The City of New Orleans, NOLA (taking in the state abbreviation), The Big Easy, Crescent City (because of the way it follows the curve in the Mississippi), N’awlins … call it what you will, New Orleans is a magical place, a mélange of Spanish, French, African, and many other cultures.  The two most commonly referred to […]

We had a spectacular evening, the likes of which we have never seen here. Everyone repeated, “No one is going to believe this,” but these were the colors we all saw and all recorded and all reviewed on our computers.

I love not only the sea, but the mountains, having grown up in both environments. Clearly, I was meant to live in a place with fjords and sandy beaches!

Here, when the Apine-glow appeared, it was magical! It was fleeting, and we were lucky to