One decade has passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. I just want to send a short little love letter to our beloved city, New Orleans, to let her know we haven’t forgotten.
Years before this terrible event, Handsome and I fell in love with the city, the French Quarter in particular, and started visiting every chance we got. Since the storm we have visited just as frequently, and our civic affection has only gained strength. We know the streets better. We know the restaurants really well, in fact in at least one local spot the waitstaff recognize our faces and often remember that we are from Oklahoma. (This is the same restaurant where the bread pudding is so good I usually cry a little.) We each have our favorite views and and sensations that draw us back over and over again.
The surrounding areas are visibly changed by Katrina, scarred really. But as with all scars many of them are perfectly beautiful.
Keep on keepin on, New Orleans. This big, beautiful world would never be the same without you.
See you soon.
XOXOXOXO
“Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that’s where you left your heart
And there’s one thing more I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans
The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air
I dream about magnolias in bloom and I’m wishin’ I was there”…..
ahhh Steamboat Willie… xoxo
These pictures are amazing. I absolutely have to make it to NOLA one day.
Yes ma’am you do need to try it. Give it between 2 and 5 days the first trip. It won’t quite be Paris, but it will be something distinctly more magical, I am guessing. Last time I was there you had just been to Paris, and I found myself really thinking “Brittany would groove it here.”
So so beautiful! Brent was able to help with some Katrina relief and I am always jealous I didn’t get to go! Would love to visit one day!