The other day I went for a bike ride on the levee instead of going to the gym. It was absolutely wonderful. I love biking on a day that is slightly cool so that while you're hot from biking, the cold air on your bare arms is refreshing and invigorating. Even though New Orleans is a city surrounded by water, I hardly interact with it the same way that I do with water at home in Charleston. Here, the only time I really see the water is when I go to the levee. Just the smell of water in the air is absolutely beautiful for me, and one of those things that I don't notice has been gone until I smell it again. Riding my bike and breathing that air made me realize that I absolutely have to live on the water. That smell just soothes me and takes me home, and I absolutely can't live without it. I can't stop thinking about that smell, and wanting to get back to it, but unfortunately it's dropped about 20 degrees since my bike ride and the levee is always windy - way too cold for my southern blood.
Here are some places by the water I wouldn't mind living.
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