You know what?

I really have been blocking it out, subconsciously, I guess, the anniversary of Katrina. Of course, I didn't forget because W was born 10 days before but I just wasn't into watching all the hooplah. Until today when I read the paper and then listened to a friend talk about the coverage she watched. So reluctantly, we watched the foxnews coverage tonight. It's the home videos that really got me. It truly is unbelievable but you know what? I am ready to move on. I'm ready for New Orleans to move on to bigger and better.

I went to a new shop today. Angelique Baby on Magazine. A cool place, very clean and white and inviting. I was telling J about a purse that I LOOOOVED-and before I could finish he asked, "A new store on Magazine, after Katrina?" Yes. YES!!!! You know what? they had the guts to do it, so check it out.

I've been very depressed about NOLA lately. The real estate market, the dirt, the crime, the streets, the streetcars, the attitude, all of it. I could go on and on. But you know what? We always bitched about the state of our city. We love it anyway, because it is the coolest, most soulful, most unique city in America. We need to live it and love it and promote it like there is no tomorrow.

Because you know what? When you say that you would rather be somewhere else, you may not know it, but you're lying.