October 19, 2009. Last week I went on assignment to New Orleans, Louisiana. I flew down on Tuesday and returned to Oregon Wednesday night. I was hugely pregnant. So much so that a friendly airport employee asked me when the baby was due and if I should be traveling. “Yesterday!” I joked, walking quickly by. His eyes went wide. We both laughed.
People in New Orleans are friendly and engaging. They are genuinely welcoming to tourists and travelers. It’s not a safe city, by any means. But it is a place that prides itself on its Southern hospitality, its delicious Southern cuisine, and its diversity.
New Orleans has been front and center in the news because Barack Obama spent part of Thursday there. It was very wet and humid in the city, which still shows the sign of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina even three years later.
I’m not at liberty to divulge the subject of the story (yet!) but it’s about a unique and colorful (and lovely) woman who walked away from a 6-figure job to start her own organizing business…
ETA: A few weeks after being in New Orleans I had our fourth baby, at home. And my article about Kay Morrison and her business, The Occasional Wife, was published in More magazine.
Published: October 19, 2009
Last update: January 29, 2020
Jennifer Haupt says
Can’t wait to read this story– sounds like a fascinating woman. When does it come out and in which magazine?
Jennifer Margulis says
Jen, the article is for More magazine. Not sure when it’s scheduled to run (I have to write it first!) but I will definitely let you know.
MarthaandMe says
Sounds interesting! I envy your trip!