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House of the Week: Greek Revival on Delaronde Street

August 10, 2023 No Comments

I’ve been busy surviving this thing called life lately, and avoiding the Realtor browse, neglecting my ritual self flagellation in the interest of sanity. Not only will I never be able to buy a house, I am no longer 100% positive I’d want to buy one in New Orleans, even […]

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House of the Week: Craftsman Cottage on Palmer Avenue

January 13, 2022 No Comments

Since I moved, I must admit I have been more focused on furnishing my new digs (it’s huge for us!) than looking at homes for sale, but I do still get around to it from time to time. It’s interesting to me that the more I browse, the more I […]

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House of the Week: Victorian on Annunciation Street

August 12, 2021 No Comments

I’ve been browsing real estate sites for several days now and nothing sincerely piqued my interest until now. Tucked away in the Lower Garden District is this 130-year-old Victorian townhouse on Annunciation Street, an adorable little building squashed between two much larger structures. Respectfully renovated about 4 years ago, the […]

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House of the week: Victorian cottage on Lepage St.

June 6, 2016 No Comments

As housing prices rise in New Orleans, gorgeous classic homes float ever further from my financial reach. Finding a house that hasn’t had the culture renovated out of it is also becoming more and more difficult, but once in a while I’ll stumble upon a real beauty.

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House of the week: Victorian on Belleville St.

April 4, 2016 No Comments

The more I look at houses for sale, the more I am disappointed by the culture-eradicating renovations I discover. Developers and contractors are tearing the heart and soul out of New Orleans’ architecture and it honestly makes me want to weep. While I appreciate some new design, there’s a lot […]

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House of the week: Mary Plantation on Hwy 39

February 18, 2016 No Comments

While people are spending millions to live in a 500 sq. ft. flat in Manhattan or a tract home in Northern California, you could have your very own plantation for little over a million. Located in Braithwaite, Louisiana, approximately 22 miles from downtown New Orleans, there is for sale a […]

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House of the week: Creole cottage on Royal Street

February 12, 2016 No Comments

Would it be too much to ask my beloved to buy me a house for Valentine’s Day? It would undoubtedly fill me with an overwhelming sense of love, not to mention acting much like a potent aphrodisiac.  “I promise baby, we’ll break in every room!” You think I jest?

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House of the week: Double on Scott Street

December 14, 2015 No Comments

All I want for Christmas is a house of my own.  Do you think this year you’ll swing it Santa, help me get a loan? As much as I love to rhyme, I’m sure you’ll find it lame. This is a blog, after all, and not a reindeer game!

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House of the week: Cottage on Eliza Street

October 30, 2015 No Comments

When I found today’s house, Judy Garland’s voice reverberated through my brain singing “A Cottage for Sale.” Though I’m not mourning a failed relationship per se, I am mourning a love unrequited because I know that this adorable little abode and I will never be together (cue a deep sigh).

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House of the week: Privacy on Patton St.

October 20, 2015 No Comments

Agree or don’t agree, but I believe there’s a certain level of badassery going on when you can hide a 3,000 sq. ft. home so completely that the entrance appears to be part of your neighbor’s property. I discovered this super cool, My Secret Garden-ish abode today during my usual online […]

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Though she was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kim Ranjbar felt New Orleans calling her home as soon as she hit puberty. A graduate of granola U (a.k.a. Sonoma State University) with a BA in English and a concentration in Creative Writing, Kim took her passion for the written word and dragged it over 2000 miles to flourish in the city she loves.

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

Feel free to contact her at kimranjbar@gmail.com

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I've been so obsessed with making the perfect kimc I've been so obsessed with making the perfect kimchi fried rice, I didn't even think about Chinese (well, the American version) fried rice! Sweet Chinese sausage and broken jasmine rice from @hkmnola, carrots, onion, green onion, garlic, ginger, peas and a few scrambled eggs. The secret is using day old rice from the fridge and a simple sauce of soy, sesame oil, rice wine or vinegar, and lots of pepper. It turned out so good, I not only made it two nights in a row, I'm considering adding a wok to my kitchen arsenal ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿš #friedrice #alwayslearning #nolaamateurcook
It's not really an English tea room called "Tea & It's not really an English tea room called "Tea & Roses" ๐ŸŒน, but wouldn't it be cool if it was? #inmyneighborhood #algierspoint #neworleansarchitecture
Though I haven't been a California resident for ov Though I haven't been a California resident for over two decades, when I heard @thefishmarkets closed a couple of days ago -- especially the location in my hometown of San Mateo -- I teared up a little. Long gone are the days when a clothes shopping trip with Mom at Fashion Island Mall would culminate in lunch on the waterfront at The Fish Market. Never again will I taste their creamy clam chowder or gratuitously mop the last drops with a buttery slab of San Francisco sourdough. Diving into a whole Main lobster ๐Ÿฆž , wearing a plastic Fish Market bib, drenching every sweet morsel in clarified butter will have to remain the stuff of birthdays past. Thank you @thefishmarkets for all the memories ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽฃ๐ŸŸ
For reasons unbeknownst to me, I kept seeing video For reasons unbeknownst to me, I kept seeing videos and recipes for French apple cake all summer long, so I finally gave in and made it. I used John Kanell's recipe and it was #AMAZING ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ @preppykitchen
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I've been waiting for the doctor for an hour now a I've been waiting for the doctor for an hour now and I am ready to just leave, but on the positive side, would you look at this view? ๐Ÿ˜ #neworleansskyline
Itโ€™s always busy around the hot bar at these loc Itโ€™s always busy around the hot bar at these local grocery stores! ๐Ÿ›’
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