Summer doings

Ms. H and I are going to the matinee showing of "North By Northwest" at the Prytania today.

This weekend is Satchmo Summerfest.

After the weekend, Ms. H., Ms. B. and I are heading to the coast for a beach vacation. Ms. B. just got a brand new Prius, so we're going to take that. I haven't been in the Prius yet, so I can't confirm if it comes equipt with lattes to sip and the radio pre-set to NPR.

Links d'jour: New Orleans 1 month to K +4

Approaching 4 years after the "greatest man-made engineering disaster in American history":

Harry Shearer: What Makes a Natural Disaster Worse? When it's Man-Made


Times-Picayune: United Nations group gets a look at post-Katrina housing woes
"On Monday, UNITY officials told the latest U.N. visitors that they believe 6,000 squatters may live in the city's more than 65,000 abandoned structures."