Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana...You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your yard. We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.
A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons--make daiquiris. - Chris Rose
A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons--make daiquiris.
- Chris Rose
It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words. - Chris Rose
It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words.
Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day hencefo… - Chris Rose
Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day hencefo…
When I am introduced as someone from New Orleans, people sometimes say: "I'm so sorry." New Orleans. I'm so sorry. That's not the way it was before,n… - Chris Rose
When I am introduced as someone from New Orleans, people sometimes say: "I'm so sorry." New Orleans. I'm so sorry. That's not the way it was before,n…
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our j… - Chris Rose
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our j…
If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak. - Chris Rose
If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak.
To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default. - Chris Rose
To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.
Time is running out for the climate - Chris Rose
Time is running out for the climate
The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else. - Chris Rose
The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.
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