suck the heads

Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans

  • Restaurants & Bars
    • The Goods
    • Ain’t Dere No More
  • Architecture & Design
  • People
  • Published
  • Recipes
  • Musings
  • Gallery
Menu
  • Restaurants & Bars
    • The Goods
    • Ain’t Dere No More
  • Architecture & Design
  • People
  • Published
  • Recipes
  • Musings
  • Gallery

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Victorian on St. Charles Avenue

July 30, 2013 3 Comments

It was within the pages of books that my love affair with New Orleans (and the South in general) took root. Inhaling the scent of ink and bound paper, I would loose myself in stories like Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief and A Confederacy of Dunces […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Cottage on Pearl Street

July 16, 2013 No Comments

Before I started doing these house-of-my-dreams posts, I would spend hours searching real estate websites and endlessly harassing my boyfriend John. “Hey baby, check out this house. It’s only two blocks from the streetcar!” or “Oh my God, you have to look at this house, it’s less than a block […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Greek Revival on Prytania Street

June 24, 2013 No Comments

When I first moved to New Orleans from the Bay Area, I lived in a one bedroom in-law behind a gorgeous old house (that was broken up into apartments) in the Garden District. After long days filled with trying to find my furniture (now THAT’S a story) and sending out […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Camelback on Laurel Street

June 17, 2013 No Comments

Location, location, location. The oft-used aphorism really means everything when seeking to acquire real estate. Sometimes it works in favor of the buyer, sometimes the seller, and sometimes (if you’re lucky) both parties win. I think this is one of those times… On the 6300 block of Laurel Street lies […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Double gallery on 8th Street

May 20, 2013 No Comments

“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?”   -Alfred Lord Tennyson If I could truly live inside my dream, it would likely look like this gorgeous, double gallery home on 8th Street in the Garden District. Can you see me flitting around, traipsing over […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Side Hall on Aline Street

May 2, 2013 2 Comments

Unless I manage to win the jackpot from Publishers Clearing House (which I enter religiously online), I don’t see poor little me ever affording a my own home. Until then, I will continue to dream, hope and work real hard…who knows what can happen? Maybe one of these days I’ll […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Victorian on St. Thomas Street

April 10, 2013 No Comments

Throughout all this dreaming and admiration of big, four bedroom (or more) houses with guest cottages and swimming pools, it all comes down to one simple thing; I want to own my own home. It doesn’t have to be a grand mansion with exquisite architectural details, with stain glass windows […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Creole cottage on Marais Street

March 22, 2013 No Comments

“If I had a million dollarsIf I had a million dollarsWell, I’d buy you a houseI would buy you a house”     -Barenaked Ladies When I do things like prepare my taxes or pay yet another doctor bill, I tend to avoid torturing myself by “window” shopping for things I […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Sidehall on Gallier Street

February 19, 2013 2 Comments

Sometimes the strangest, most insignificant things will sell me on a house. One small architectural or design detail will get stuck in my head and wham, I’m sold. Who cares if the plumbing is shot! Did you see that stained glass window of a duck? Adorable! Thankfully, my significant other […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Castle on St. Charles Avenue

January 7, 2013 3 Comments

When I was in high school, I used to joke with my friends that one day I would own a castle and they could all live there, performing different duties in exchange for room and board. Johnny was the chauffeur, Eva organized the parties, Charlene took care of the horses…you […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: The Centanni House

December 12, 2012 No Comments

While searching through the realty listings, my eyes scanning photos for the telltale architectural features I so adore like floor-length windows, double galleries and heart pine, hardwood floors, I came across a very unusual house. As it’s not anywhere near the typical style I long for, I almost skipped right […]

Continue Reading

Architecture & Design

House of the week: Victorian Centerhall on Chestnut Street

December 1, 2012 No Comments

My search should end right here…and if I was a beautiful, busty billionaire (two out of three ain’t bad? Ha!), it most definitely would. This is a dream house I would kill to die in. Located on the corner of Chestnut and Foucher, this two-story, Victorian Center hall built in […]

Continue Reading
« Previous 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 16 Next »

Though she was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kim Ranjbar took her passion for the written word and dragged it over 2000 miles to flourish in the city she loves. For well over a decade, she's been eating, photographing and writing about food (and more!) in New Orleans, her work appearing in local publications such as French Quarter Journal, Where Y'at Magazine, New Orleans Living Magazine, NewOrleans.com and Louisiana Kitchen & Culture.

After over 20 years as a transplant — surviving hurricanes, levee failures, oil spills, boil water advisories and hipster invasions — Kim hopes to eventually earn the status of local and be welcomed into the fold.

Feel free to contact her at kimranjbar@gmail.com

Portfolio

  • February 1, 2011

    Fabulous Fries

  • January 1, 2019

    Such stuff as dreams are made on . . .

  • March 1, 2015

    A leaf of a (slightly) different color

Categories

Recipes

  • January 31, 2024

    Breakfast Casserole: Smithfield Bacon

  • July 12, 2023

    Palm & Pine’s Banana Curry Ice Cream

  • June 6, 2023

    Cookies & Cream Ice Cream

Blogroll

  • Louisiana Kitchen & Culture
  • The Shoofly Magazine
  • Where Y'at Magazine
  • French Quarter Journal
  • NOLA Food Porn

Current read

  • About
  • Contact
  • Portfolio
  • Gallery

suck the heads

Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans

Close Menu
  • Restaurants & Bars
    • The Goods
    • Ain’t Dere No More
  • Architecture & Design
  • People
  • Published
  • Recipes
  • Musings
  • Gallery