L is in town till Monday, but is not working on Saturday. We can probably hang out on Sunday though!

Also, I am massively, disproportionately bitter that they changed the boil to tonight from Sunday. GRUMP.

Yeah, that was a fustercluck of epic proportions.

Wait, I meant, she's in town until Tuesday, and is working on Monday.

Ooh, Nora, quick question about NOLA environs. The Bayou St. John area-- would it be referred to by the neighborhood name or ward number?

Neighborhood name. That's the norm for most neighborhoods, except for the Lower Ninth (the Upper Ninth is called Bywater) and the Seventh Ward. (ETA to fix my error)

I originally thought that Bayou St. John was a sub-nabe of Mid-City but I looked it up on our website (npnnola.com) and it is indeed broken out separately. NPN did a lot of work in identifying neighborhoods v. sub-neighborhoods/neighborhood associations so that's where I turn for validation on that. Also 'cause that's where I work.

I originally thought that Bayou St. John was a sub-nabe of Mid-City but I looked it up on our website (npnnola.com) and it is indeed broken out separately. NPN did a lot of work in identifying neighborhoods v. sub-neighborhoods/neighborhood associations so that's where I turn for validation on that. Also 'cause that's where I work.

You're a goddess! I was getting the gist that neighborhood name was mostly the norm, but of course, had seen a few differences, like with Lower Ninth, so I wanted to make sure I as using the appropriate nomenclature because nothing will throw a reader out more than a detail like that.

Also bookmarking site.

Of course there is Holy Cross, which is a neighborhood within the Lower Ninth Ward parameters and called by the neighborhood name, which is the kind of thing that will confuse anyone...

Basically, Holy Cross (though over the Industrial Canal and in the Lower Ninth) has historically been white/higher income (even had its own private boys school there till the storm) and must be separated from the Lower Ninth poor and black denizens. (cue eye roll).

Of course there is Holy Cross, which is a neighborhood within the Lower Ninth Ward parameters and called by the neighborhood name, which is the kind of thing that will confuse anyone...

You know, oddly enough, I picked up on that subtlety and it didn't confuse me. (Looking at demographics & property values is fascinating that way.)

For whatever reason, New Orleans is an easy city for me to pick up on its quirks. Perhaps because it's very similar to Miami in that it's a city that's not of the US in a lot of ways. It's set up and operates very differently from anywhere else and for that reason, I love it a lot, even though it's been years since I've visited. I was actually telling Lewis the other night that it's a pity I have such low tolerance for heat, humidity, and bugs the size of aircraft carriers, because there's so much about the city that appeals to me.

Erin, insent in re: your Press post.

Yeah, that was a fustercluck of epic proportions.

Do you know what happened?

Also, I believe the Seventh Ward is subdivided into Bywater (the L strip along river and Industrial Canal) and St. Claude.

Erin, insent in re: your Press post.

And another, from my work email (ieee.org).