L. Delaney
- Oct 31, 2020
- 7 min
New Orleans: Halloween & Voodoo at the Angel-Xiques Mansion
My first home in New Orleans was the Olivier House, a 19th-century French Quarter mansion-turned hotel, whose 40+ rooms each deserve a...
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L. Delaney
- Oct 19, 2020
- 8 min
Mothers, Don't Let your Daughters Grow into Miniaturists
Writ through tears, October 2020 Dearest reader, hark and heed my tale of woe---the tale of a good girl turned miniaturist! As I sit...
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L. Delaney
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
Edna Ferber's Show Boat
Since reading Edna Ferber’s novel, I’ve been enthralled by the history of showboats. From the 1880s to the 1920s, these floating theaters...
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L. Delaney
- Apr 14, 2014
- 1 min
New Orleans: Olivier House
In the French Quarter of New Orleans, there stands a grand old house. It defies the natural course of ruin by growing outward rather than...
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L. Delaney
- Feb 15, 2014
- 2 min
New Orleans: Saint Roch Chapel
In a city of weird cemeteries, St Roch is peculiar. Crowds of visitors make their way to nearby Lafayette and St. Louis No. 1, paying...
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L. Delaney
- Jan 1, 2014
- 4 min
New Orleans: "Jazz Funeral"
At the time of this happening, I was an even sillier person than I am today, who had come to expect certain things of people of a certain...
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