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Nola-bound. Bring on the marching bands, the soul food, the music, the parades, the chaos, the humidity, the friends, the family, and the dancing in the streets.
See you in a week, New York. Carnival is calling me home. ⚜️💜💚💛⚜️
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8/29/2017: Today is the twelfth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And boy, oh boy, it’s shaping up to be a hard one.
Usually, this time of year I write an uplifting post about the spirit of love and the resilience of my beloved NOLA and her unbreakable spirit. I talk about the deeply meaningful life lessons I learned from one of the most challenging experiences I and my loved ones will ever live through. I talk about the community we built for ourselves and the power of laughter and the joy of helping others and finding silver linings in the aftermath of chaos.
But today I woke up for the third time this week to terrifyingly familiar newscasts and bleak weather forecasts from down in Texas and all I'm able to feel is an impotent sense of helplessness in the face of Mother Nature, a sinking feeling of gut-wrenching dread when I think about how little faith I have in the current presidential administration to actually get down there and help, and a homesickness for New Orleans that's making it hard for me to stop crying.
So today on the twelfth anniversary of Katrina, as Harvey continues to wreak havoc in Houston and across the western side of the Gulf, I'm not looking to the past to how far New Orleans has come and how much I learned. I'm looking to the future, and asking "what can I do to help?”
Here are just a few of the relief efforts and charities that my friends and loved ones are supporting right now. I’m sharing here in case any of my followers are looking for ways to help, also: - LGBTQ Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund (run by the Montrose Center) - Feeding Texas (a network of food banks within the state) - Covenant House Texas - Coalition for the Homeless - The Texas Diaper Bank
Katrina taught me about the power of the individual. It taught me that when governments fail, ordinary people step up. The kindness and decency of other people is what got me through 2005 with enough laughter to balance out the tears. We pulled through, we rebuilt, and we persisted. And so now it’s my time to pay it forward.
Please consider taking a moment today to do something kind for someone who needs it. It would mean a lot to me, and it might change their life.
Happy Fat Tuesday! I lived in New Orleans in my early 20s when I painted #MardiGrasMistress. It was a really formative experience and the days I spent fully absorbed in #meSoup as a practicing artist are some of my favorite memories. I felt like everyone was an artist or musician and was positively entranced by the culture. #DoYouKnowWhatitMeansToMissNewOrleans? I do! #504ever You can learn more about me and my relationship with art on the Themis and Thread site - link in bio - click the “ART” tab 💋 #neworleansart #neworleans #nola #mardigras #fattuesday #hectornyartist #neworleansartist #makeupart #mascaraart #styleart #fashionart #watercolorportrait (at Uptown New Orleans) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7W5JqOGzH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#Repost @nolatshirtofthemonthclub • • • • • • 🎉It’s Free Shirt Friday🎉 Tomorrow, Saturday, October 5th is @beignetfest in City Park! This weeks giveaway is the Official 2019 Beignet Festival T-Shirt! Here’s how to win. Simply LIKE this post, COMMENT your size & SHARE! TAG friends for additional entries. Good luck! This shirt will also be available for purchase tomorrow at the merchandise tent! Beignet Fest t-shirts, ladies shirts, kids shirts & Beignet Fest hats! See y’all at Beignet Fest tomorrow!! #whereyaat #dawlin #yeayourite #504ever ⚜ ✌🏼💗🔆 (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NNwPlFWt9/?igshid=12vbo0tt8um2y
Needed some time in my hometown to retreat and reconnect before a huge fall. #NOLA always inspires me and I miss this city a ton. So thankful for all that Jesus continues to do through my @vintagechurchnola family and truly believe we are just getting started. #lovenola #504ever #igersnola #churchplantingmovement #sendnetwork (at The Troubadour Hotel New Orleans, Tapestry Collection by Hilton) https://www.instagram.com/p/B09M-vknIBZ/?igshid=14fcq37kx9hak
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One thing I miss the most about NOLA (other than the food and my friends) is THUNDERSTORMS.
Nothing quite like curling up with a book and a cup of tea in the middle of July while everything outside is crackling and electric and listening to the torrents of water pounding on the glass as the deluge comes down and cools off the miserable summer heat. Or getting caught in the sudden downpour at the beginning and being drenched in warm rain as you sprint for shelter and everyone is shrieking and laughing too hard to breathe and then you just stop running bc you're all soaked through anyway so you just casually walk home or to wherever you parked as though it's totally normal to be walking under those conditions.
I've been in NY for seven and a half years now and I'm pretty sure I can only remember two or three REALLY satisfying thunderstorms. Funny, the things that make you homesick.
Life is weird part II // Five years ago, I moved to New Orleans with whatever fit in my rusty old car and barely even a vague idea about what I was doing with my life. I'm pretty overjoyed I've gotten to make a home out of a city I fell in love with when I was 16. Here's to many more days in this wonderfully weird, soul-filled, music-loving city. #nola #alwaysneworleans #504ever (at New Orleans, Louisiana)
"My poboys come from Castnet. My snoballs come from Rodney's." True East Beast. #FollowYourNOLA #CrawfishSeason #CastnetSeafood #PineappleBigShot #504ever #nofilter (at Castnet Seafood)
