Residents in the 3100 block of State Street Drive first noticed water bubbling up from the surface of the street on Monday, December 19, 2011.  This video shows the worst of it. It is widely accepted that as much as 75% of New Orleans' fresh water supply is being…See More

The Tulane Office of Emergency Management will conduct a test of the new outdoor alert sirens on Thursday, December 22nd at 11:00 a.m. These sirens are intended to alert people on the Uptown Tulane Campus of the need to shelter indoors from potentially hazardous conditions. The test will consist of a series of siren tones, followed by voice announcements over a period of about 5 minutes. These sirens may be audible in your location. For this reason, we wanted to ensure you were aware of the…See More

Our cat Sable

By now, you may have heard that New Orleans Police Department will be redrawing the boundaries of all 8 districts. The change is intended to distribute manpower and work loads more evenly across the City, based on the department's in-depth computer modeling.Our neighborhood lies near the center of Second District - the eastern boundary of which will contract after midnight, January 1, 2012, from Louisiana Avenue over to Napoleon Avenue - so will not be changing its affilation.For those…See More