rambling and roaming in NOLA

Despite the lack of structure and seeming lack of direction in my life at the moment, it's not all doom and gloom. I'm enjoying New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA), by doing what the city is most famous for: loafing.

Watching bad TV, searching for the best burrito in town, riding a friend's bike down quiet leafy streets past the glorious mansions Uptown, luring my friends into 3PM margaritas, sneaking into the Marriott pool as if I belong, renting movies, reading novels, searching for Andrei Codrescu (the NPR correspondent and novelist, who was born in Romania and who supposedly hangs out at Molly's bar in the French Quarter), sampling the greatest Cajun and Creole cuisine at local eateries, checking out Kermit Ruffins on trumpet at the Boom Boom Room on Frenchman Street, long hot baths in my (free!) hotel room, wine and cheese at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art...

I'm also, of course, deep into my job search, and also looking for my dream apartment. I have a few good leads and some irons in the fire, and thankfully some friends down here who help me get by and refer me to good opportunities. Will update y'all when there's news.

(How do you like that "y'all"? I'm learning, see?)