Last week, I set out to BeNOLABound with a skeptic's eye, with no knowledge of what would take place other than that I along with 26 other professionals would be brought around to meet with local business leaders and learn what New Orleans has been up...

Finally, I'm NOLABound.

Six and a half years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed my home and sent my community into a far flung diaspora of despondent resignation... two years of self-imposed exile, four more years of casual visits, content to be a tourist in a city reminiscent of a life long...

When I'm on my way from home each day from work, I have a very standard routine.  Flexible, but with a forthright goal: get home from work as quickly as possible.  That usually means taking the express train, but most times I get on the first thing moving; local to...

Every Monday.  New Orleans families serve red beans and rice for dinner.  Every family's red beans is different, and everyone has a different method of cooking them.  Some people swear by soaking them overnight about 12 hours, "to get the gas out".  Others add extra bay leaf for...

Been feeling stressed lately? Overwhelmed? Perpetually tired and cranky? Maybe even tottering on the verge of a nervous breakdown? The successful call it "multi-tasking," the unsuccessful diagnosed as "A.D.D." or any number of polite or scientific terms, but the reality is: burnt out, pulled in a million directions and trying...

I stomped and tromped myself down into the subway today in a funk. A mean mood. Something like mild frustration that slipped into a raging headache and made the thought of hearing some joyful accordion make me want to break something. But as I headed down into 34th St station...