My Old New Orleans Home
Well, it was home for awhile in 1983. This was a former mansion in the lower-garden district of New Orleans, across from Coliseum Square, on Coliseum by Terpsichore. 1629 was the address, if I recall correctly. I was tending bar at the now-defunct Petroleum Club of New Orleans. A coworker- Mac Tyler- helped me get in there. Well, he sorta helped, I guess. He told me about it, told me the name of the landlady- Miss Daisy- and said to mention his name. I went down there one day after work, rang the bell and introduced myself to Miss Daisy. It was like the dream sequence It's A Wonderful Life when George Bailey went 'home' and and his mom was running Ma Bailey's boarding house. Miss Daisy was a little woman, maybe 70- 80 pounds, dying of cancer, I would later learn. She said there were no rooms available and even acted like she didn't know Mac. At least she didn't say: "Mac Tyler? He's been in the insane asylum since he lost his business. If you know him,...