Comments on: Neighborhood Grabbag

By: Bill C.

Bill C. — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:38:26 +0000

If it’s “Looker’s” with an apostrophe, as it looks to be from the picture, and it is owned by someone with the surname ‘Looker,’ that would be acceptable. Still bad, but acceptable. If it is “Lookers,” that is not acceptable and you should never go in.

By: Jedd

Jedd — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:14:03 +0000

Damn, I'm a criminal! details It's colored concrete, no paint involved. Bite that, inspectors!

By: Joe Nickell

Joe Nickell — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:50:40 +0000

In the spirit of Day Without a Gay / Call in Gay Day" maybe everyone in New Orleans should designate a day to paint their sidewalks. Okay, maybe it has nothing to do with Call in Gay Day, but darn it, some sympathetic activism involving paint sounds like a good idea. If it happens, let me know. I'll paint my sidewalk even out here in Missoula MT.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:47:02 +0000

Maybe she should have painted the sidewalk Mardi Gras colors? Even her painted sidewalk is cracked up and out of wack. I think the challenge is to find a smooth sidewalk somewhere in the city. When I was growing up bike riding on sidewalks was a dangerous situation.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:58:01 +0000

Time for another “flash to the past” :

If I remember correctly the “Lookers” location was known as the Bamboo Room when I was living on Jeff Davis in the 1950′s. I recall a little-known pianist whose name was Liberace doing a weekend gig there.

By: GentillyGirl

GentillyGirl — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:16:22 +0000

Hell, we don’t have sidewalks at our place. If we did I’d paint it and then wait for the Grey Ghost to screw it up.

By: holly

holly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:56:03 +0000

Good lord. Are they still bothering that woman? I used pictures of David’s House when I taught a section on shrines and reliquaries this fall– the students thought the entire package (house, sidewalk, garden) created a sacred space and they really appreciated all the effort and emotion that went into creating the monument to her son. Really, I would think the city has bigger problems to deal with. And yes, those crumbling walks nearly took me down a number of times when I was there in September. To my knowledge, I have never tripped over paint, though.

By: Editor B

Editor B — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:16:29 +0000

Don’t think so. Looks like a typical singles bar. I think the googly O’s are supposed to suggest ogling potential bedmates.

Oh, I should note that Lookers has established itself where ye olde Dixie Taverne used to be, which before the floods was the grungy punk ‘n’ metal venue of New Orleans, bar none. I didn’t hang out there much, but I preferred it to Lookers.

By: Garvey

Garvey — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:09:25 +0000

Does Looker’s have “dancing”? The O’s suggest it.