New Year Luck

I don't know, but I've been told that each black-eyed pea eaten on New Years Day offers some indiscriminant amount of good luck forwarded towards your next year.

So, If you don't eat black eyed peas on Sunday, we will know who to blame for the next hurricane!

I will have a big fat pot of beans at my house on Jan 1st. All are welcome. You bring the beer.

Holiday Party

So, late notice, as is my style, all are invited:

Billy and I will be hosting our annual holiday party this year on

Friday, December 16
8:30 pm til...

The idea is that you bring a gift valued no more than $10.00 and then
you wrap it so that it is not easily identified and then we draw
numbers and take turns stealing from each other in the true, New
Orleans style.

The game starts at 10pm, after everybody feels fuzzy and assertive...


Also, bring a snack and or booze.

The theme for this year: Velvet
(intepret how you wish)

Please RSVP: nikkipage@mac.com

Like a gourth grade note,
Are you coming?
Y or N?

The skinny on the neighborhood meetings

Ok, this is the press release version:

“A community at work rebuilding its own community” is the mission statement of Central City Comeback Committee. Each week members of the community gather and discuss news, events, meetings, and concerns. The attendance at these meetings varies somewhat, but they consistently are attended by representatives from Urban Impact, Sixth District police officers, and lead by Pat Evens of the UNO Urban Roots project.

Members of this committee bring information to the table concerning the results of each week’s bevy of meetings that were attended throughout the city by committee members. Regular topics of discussion include: charter schools, housing, trailer and plot allocation, job resources, information distribution, safety, and community / police relationship enhancement.

The jist of this group, is that it is very slow moving towards small actions….but it has been a good place for people to ask questions and share info. After the holidays, this group will be making a concerted effort to go-public, so I will fill you all in.

jacqui

Anyone up for a real-life meeting?

My first order of business is to resuscitate this blog. Hi, I hope everyone is doing well, and your Thanksgivings were fabulous.

My second is to try and put together an actual meeting. I would like to validate our neighborhood association. Billy told me how that is done, but I umm...mostly forgot.

These are my major concerns right now:
§ The mission is re-opening
§ There are gigantic holes in the middle of Clio between Baronne and St. Charles
§ The Carondolet St. / Erato stop signs have gone back to where they came from
§ Who knows what’s up with trash?

I propose to have a meeting next Monday 12/11/05. Any takers? Any other suggestions?
Please feel free to write, post, stop by, or call.
Jacqui Gibson
1729 Clio St.
504.460.1667