I will never tire of walking the streets of New Orleans and being amazed by all the wonderful architecture. New Orleans is such a unique environment in that the slightly worse-for-wear house sits right next to the glossy magazine special house. The citizens of New Orleans seem to ooze that particular joie de vivre found in no other place into every aspect of their lives, especially in the choice of house color. Having grown up in New Orleans and being used to the brilliant colors usually only acceptable to the rest of the world on a funky beach house, my uncle was sorely disappointed by Charleston's pride and joy, Rainbow Row. He renamed it "Wussy Pastel Row"which I think almost any New Orleanian would whole-heartedly agree with. Here's how New Orleans does color.
(Notice the lawn ornamentation in the blue house - also known as a toilet.)
(As I was walking I happened to look down a side street from just the right vantage point to see this old box fan in the garage attic. Isn't it wonderful? As my Mamma said, it must be a New Orleans trait to hold onto everything!)
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