Tag Archives: New Orleans

Walking with Alligators Outside New Orleans [Part 2]

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

Southern Drawl      It seems that warm water is the defining characteristic of New Orleans. Water in the swamps, water in the Mississippi river, water flooding houses, water falling from the sky in bucket loads, and water thickening the air … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing: Travel: USA | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Walking with Alligators Outside New Orleans [Part 2]

Walking With Alligators Outside New Orleans [Part 1]

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     One afternoon while sitting in a bar in the French Quarter -nursing an Abita Amber- I over-heard a snippet of a conversation that went like this: “…and you can walk through the swamps with the alligators.”      Which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing: Travel: USA | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Walking With Alligators Outside New Orleans [Part 1]

New Orleans Katrina Destruction, One Year Later

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006 Cameron and I returned to New Orleans to see the city in which we had both previously lived.     The Ninth Ward, on the other side of the canal from the French Quarter was still complete devastation. The homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography: Travel: USA | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on New Orleans Katrina Destruction, One Year Later

New Orleans Voodoo Alley

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006, when I returned to New Orleans after a nine year absence, Cameron and I stayed with a friend on the border of the 8th and 9th wards, near the Mississippi River.     Behind her house was an alleyway, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography: Travel: USA | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment