Friday, April 17, 2026

New Orleans miscellany


This morning began at 1.10 a.m., with the fire alarm going off, and the whole building having to evacuate.  No fire was ever in evidence.  11 floors is a lot of concrete staircase.

New Orleans has a better class of electrical junction box.


I hope this couple enjoyed their praline-filled fresh beignets as much as I did.


A hut painted with houses.


Some people do strange things with windows.


Some people try very hard with their balconies (that's a bubble machine on the right hand side).


Some houses are very small.


A centre figure, Europe (even if she does look like Queen Victoria), an 1860s figurine which is part of a Four Continents set - any connection with the Albert Memorial?).


A nineteenth century snail.


Perhaps my favorite thing in the museum: Mary Proctor's Freedom of Expression (1998): Proctor's art is intentionally celebratory of women, and painted on salvaged doors.


From the sculpture park next door: only three of these people are live.


























 

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