Category: Urban Neighborhood

Art, Charity, Children, Community, Culture, Life, Memoir, New Orleans, Photography, Urban Neighborhood, Youth

St. Roch Community Youth SoapBox Collective hosted by Making Connections NOLA & Crescent Care Health

On Saturday evening, Mother’s Day Eve while most of you were out shopping for last minute Mother’s Day gifts for the phenomenal women in your lives; several of us from the St. Roch Community sat in a room in support of our talented youth and adults from our neighborhood. We came together in a low lit community room to listen and see the works of our youth entitled” Soapbox Collective,” you may know it by Open Mic for an evening of music, performances, and works of arts that engage the issues of our young people. Continue reading St. Roch Community Youth SoapBox Collective hosted by Making Connections NOLA & Crescent Care Health

NOLA Wear Orange-We Can End Gun Violence
Business, Chronic illness, Culture, Life, Memoir, New Orleans, Photography, Urban Neighborhood

NOLA Wear Orange-We Can End Gun Violence

Life is for living, and we all come into the world to die, but we weren’t birth just to be murdered. It’s a man-made problem, and we can stop it. 

Please support Mom’s Demand Action Nola and Nola Wear Orange if the most you can do is wear an orange ribbon that day! There are more ways to spread awareness than attending. Continue reading NOLA Wear Orange-We Can End Gun Violence

A conversation with a New Orleans Urban Cowboy; Michael A. Hollins aka Dat Ghetto Cowboy
Culture, Memoir, New Orleans, Relationships, Urban Neighborhood

A conversation with a New Orleans Urban Cowboy; Michael A. Hollins aka Dat Ghetto Cowboy

Maybe you were dancing along the streets during a Second Line and noticed a group of men riding their horses up and down the neutral ground ( the “median-” You know, that little strip of land in the middle of a road.) and thought what horses have to do with the Second Line. Tourist aren’t the only ones with these questions. There are plenty of New Orleanians who do not know the full story of how these young men can saddle up and ride through our neighborhoods as if they were in the Wild Wild West. Continue reading A conversation with a New Orleans Urban Cowboy; Michael A. Hollins aka Dat Ghetto Cowboy

Let me show you My NOLA Neighborhood
Memoir, New Orleans, Non-fiction, Urban Neighborhood

Let me show you My NOLA Neighborhood

As I open my eyes, I’m pleased to see all that imagined sat right before me, it all was going on right outside my door, amid my neighborhood in the 504! The sights, sounds, and the pleasant smells of my neighborhood brings comfort to my heart and soothes my soul. I hope that sharing my NOLA will satisfy the desire to visit until you can visit our fascinating city. Just know that I’m here to give you a personal virtual tour of my Nola Life until then! Continue reading Let me show you My NOLA Neighborhood

Update on New Orleans only Black-Owned grocery store, Circle Food Store: Sold
Community, Culture, Life, Memoir, New Orleans, News, Non-fiction, Urban Neighborhood

Update on New Orleans only Black-Owned grocery store, Circle Food Store: Sold

We wonder why black businesses have a hard time keeping their doors open. We tend to blame every other race, the government and the list goes on, but there is a separation happening amongst us. If we were to commit to supporting one another then maybe we can keep those trillions of dollars cycling within our families and communities. But that would mean we would have to stop viewing each other as competition and rid ourselves of jealousy. Our own jealousies, competitiveness, unwillingness to support one another and pettiness with other black people is what’s keeping us from moving forward. Continue reading Update on New Orleans only Black-Owned grocery store, Circle Food Store: Sold