We went to the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans this weekend. It was almost cancelled because of the hurricane, but the organizers decided to move the show to Riverview Park, and give the tickets away free to the National Guard and various volunteers. Cat, why do New Orleans people call that park "the fly"?

The vet school got some tickets for all their work saving animals. I guess New Orleans is getting back to normal, because there were plenty of drunk high-school students. It was a fun concert, and a perfect day to be outside. The uptown area of New Orleans wasn't badly damaged. We had lunch at Reginelli's, our favorite little restaurant on Magazine and State, and everything seems normal there -- except for the occasional humvee full of M16-toting soldiers, which is somewhat disturbing. That gives me a sort of "what's wrong with this picture" feeling.

We had dinner with my parents, who are getting settled into their rental house in Metairie and making plans for rebuilding the Lakeview house. It's going to be a while, though.

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