New Orleans- Recovery

Hello again-

Today was another day of scraping, sanding, priming, and painting the Satchmo Low-Income Senior Housing while singing along to classic rock tunes. We have almost finish the work on the first house and made a great deal of progress on the second today. Another beautiful, sunny day we are all feeling slightly blinded from staring at the "glad yellow" paint for the house.

Last night we went to a University of New Orleans vs. Brown University baseball game to see Carolyn's cousin as the Bears' starting pitcher. With the addition of our group, we were the largest crowd Brown had ever had on the road. We had a blast re-writing the Mizzou fight song to fit "Brown Bears." For the record, it doesn't work.

After the Privateers clinched the game with a three run homer, we headed to Camilla's Diner. We feasted on omlettes, burgers, fries, and milkshakes. While we ate at the old fashioned counter, we made friends with some police men with heavy New Orleans accents (kind of Boston meets the deep south) who told us about some New Orleans Civil War history.

Tonight we are heading to Katherine's aunt and uncles's home for barbeque and swimming. And because we've been making an effort to eat as much local cuisine as possible (eating 5 meals a day) we are probably going to stop for Snowballs and Camilla's. Nothing like another 8,000 calorie day...