Friends and Family Affected One Year Ago.

Many people whether by phone, email, or blog are telling their stories about how Katrina affected them one year ago today. I'd just like to get down in writing all of my friends and family who were affected by Katrina and all who evacuated with me. Many of these people helped rebuilding and do so on a daily basis by still living in New Orleans. To all of these following people I dedicate today to. I'll never forget being a part of your life in New Orleans:

(I apologize if I misspelled or forgot your last name):

Adam Campagna
Alison Rodriguez
Anne Balart
Becca Rapp
Benny Dominach
Bethany and Johann Bultman
Billy Wohl
Blair Gimma
Blake Haney
Brenda Boelter
Carie Fischer
Charles
Chris
Chris Courville
Christian Smith
Dana Bartelt
Daniela Marx
David Carrielo
Dixie
Erin Brent
Facial
Greg Heaney
Hans Haveman
Jannie Tusson
Jason Berry
Jason Melancon
Jay Crutti
Jenny
Jimmy Ronner
John Galeros
Jonah Langenbeck
Jorge Daruna
Jose Posas
Joseph Levitt
Kate
Keith
Kenneth Robin
Kit Wohl
Lauren Nicotera
Matt Martin
Megan Nix
Melissa Soul Sister
Mitch Paone
Nikoli
Nina
Oscar
Patrick Strange
Peaches
Pierce, Chris, Vince
Quincy
Rami Sharky
Ross
Rowley
Ryan Scully
Scarlet Feinberg
Sean "Delta"
Susan
Susan Woods
Tom Varisco
Zack Smith

I love you all.

One Year Ago.

Modeling New Orleans after Denver?

Slate Magazine yesterday published online an article written by architect and critic Witold Rybczynksi on how the residential and commercial sector of New Orleans could be rebuilt successfully by following the model Denver has used in several reconstructive efforts there.

I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the architecture in Denver, but it is refreshing to see there are visionaries out there still, almost 1-year since the disaster, offering advice on the city I loved and lived in until the storm, based on the city I was born and raised in.

Previously, several architecture firms came up with the Katrina Cottage to replace FEMA trailers, which in my opinion look like garbage and an insult to those forced to live in them.

Here is the full Slate article. Thanks Heather O, another Denver/Nola kid, for sending this one my way.

M&M Art, Hype, and Poo

Guaranteed hype over this guys art, for the following reasons:

1. Donny Johnson, the artist, is a convicted killer in solitary confinement

2. He doesn't have access to any art supplies so he's used his own hair as a brush, coffee and kool aid for a thinner, and melted M&Ms for paint.

3. He's already in a swanky gallery in Mexico, on CNN, and in New York Times, having sold some of these postcard-sized paintings totalling several thousand dollars.

Is it good art? Its hard to tell, but why does that even matter anymore? You could poo on a canvas and end up in MoMa if you had hype like this guy (or the guy who actually did use poo on a canvas and get huge)