Elizabeth’s Bedroom
There’s a line like “Her room is an explosion of color and paintings and New Orleans-themed artifacts and motifs – fleur-de-lis and French Quarter street signs, blue dogs, Mardi Gras masks and voodoo dolls, the water meter cover and St. Louis Cathedral”.
New Orleans has its own art and symbolism and expression. There’s a rich history and culture, attitude and life that’s hard to find anywhere else in the country. It’s a city for love and beauty and art that represents its ...
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Bonnet Carre Spillway and Park
The Bonnet Carre Spillway opened and flooding Lake Ponchatrain with I-10 in the background.
Personally, I think the Bonnet Carre Spillway (pronounced Bun-nay Care-ee) is fascinating. It’s a release valve for the Mississippi River that is opened (usually in the summer) when there’s the likelihood that the Mississippi will overflow and flood the region. There’s basically a mile and half long concrete weir (kind of like a dam) and when it’s opened, millions of tons of water rush ...