Riding New Orleans

Living in south Louisiana is really great. I live on the other side of the lake from New Orleans but often travel into the city since that's where a great number of my friends are and, well, that's where the action is. Riding in New Orleans is really an awesome experience. The city is filled with so many great neighborhoods it's unreal. I love riding in the Quarter, Marigny, and Uptown to name a few. We have a museum, the Zoo, City Park, countless graveyards and more festivals, parades and parties than you can count. 
The city is filled with such a rich history that everywhere you go you can learn something, see something new or experience something completely different. I cannot begin to describe how great it is to ride through the city, taking in all that it has to offer. I have a friend from Toronto I have been hanging out with and we will pick a eatery we haven't been to and then ride and find it. It's a great way to see the city and experience new places. So if you are in the mood for something great, come to NOLA. It will not disappoint. 

Graveyards and motorcycles in New Orleans

Trouble!!

I've been know to get into a little trouble! And to quote John Keats...

GIVE me women, wine, and snuff 
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!" 
You may do so sans objection 
Till the day of resurrection: 
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be 
My beloved Trinity.

Nola Day Ride

love

Kemosabe and the Lodge 2

Awesome song. Awesome video. 

Here's to another year down

As the new year starts everyone is posting about resolutions and positive affirmations for 2015. People in general are trying to have a good time and do better. We lost a few this year, time stands still for no one. As I reflect on my year I am pretty happy. I have made many new friends and have been fortunate enough to be a part of a growing scene here in New Orleans. 

My whole life I have felt like I was on a time crunch. Like I was living on a time clock that was ticking down way faster than I am comfortable with. My conscious awareness of my mortality is always in the back of my mind. I remember reading the comments made by someone regarding a young woman who had taken her own life instead of dying a slow painful death from a terminal illness. The woman stated "how awful it must be to live every day knowing that you're going to die". This struck me as insane. I laughed so I wouldn't cry at the absurdity of her comment. We are all dying, some just quicker than others. It blows my mind how people just go about there day living life and putting off their dreams and ambitions. There is no tomorrow, no guarantee's, no promises and definitely no refunds. 

I don't do the resolution thing. I would like to believe that throughout the year I try to improve and change and avoid complacency. I have a long way to go and a lot to learn. So lets make 2015 about getting out and doing a little something to make things happen. You reach a goal by standing up your obstacles and knocking them down one at a time. The good old days are now and life is what happens while you are planning it. Death comes for all of us eventually and I can promise you he's gonna have to chase me down.