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I had a great weekend. My best friend from h.s. was in town, and he had never been to New Orleans before, and he's a musician, so we had a blast. Food included: Juan's, Parkway, 9 Roses, Bluebird Cafe, 13 on Frenchmen, and maybe a couple others I'm forgetting. Basically, now I'm broke. We also saw Vavavoom at the Spotted Cat on (was it?) Saturday - there was a really weird vibe there, like everyone in the bar had never been in there before. It was very territorial and felt wrong. Come on, Anderson Cooper, stop telling people to go there, damnit!

This week, I am doing a computer training course for work, so I'm further downtown than usual. It's a nice change of pace because it reminds me that we actually have a downtown, and people in my demographic work there, and there are lots of great lunch places. Not so near my office. I had the opportunity to eat at That Indian Place and ran into Maitri. Got hooked up with a masala dosa, and I haven't had one of those since I was in Kerala almost three years ago. The scent alone was such a rush of familiarity. There is almost no South Indian food in the US, so it is rare that I come across something like that. Apparently there are great South Indian places in Houston, so if there's an evacuation this season, I'll be able to try them out.

About the City Council's decision to investigate Nagin's technology office, I'll just say this: If Nagin had just appointed Ashley as CTO, none. of. this. bullshit. would. be. happening.