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Shazam! Snow, Snow & More Snow
Shazam! The Saints won the Superbowl!…I’m still in shock! And Wow what a snow storm we had over the weekend, over two feet and another storm is on the way this Tuesday. This might hamper the meeting I’m hosting for my entrepreneurial women’s group. I’ve ordered my King Cakes but I’m not sure they’ll be able to get here or if the ladies can with already impassable, unplowed streets. Just some uncertainties to worry about but for now, we’re enjoying the snow. A winter wonderland. We walked down to some friends’ house to have dinner and no one was on the roads. There was a little more activity when we…
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Super Art Smackdown Bet
The Saints better win the Super Bowl! There’s a high stake art bet taking place between the NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art) and Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). If Saints win, IMA will send, “The Fifth Plague of Egypt,” painted in 1800 by William Turner and if the Colts win, NOMA will send, “Ideal View of Tivoli,” painted in 1644 by Claude Lorrain. This is was an inside bet between museum directors William Anderson of IMA and John Bullard of NOMA, each equally confident that they won’t have to comply. The Times Picayune describes the humorous details of the high brow chat and circumstances. No details, however, on how…
Icebergs
Before I begin this post, I just have to say there was nothing cold about the Saints winning yesterday’s NFL championship. It was a tense, heated game and I’m not even a football fan but this is my hometown team and after all New Orleans has been through, the team, the city, and the people deserve it! Superbowl, here we come…..! Nature’s Art. These Icebergs are really beautiful and awe inspiring in that they are not man-made. Be sure to click on the video link below to see what you may find in the water…. (Text and photos uncredited from a circulated email) STRIPED ICEBERGS Icebergs in the Antarctic area…
