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Subject: [Leica] A visit to Lakeview New Orleans
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue Jan 16 11:30:04 2007

The one thing that Sonny's images don't convey is the quietness (is that a 
word?) of the area. No humming of air conditioners, no traffic noises. 
Sometimes it feels like you are driving through a movie lot in Burbank.
--
Jeffery

---- SonC@aol.com wrote: 
> This past weekend, I helped my son move back to  New Orleans.  He has 
> taken a 
> job at the Marriott Hotel on Canal  Street.  
> 
> It was my first time back since Hurricane Katrina.   Saturday Night we 
> watched the football game where a well-coached New Orleans  Saints played 
> an 
> outstanding game against some team from up Nawth.  I went  to a pizza 
> place to pick 
> up food for the people who had helped unload the  U-haul, just as we made 
> the 
> first touchdown.  The whole place erupted with  joyful cheers.  It was 
> nice; 
> seemed like the good old days.
> 
> Saturday  morning, I went to Lakeview, one of the areas most devastated by 
> the storm, and  my home for many years.   Here's a little essay, along 
> with my  
> apologies to anyone with a slow connection.   
> 
> http://www.sonc.com/lakeview_new_orleans.htm
> 
> 
> Regards,  
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish  
> 
> 
> 
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