Comments on: Overwhelmed In A Good Way

By: Best. Christmas. Gift. Ever. | Taylor Davidson

Best. Christmas. Gift. Ever. | Taylor Davidson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:25:08 +0000

[...] but upriver-downriver-uptown-downtown. I’m looking forward to when the everyday proliferation of new starts to settle down, to when I can hear the name of a street, bar, restaurant and [...]

By: Matt Rosen

Matt Rosen — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:59:47 +0000

Place gets its claws in you!

My Ode to The City of New Orleans

I penned this just before graduation nearly six years ago. It still resonates with every visit. I love this place.

“I won’t soon forget the countless times you seduced my touch, or the sweet taste of your drink on my lips…but just as the night ends when that last sip, when that last drop is drank and your glass is left with only those faint, glossy rings to cry in, so, too, must our time together come to an end…

Even after I’ve pulled away for the last time, even after the last of your tears has dried up, and even when you’ve been swept up by another’s fingertips, know that we are never more than a memory or a photograph apart…

I won’t soon forget you, my dear…this won’t be goodbye for long…”

http://mbrosen.tumblr.com/post/102185386/my-ode-to-the-city-of-new-orleans

By: Sloane Berrent

Sloane Berrent — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:21:59 +0000

I’m not done yet! In fact just getting started. Thank you all so much for your support.

By: Adele Tiblier

Adele Tiblier — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:48:53 +0000

Sloane,

You have captured and expressed what locals, like me, have a hard time putting into words. We love you for loving our city, and you will always have a place in NO.

Thank you for being open enough to experience and accept all that she has to offer.

By: GentillyGirl

GentillyGirl — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:49:10 +0000

Thank you Sloane and I’m glad that our city has captured you.

Living here is unlike any place I’ve ever been, and I’m so happy to have moved back some years ago. Must have been the siren’s call…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:18:47 +0000

Beautiful Sloane, you express what so many of us feel about NOLA. I found this little quote about NOLA years ago and it always stayed with me:

“You feel her soul. New Orleans that is. She is alive, an entity separate from all others. You come here, she grabs you. Once you’re home, you feel homesick. She is all who have come before and have fallen in love with her. She grabs you and you must come back to visit your heart. You can feel hers beating. She’s elegant, she’s seedy, sometimes gorgeous and seductive. She’ll sometimes lift her mask and show you what you don’t want to see, the ugliness. You can feel her touch in the fog of a December morning. Her scent follows you home with your souvenirs. If she doesn’t want you here you’ll know, because you’ll never know her essence.”

By: Alex Rose

Alex Rose — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:10:02 +0000

It’s been beautiful to hear how the city, it’s people, history and culture have opened up your heart. It is an amazing place!

By: David Crais

David Crais — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:22:37 +0000

Sloane,
I look forward to your next visit. I enjoyed meeting you.
David

By: Sloane Berrent

Sloane Berrent — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:27:55 +0000

Wow. Thanks so much everyone. Every comment, tweet, email moves me to the feelings I described above. You’re all my muse – here in New Orleans you’re making it happen whether I had asked these questions or not. You’re the day-to-day inspiration and visionaries. And I must saying, laying on the Southern Charm pretty thick. It’s working.

By: Chris Schultz

Chris Schultz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:03:48 +0000

You have learned more about New Orleans in the short month you’ve been here than many people learn in a lifetime.

Your enthusiasm and thirst for understanding of this great city is inspiring.

Your embrace of They (us) is building bonds.

I sincerely hope that you will come back to NOLA in the fall for an extended stay. Now is the time, this is the place. You’ve seen how much we need you and you need New Orleans. Can’t wait to have you back (I hope).

Happy Africa!