I realized how much I love Ritz crackers and peanut butter, pb & j sandwiches with tall glasses of milk are too good to leave in our childhood, and I learned how to grill!

If Nash Roberts wouldn't say it, then don't believe it.

People can't drive! At intersection w/ No lites!

rememeber to be patient & treat no lights as a 4way stop.

I learned a certain quietude with a 5000 watt generator.
I learned darkness is doable with a Louisiana National Guard unit at the corner. High Five!
I learned that we have now a New Orleans Police Dept, they did not run. They kept The Line.
I learned that our city needs victory over adversity so badly that we've misunderestimated our Resilience to real Heavy Weather in the face of a Cat .0101 hurricane. I wish people would get real about our factual vulnerabilities before they are Seriously Tested instead of acting like the Exquisite Corps pulled a rabbit out of our ass.

I learned an even greater appreciation for the citizens of New Orleans and thus believe, had we actually gotten our ass kicked, I could've depended on my friends and neighbors and the city government and aw'dat to Hold The Line that sometimes just keeps rising.

The boys at basil leaf are awesome neighbors. While hanging out in the dark drinking wine with the front door open, and an nopd officer stopped his car and checked in to make sure we weren't looters.
Bagpipe music sounds better during a hurricane.
The floors at the leaf are slippery in a hurricane if you we ar flip flops.
Lithium ion batteries are useful in costumes as well as hurricanes.

There is nothing that keeps this city down. We may have had a hitch in our step due to Issac, but New Orleanians are a hardy bunch. Barely even phased em.