Category: Louisiana trips
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Restaurant review Pulcinella! January 26, 2026
The exclamation point is theirs, not mine. I learned of Pulcinella! from an almost year old review by the local restaurant writer Ian McNulty. (Do readers refer to his employer by its newspaper name Times-Picayune or do they say NOLA dot com? I suspect it’s an age thing.) Some in our pickle ball group here…
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Cycling to Lyman and Gillian’s wedding; January 6, 2026
My readers may know Lyman from his years of accompanying me on bike trips. Living in Austin TX for thirty years he was originally from New Orleans where he maintains family connections. His partner Gillian whom he met in Austin coincidentally grew up in Durham NC and we have found we have mutual acquaintances. Gillian…
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Sacred Grinds, May 19, 2025
You can see so much more of New Orleans by bicycle. Cycling around the city is generally safe but access into some neighborhoods is restricted by key choke points. On this Monday morning I had wanted to cycle by city-owned Longue Vue Gardens on Bamboo Road. There is no easy way to bicycle to the…
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Cycling back from Venice LA, April 2 – 3, 2025
There is no exact point where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty miles south of New Orleans the river has almost reached the Gulf when the highway ends in Venice LA, on the bottom right of the Google map below. Beyond Venice there are just smidgeons of land, accessible only by…
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