New Orleans I finally stumbled on the 2005 movie, Constant Gardener, set in Africa, including extensive footage of the slums of Kibera and watched it front to back. The movie was directed by the gritty Brazilian director, Fernando Meirelles, famed for City of God, filmed in the favelas of Rio de Janiero. Constant Gardener …
Category: Personal Writings
Zydeco
Breaux Bridge We stumbled into breakfast at the Cafe des Amis on the Main Street of Breaux Bridge and within minutes found ourselves caught up in an early morning zydeco breakfast. There was a full zydeco band from Lake Charles that was hot as fire and while we tried to get eggs and sausage …
Mulate’s
Breaux Bridge It was time for my mother to have a change of scenery, so we headed for Acadiana. The fact that the air conditioning didn’t work in her car made the trip that much more authentic. Reminded me of a million years ago when we would drive to see my grandparents in California …