My ride home from work every day is rather uneventful. After reaching black-belt proficiency on Scooter Libby and memorizing the location of four monster potholes with the potential to send Gambit searching for a new listings editor, there isn’t much left to do but look out for afternoon drunk drivers and grin as the almost-autumn breezes fly by my smiling face.

It’s been this way for each of the 10 weeks I’ve been on the job. Yesterday’s commute, however, made a spectacular break from the routine. Approaching the intersection of Washington Avenue and Broad Street, I had to heel ol’ Scooter to the side of the road so my brain could fully absorb what my eyes refused to register. There above me, in audacious, eggplant-shade purple, was a billboard with the most improbable message imaginable: Read the rest of this entry »

 by Sam Winston

The previous post by Ian about what the German word gemütlichkeit means in New Orleans got me thinking. What other words do the folks of New Orleans and dee Germans share in common? Just so happens that I’m currently living here in Germany and I’ve spent endless hours doing armchair translations.

There’s… Read the rest of this entry »

Is there any time of year better than the fall for sports? I didn’t think so. MLB playoffs, college football, the NFL and NBA get started — doesn’t get much better than that. I give you a quick run down of what’s coming up this weekend:

A) Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs

Myself and two friends are/were planning on going to Chicago next weekend for the NLCS. Well, being that the Cubbies dropped the first two games in Arizona, the chances of that trip happening are as likely as Read the rest of this entry »