we all scream...for ice cream!
My blog is still not caught up with where I am currently on my house, but I am taking a little sidebar here with current news.
We all scream for ice cream!
That was certainly the case today here in MidCity New Orleans! Another step in the right direction for my neighborhood after the devasting flood.
My favorite ice cream shop re-opened today (Saturday, Sept 23rd, 2006).
(My second favorite is Creole Creamery in Uptown).
Angelo Brocato's is an old Italian style ice cream shop and they have been in New Orleans 100 years. They serve more than just ice cream...confections like Bisquit Tortoni, Cannoli, Cassata, Gelato, Italian Ice, Sciallotti, Spumoni, Torroncino, and Tira Mi Su.
It was quite the celebration today and fun to see some neighbors I had not seen in awhile. Check it out....there was a line down the block and around the corner. I was helping to hand out flyers for my neighborhood organization and people came from as far away as Baton Rouge for this re-opening....amazing.
Hopefully with their opening, that section of Carrollton Avenue in MidCity will come back! (By the way, I had my favorite...chocolate chip ice cream!)
Here is their website for a little cool history www.angelobrocatoicecream.com
One last bizarre item
I was standing on the corner with two of my co-horts from the MCNO (MidCity Neighborhood Organization) after handing out the flyers at Brocato's and we were talking about a large two story house about 2 blocks away.
It has continued to deteriorate and lean since the storm. We were looking at it thinking any day it would fall...well low and behold a strong wind came through and the thing collapsed. We could not believe it. How weird is that?
So as you can see, despite progress, things still are not normal here....
We all scream for ice cream!
That was certainly the case today here in MidCity New Orleans! Another step in the right direction for my neighborhood after the devasting flood.
My favorite ice cream shop re-opened today (Saturday, Sept 23rd, 2006).
(My second favorite is Creole Creamery in Uptown).
Angelo Brocato's is an old Italian style ice cream shop and they have been in New Orleans 100 years. They serve more than just ice cream...confections like Bisquit Tortoni, Cannoli, Cassata, Gelato, Italian Ice, Sciallotti, Spumoni, Torroncino, and Tira Mi Su.
It was quite the celebration today and fun to see some neighbors I had not seen in awhile. Check it out....there was a line down the block and around the corner. I was helping to hand out flyers for my neighborhood organization and people came from as far away as Baton Rouge for this re-opening....amazing.
Hopefully with their opening, that section of Carrollton Avenue in MidCity will come back! (By the way, I had my favorite...chocolate chip ice cream!)
Here is their website for a little cool history www.angelobrocatoicecream.com
One last bizarre item
I was standing on the corner with two of my co-horts from the MCNO (MidCity Neighborhood Organization) after handing out the flyers at Brocato's and we were talking about a large two story house about 2 blocks away.
It has continued to deteriorate and lean since the storm. We were looking at it thinking any day it would fall...well low and behold a strong wind came through and the thing collapsed. We could not believe it. How weird is that?
So as you can see, despite progress, things still are not normal here....
posted by Lynn at 12:13 AM
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