' Gene
~Uptown Messenger
~Editilla Hotellas~ We haven't been to Da Messengah enough lately, digging deep into Editilla's House of Piety. We thank Robert Morris fo watchin our back and hipping us to da goins ons.

It is a stubborn, stubborn fact that Clancy Dubois is a complete sellout like Garlandfill ~Slabbed

~Hat Tweet @LeveesOrg~We just added two more groups to our webpage listing Aliied Orgs - Hike for KaTREEna and St. Pauls Homecoming Ctr. bit.ly/oHLdi5

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is worth his weight in gold

From The New York Times: La. Business Owners Sue Over New Rules for Guest Workers

Yep, its still the fishers fault, part 17 ~Disenfranchised Citizen

More BP mistakes in Gulf of Mexico oil spill revealed in new evidence

Angola to Zydeco: Louisiana Lives
~Hat Tweet @FoodRush

Ask the City Planning Commission to reduce flooding by zoning responsibly
~Watershed NOLA

Censorship of inmate mail at Orleans Prison alleged in civil rights lawsuit against Gusman~Matt Davis, The Lens

Mayor Mitch'mo to hold city-wide crime summit at UNO Lakefront Arena

FBI Goes Inside NOPD~NOLA DEFENDER

In New Orleans, all “short-term rentals” are not created equally
~Lunanola, NOLAFemmes

Big Rex demands that krewe of 'Tit Rex change its name

Review: Cafe Atchafalaya
~Ian McNulty, Gambit

Great blogs dig deep into Louisiana music ~Allison Fensterstock

On this day in New Orleans, snowballs were still a Really Big Deal
Haley, 7, and Shane Babb, 5, anticipate the cool sweetness of their snowballs as they wait for Shiela Marriott to prepare them at Ro-Bear's in Harahan.
Photo: John McCusker
~Editilla was doing this very thing~ building some kid a perfect snowball, at the Flora Cafe' that morning when Valentine came in for his early juice.
{I also did fresh-squoze juice for Ali.}
Only this morning Val was a bit up on breaking news: "Hey, Juicy," he says "Did you hear that one of the World Trade Center towers is on fire?" "Nah", said I, more interested in making sure to swirl the Condensed Milk just right around the cone of crushed ice to the top, without breaking it down, which would not do at all, mashing up all the color layers I had painstakingly laid in the snowball already. While the kid watched, Val, stepped across Royal to get a paper and comes back in looking a little scared...looking me right in the eye he said, "You may want to get over to Big Daddy's and check the TV." "What?", I said, stepping around a few more of the children waiting for their snowballs. Then da'Angel storms into the cafe, "HEY EVERYBODY! SOMEONE HAS JUST FLOWN A GODDAMN AIRLINER INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK!"
The place emptied like fire in a theater, as everyone ran to the bars across the street to see it on the Tube. Suddenly Schiro's was packed too. Suddenly there was not a car on the street outside, as I suspect anywhere else in America either. Me, I turned around and looked at the children waiting on their snowballs and asked, Who's next?