Joanna and I are at Fair Grind again (our typical morning ritual, now that Phil is a working man.) Apparently on Friday night they have music outside on the benches, so I'm going to come by and check it out. Tonight Phil, Joanna and I are going to a free preview of a new play reading festival at a place called Le Chat Noir. A couple of people I met when I was here in June from NYU are involved.

Yesterday Joanna, Phil and I played frisbee in City Park, which is beautiful. I'd like to explore it more, sometime when it's not quite so hot. The locals keep saying that it starts cooling off in October, which I think for them means like 60.

Had a great conversation with our landlord Sean last night, who I like a lot. His family has been in New Orleans for generations, which seems pretty common here. He was talking about how culturally rich the city is, and how friendly and open its people are, and that after the storm a lot of people were scattered all over the country and couldn't cope with the difference between the ways people interact here and the ways they interact (or don't interact) elsewhere.

Anyway, Sean directed me to the water and sewage board to transfer the water bill into my name, so that's where I'm headed. I promise my blog will get more interesting once I have a job and a camera.