Y’ALL I am so bad at tumblr.
Just think of me as Britney trying to go shopping in a mall.
It’s HARD, y’all!
The issue with New Orleanians is, even when we make what the world tells us is the right choice, and we go somewhere else for the sake of career opportunity, we become sad — not just because we aren’t taking advantage of the many good things about our city but also because we feel guilt that we chose the thrifty economic logic of Protestant America over burning eros, and also over the rare opportunity to live in a place where just living makes you part of a grand story of death and renewal still being written after three hundred years.
(Source: bradleywarshauer)
Along the way Verne has become an eccentric staple in Southern living rooms, like your uncle at Thanksgiving who keeps trying to get you to sell your gold fillings and put the proceeds into his foundation which is seeking to overthrow the electoral college.
–mmm, sports writers!
“So fellow Southerners, please stop this “be sure to say ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ to anyone 5 years older than you” instruction. It makes your children sound like robots with an agenda. We (okay, I) am smart enough to know when they’re using it to try and get something.”
-nytimes.com commenter
Or maybe it’s because we have respect for strangers, sir.
– A Last Bastion of Civility, the South, Sees Manners Decline - Readers’ Comments - NYTimes.comAnd Councilman Jon Johnson hinted that another major competitor to Whole Foods may also be looking at New Orleans. “I know that some of us have been talking to some of your competitors,” Johnson said, “and I won’t necessarily call those names, but it’s like a ‘T,’ ‘J’ initials.
– Whole Foods ekes out minor concessions from City Council: 9 p.m. closing time, pumpkins on the patio » Uptown MessengerNew York is about as important as it states, but it’s the hot girl who knows she’s hot and always gets what she wants. We all act polite and need her acceptance, but nobody really likes that bitch except that bitch
– 24 Reasons Why New Orleans Is the Best City on Earth & L.A. Is Bullshit | god-eat-god worlds
