New Orleans, The Accidental Monument (from the series: The Accidental Pilgrim)
This is New Orleans, as it was about a year ago when I discovered it – perhaps the most beautiful city in the USA – but still partly in ruins, from the ravages of Katrina. The picture was taken on Basin St just outside the French Quarter, where I found this strange monument to je-ne-sais-quoi. It could easily be a monument to the hurricane that knocked News Orleans off its feet, were it not for the fact that it’s been there for a lot longer than 3 years. I have no idea what it symbolizes.
I bought a T-Shirt in New Orleans that I sometimes wear. The slogan on it reads:
Drove My Chevy To The Levee, But The Levee Was Gone
As I write this posting, the news services inform me that yet another hurricane is barreling across the Gulf of Mexico in the direction of New Orleans. I hope hurricane Gustav does not have the name of The Big Easy written all over it. Right now, New Orleans has no defense against another hurricane…
