Eiffel Fifel Huh?

There is a little known piece of the Eiffel Tower in New Orleans — little known that is to non New Orleanians. The funny thing about this structure located at 2040 St. Charles Avenue is I remember it well when it was first constructed in the 80’s and operated as a restaurant. Then it sat abandoned for nearly 15 years or so. Just a few years ago it operated as The Cricket Club, a rental place for events. My brother and sister-in-law, in fact, were married here and it was a gorgeous wedding. Toni, his wife, lit the entire front space with candles that reflected light off of the towering bank of windows. The only trouble at that time was that we didn’t know if the evening wedding was going to happen until 6pm — after the waters subsided enough from a sudden torrential thunderstorm that down poured on the city and left it flooded. It was the first flood after Katrina, so you can imagine how all the residents, not just those trying to get to a wedding on unsurpassable streets, thought, “Oh, no, here we go again.” The caterer had to wade into the event holding the cake above his head.

That’s a side note of family fun. This story, however was brought to my attention by my mother, who still lives in New Orleans. Evidently a group of artists got together via the Eiffel Society to “create art” while living in the structure for a month. OK, I like great art but decide for yourself if this unfortunately fits the artist stereotype. This supplied my humor for the day and why there is a huh in the title.

Voila, and here is some great, catchy musical-art to Kick Start your weekend, Le Pain Perdue by Cimbo Matto (click the play button on the song link). Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a video.

Here’s a previous post on Cimbo Matto (AKA, crazy food in Italian).