Interlude

Oh, the secrets you learn.

Conti is not "con-tee" but rather "con-tie." Go figure.

Muffalettas are pronounced as if they were spelled muffa-lottas.

A.P. Tureaud may be called that now, but people from the neighbourhood still call it London Ave. (They also wonder why the name of the canal didn't change to the A.P. Tureaud Canal, but for some reason was left as the London Ave. Canal.)

I am far from passing for local. Or, far from passing as from here. Given my lousy bike and dorky helmet, most people seem to assume that I'm one of the many who gravitated here after the storm to do restorations of one kind or another. So I can pass for fake local, but certainly not for local local. Oh well. Next best thing?