LA. Stories
As luck would have it, work brought me to the southern Lousiana/Mississippi border area last week. I was able to run into New Orleans for lunch and quick stop at Faulkner House Books. The tiny Faulkner House is quickly becoming my all time favorite book store. The books are mostly hard cover contemporary fiction, but they also have an amazing collection of classic first editions (this visit I saw firsts for To Kill A Mockingbird, Grapes of Wrath, Catcher in the Rye, and others). They also have some non-fiction, poetry, and a stand alone short story collection. Because space is so light (your kitchen may be bigger than the store), there is usually only one volume of each book, but each book has been clearly hand picked by someone who loves books. While I was there, a customer with a stated preference for non-fiction asked the owner, Joe DeSalvo, why he preferred reading fiction. DeSalvo said, “I like fiction because I want to understand the truth.”
The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society is holding its annual festival this coming weekend in New Orleans. I can’t find a link..
In other NOLA news:
Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose has a great article about the local reaction to the new TV cop-drama K-Ville:
Anyone who watched the first episode of the show was likely perplexed by fictional New Orleans police officer Marlin Boulet’s repeated references to “gumbo parties.” Sure, it seems a simple enough idea: Have a party, serve gumbo. Hence, a gumbo party…
“In the first 50 seconds of the first show, the guy said ‘gumbo party,’ and I couldn’t make a roux fast enough,” Dyer said last Monday night as friends and associates filed into his Bywater home to participate in the city’s newest fad.
Another of Rose’s recent columns was about a young guy who felt the pull to return to New Orleans so strongly that he rode his bike home. From New York City.
Finally: amateur mixologists, I call on you for assistance. I picked up a bottle of Absolut New Orleans flavored vodka. What does New Orleans taste like? — Apparently mango and black pepper. So the question is: what do I mix this with?
November 12, 2007 1:40 pm 5 Comments
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By flavawheel, November 12, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
I’d guess a half-bottle of Pepto and four aspirin. Mango and BLACK PEPPER? Seriously? Reminds me of an ill-advised combo of Absolute Peppar and warm grapefuit juice a desperate friend and I mixed up for a road trip out to Ginnie Springs. Puke-tastic.
By Herman Glimscher, November 12, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
I would guess some Sarasota water and a twist of Lyme.
By Tim, November 12, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
It’s not as bad as it sounds. So far I’ve come up with “on the rocks.” I’m thinking that fruit juice would overwhelm the flavor based on that experiment. Soda or tonic might work. Some kinda martini wouldn’t be a bad call either. OK, back to the lab…
By Dr J, November 13, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Mix it with Old Man River. It’ll put hair on your chest.
By Tim, November 13, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
… and cancer in your bladder.