Last week Randy Flinders called me out of the blue to see if would take him and his crew around to interview some people in Gentilly and Lakeview for a special they will be airing around Nov. 29th for the official end of hurricane season which is Nov. 30th. They will run the special over a couple of days. Randy found me because he had read my entry regarding the Rapid Population Estimate being done by volunteers. Of course, I agreed to help him continue to keep the recovery of our city in the spotlight.

I asked my friend, Gayle Rhode, who works with me at La Crepe, if she would do an interview. She’s the chef’s sister and although she was building a successful real estate appraisal business, we needed her past years of kitchen expertise to get the restaurant open. Although her home had over 5ft. of water in it and her son is having to live apart from her in Houston, Gayle has a cheerful attitude and never misses a day of work. Five days in the kitchen wears me out and I have not lost everything I own. Gayle’s a wonderful woman and I am really proud of her for doing the Weather Channel interview.

We also did more interviews in Gentilly with myself and Jen, the Tulane Grad student who got me started in some of this volunteering. Randy and his crew then headed to Treme to cover the work at the Second Harvest food distribution center! Randy’s team was great to work with and very sensitive to the emotions behind the story he is trying to tell. My work here led me to this very fulfiiling opportunity to tell our story. I hope y’all get to see some of the clips.
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