Category Archives: katrina

Parkway POTUS

Written by Peter. Posted on August 30, 2010. Filed under annunciation, food, katrina, orleans, politics, work. No comments.
Parkway POTUS
We were tickled to see that President Obama stopped in at one of our favorite lunch spots, Parkway Bakery & Tavern, while he was in town for the Katrina +5 anniversary. He apparently got the shrimp po-boy.

Won’t Bow. Don’t Know How.

Written by Peter. Posted on April 16, 2010. Filed under annunciation, dirty, fauborg, katrina, orleans, politics. No comments.
Won’t Bow. Don’t Know How.
David Simon’s new HBO series ‘Treme’ debuted last Sunday, and I got to watch it recently.  It’s always tough to see New Orleans portrayed by the outside world, but Treme does so relatively well.   Gorgeous cinematography, great music and vibe – so we’ll try to forgive the heavy-handed cultural name dropping and awkward references.  All [...]

Erik Below Sea Level.

Written by Peter. Posted on March 7, 2009. Filed under brand, business, design, fauborg, flash, guerrilla, interactive, internet, katrina, orleans, projects, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Erik Below Sea Level.
Our friend Erik ‘the k is black‘ Kiesewetter has launched an updated portfolio here, and it’s (as he’d say) ‘bangin’. He’s a great talent and we work with him often. Ask him about his Bike® Shorts.

Neo-Nazi Jessica Simpson.

Written by Peter. Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under consumer, katrina, orleans, politics, trend, vids. No comments.
Neo-Nazi Jessica Simpson.
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> From Wikipedia: On September 23 2008, LaBruzzo raised controversy by proposing that women receiving government welfare should be sterilized. The proposal was criticized by opponents as “racist, sexist, unethical and immoral.” The sterilization proposal has a great deal in common with a previous proposal by Neo-Nazi David Duke, [...]

Ike Strikes.

Written by Peter. Posted on September 18, 2008. Filed under katrina, politics, trend. No comments.
Ike Strikes.
Fish remain stuck in a fence as flood waters caused by Hurricane Ike recede, in West Orange, Texas, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Home Sweet Home

Written by Peter. Posted on September 11, 2008. Filed under katrina, orleans, politics. No comments.
Home Sweet Home
Got back from our Gustav evacuation, and was at our offices this morning when I noticed the new modification to our neighbor’s car. Yikes.

Banksy in New Orleans.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 28, 2008. Filed under banksy, brand, design, fauborg, graffiti, guerrilla, katrina, orleans, politics, pranks. No comments.
Banksy in New Orleans.
Wow. Great stuff, commenting on the 3rd anniversary of Katrina - UK guerrilla artist Banksy murals New Orleans.

Banksy in New Orleans??

Written by Peter. Posted on August 28, 2008. Filed under banksy, brand, design, fauborg, graffiti, guerrilla, katrina, orleans, politics, pranks. No comments.
Banksy in New Orleans??
Rumors and evidence of possible Banksy work (or closely derived from his work) seen in New Orleans, on the 3rd anniversary of Katrina. Small photoset here.

Know-Nothing Politics

Written by Peter. Posted on August 8, 2008. Filed under consumer, katrina, orleans, politics, trend. No comments.
Know-Nothing Politics
Now, I don’t mean that G.O.P. politicians are, on average, any dumber than their Democratic counterparts. And I certainly don’t mean to question the often frightening smarts of Republican political operatives. What I mean, instead, is that know-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something [...]

Must be a New Orleanian.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 31, 2008. Filed under design, graffiti, guerrilla, katrina, orleans, politics, pranks. No comments.
Must be a New Orleanian.