Shannon

@nolashan.bsky.social

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Native Louisianian. Probably not leaving, despite everything. Retired techie/bureaucrat. She/her.

My husband and I outside Herbsaint restaurant.
A small/medium black purse with s SPICY pin
A meme with a woman holding a telephone to her ear. The caption says "Yes, that's correct. And the horse you rode in on."
My husband and I, a couple of middle aged white people, in Jackson Square with the Presbytere and St. Louis Cathedral in the background.
A frozen hurricane and a cocktail on the bar at Seven Three distillery.
Newly framed chalk art of Micheal Garcia behind the bar at Care Forgot.
A little metal flamingo lawn ornament with a broken solar light, lying on a sidewalk.
View from the 1200 block of Decatur looking upriver. The street is under construction but the fences have been removed.
An overhead utility line caught on the lift of a construction dumpster truck.
A street surrounded by construction such that there is no pedestrian or vehicular cross traffic. There's still a working traffic light.
A cloudy sky with crowds breaking in the distance.
Google street view of I10 on the bridhr coming into Baton Rouge. Signs for 110 north to downtown an the airport, estbound 10 to I12, and Highland Road/Nicholson.
My husband and I in Viking headwear with jasmine vines on the horns.
A wrong way driver trying to turn around while another idiot in a van keeps driving towards him.
A muscadine vine with a lot of fruit.
Me, my husband, and the Care Forgot mural featuring our friend Michael.
A message saying a package was delivered. It includes picture of the front door of a house. No package is visible in the picture.
Wall of a house under construction, seen through a window next door.
Breakfast gumbo from Bywater Bakery.
Six pretty cupcakes.
Pool at Lost Coyote.
A construction dumpster overflowing with cardboard and Styrofoam.
Some cans of Bugs amd Hugs beer from Parleaux Beer Lab, along with a half-drunk pint.
A large truck facing the wrong way on a one way street, completely blocking traffic.
A screenshot of the nola.com website with a headline about the Gumball 3000 event highlighted.
DC city view with the Washington Monument in the background.
A vintage K&B hurricane tracking map and an Antigravity magazine 2026 version.
A view of the Gulf of Mexico over the sand dunes.
A TV screen showing a flash flood warning for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
A Miel Beer pint glass and a 4-pack of their Bugs & Hugs beer.
My disgruntled face as my car is being loaded onto a tow truck behind me.
A mug of German beer on a picnic table.
A very muddy forest.
The exterior wall of a house with a large portion of the siding on the ground and a window falling off and leaning against a chain link fence.
The pool at Lost Coyote.
A street in New Orleans under a cloudy sky with a rainbow breaking through the clouds.
St. Louis High School with blue tarp after Hurricane Laura.
Screenshot showing the St. George school district passing with 60% of the vote in Livingston Parish
Screenshot shows St. George school dialect failing in East Baton Rouge Parish with 70% voting no.
Middle aged white lady wearing a "Cajuns against mass deportation" t-shirt with an "I voted" sticker.
A cute brown dog with tiny ears is snuggling in her dad's lap. She's just a baby
Sign that reads: THE FOREST Planted and nurtured by Joe Duplessis to be enjoyed for generations to come because he loved life and family. We thank him for preserving the peace and beauty of God's creation. Established 1979.
Magnetic New Orleans street tile letters spell out PUPPY LOVE.
A large magnolia blossom with a bee inside.
Screenshot of a text that days "You brought termites with you from new orleans, they're swarming again"
My husband and I raising our glasses in a series of goofy poses.
A DO NOT ENTER street sign with "FUCK'N" written in marker in the middle so it says "DO NOT FUCK'N ENTER."
A post from Jazzfest saying "Today's Jazz Fest is sold out. At this time, tickets are still available for tomorrow." A picture says SATURDAY, MAY 2 SOLD OUT.
My husband and I in front of Acamaya restaurant.
She also sent Fortenberry an article about Garcia's death, along with laughing emojis. "F---ed his s--- up," she wrote.
A completely inaccurate map showing an nonsensical route from Jazzfest to the Bulldog. The Fairgrounds is north of 610, Canal Blvd somehow intersects Gentilly, and the Bulldog appears to be on Broad St, near its imaginary intersection with Carrollton.
The stage at Snug Harbor in New Orleans.
A listing of various performances at Louisiana Music Factory on April 27-29 and May 4.
My husband and I, just a couple of middle aged Jazzfesters.
Jon Batiste through the crowd.
A patio wall covered in jasmine.
Tin Men on stage at French Quarter Festival.
Placard in the museum showing the Banksy in its original location on a firehouse.
A Banksky piece featuring the Gray Ghost.
A memorial poster for Michael Garcia with a goofy picture of him and "LIVE LIKE MICHAEL" in big print on the bottom.