Simple things

By Craig
September 16th, 2005 @ 9:14 PM Uncategorized

All of us who have had to bail from New Orleans, no matter what we’ve left behind or how much we have to go back to, just miss the Being There. Even if we were There, we might be nodding off on the porch or absorbed iin some TV show. But we’d Be There, y’know?

I pulled out my zydeco tonight and played it for a bit. I made sure to bring it with me, but this was the first time I’d actually strapped it on to play since the storm arried. And by “play,” I mean to kinda plink and moan around on it in my own poor, bleating style for about 20 minutes. I will never be confused with Bruce Daigrepont.

To simply stand on the back porch and play some made-up Cajun tunes provided some tremendous relief. I am sure the neighbors were wondering WTF they were hearing, but it was enough. I also sat down at the piano for the first time in over 20 years and tried to bang out “Yellow Rose of Texas” and a song from the Methodist Hymnal. Poor renditions, but I have no plans to quit my day job to pair with Dr. John or Henry Butler.

Found a place with a good crawfish bisque and Abita Amber for lunch. First time we’ve gone New Orleans to eat since we left. A good touch.

From what I can tell, Dallas has been very accepting and encouraging to its new arrivals. More and more are finding places to live and working their way into the daily goings-on. But I looked at the restaurant/hotel job listings in the paper today. They made up about three columns, as opposed to the full two pages in the Times-Picayune on your average day. Gonna be tough for folks who could easily find service industry work in a tourist town. This ain’t exactly Vacation City USA.

It’s gonna be tough on a lot of folks.

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51 Comments so far

  1. StCasserole (unregistered) on September 17th, 2005 @ 8:19 am

    Keep writing. Thinking of you as we go through this mess.

  2. silverhawk (unregistered) on September 17th, 2005 @ 11:34 am

    It IS gonna be tough, no doubt about it. But maybe it’s like Hemingway’s love of Paris, “…a moveable feast…”?

    btw, http://www.craigslist.com got listed in Newsweek, Sept 12, p.4. I think it’s also in Time, Sept 12.

  3. Scott Chaffin (unregistered) on September 18th, 2005 @ 1:03 pm

    It sounds like you found Dodie’s for your eating needs. If you didn’t, it’s on lower Greenville, and probably the most close to authentic as any place can be in Dallas. And if you didn’t, share the name of the joint for us who are always on the lookout.

  4. Craig (unregistered) on September 19th, 2005 @ 7:29 am

    Man…
    I had forgotten about Dodie’s, so thanks for the reminder. I think there’s also one near Midway and Belt Line.
    In our case, we went to the Pappadeaux’s on Lombardy, near Stemmons.
    …Craig

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