HumidCity

We are sitting in the airport at Melville Hall in Dominica waiting for our flight to San Juan. Almost gt stuck here in the third world when we got hit with a $55EC ($22 US) per person exit tax. We had just spent the only cash we had on the way to the airport and there were no money machines or any other way of obtaining $$ closer than an hour drive away. Fortunately we were able to borrow some cash from a fellow traveller until we hit Puerto Rico, otherwise we would be stuck here. This could give a person a drinking problem. Hope my cat sitters are taking god care of the beasties….
Be worried, for we shall be back in the  rubble of the Crescent City  tomorrow.

No, not the Saints! We just landed in San Juan. Now we are bound for the hotel lobby for drinks …

Well, by this time tomorrow evening we will be setting down in San Juan, our first trip out of the country together. The morning after its off to Dominica, a near complete opposite of New Orleans: ecologically pure, primarily organic, and not buried in neglected rubble. Dominica is home to Morne Trois Pitons National Park, UNESCO’s only designated World Heritage Site in this region of the Caribbean and is a prime eco-tourism destination. If you’ve seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2 you have seen the island.

We will be out of touch until the 7th when we return to the US, so you will have to hope PH Fred goes easy on you! Many thanks to my father in law, this trip is his wedding present to us!

In the meantime everybody keep a candle lit for that shining star of vitriolic insight and justified rage, Geg Peters of Suspect Device. Some of you may be unaware, but he is undergoing heart surgery up in Cleveland right now. The one thing about our trip that sucks is that we will probably note be able to get word if he makes it until after we return to the states. (Any NOLABloggers with my cell number who get word before 3pm Wed call and let me know, after that I have to turn it off and won’t have access again until I return)

Upon my return the usual yearly array of sick holiday humor and Crescent City Commentary for the middle segmet of that 4 month long holiday monster known as Thanksmasgras. Be ye warned……

Well in the midst of all the various chaos, confusion, corruption, blogging, and green chartreuse we have gotten word of our escape. There will be a few absences coming up where I will try to have guest hosts keeping the data flowing here at HumidCity while I take some much needed breathers.

Firstly in early Oct I will have my first time away from the rubble since returning late last Oct, two weeks shy of a full year since my exile. Thanks to a very generous gift from my future mother in law Lex and I will be attending Lotus Fest in Bloomington, IN (the city that brought us B.Rox). Then in early Nov we will disappear for a few days for an as yet undetermined Honeymoon, followed in late Nov by a trip to Dominica!

I am looking for some guest bloggers to keep things online while I am absent from the city. You may see a few posts from out of town, but frankly I need to get out for a bit. (Notice the deterioration in my spelling over the past few months, good indicator of personal exhaustion. Don’t worry Maitri, I will use a spell checker from now on to keep you and Alexis from beating me over the head with various objects.).

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging…..