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> Last week, I talked about St Francis of Assissi in New Orleans
> Newsgroups: alt.alien.vistors,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:50 PM
> Subject: heroes
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>> Almost 2 years ago, I went to a wedding in New Orleans.
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>> The marriage ceremony was performed at St Francis of Assissi
>> http://www.sfauptown.com/
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>> http://www.sfauptown.com/our_parish_architecture.php
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>> A really beautiful old church
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>> At one point, I was observing what I thought were little monkeys in
>> cabinets and asked my hosts why the church would keep such a thing.
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>> Turned out to be statues of the saints behind little closed doors
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>> VERY embarrassing.
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> and the next day you mentioned
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>> No Angels
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Angels
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> This reminded me
> St Francis is only 2 blocks away from the New Orleans water
> It's over a hundred years old and has many many fascinating carvings
> and works of art
> There are quite a few carved statues of angels and saints
> They are unusual because they are horizontal not upright, sticking out
> of the wall about 20-30 feet above our heads
> They are visible only to their waists and our carved out of a medium
> colored wood
> I'm not sure I saw them in any of the website photos and don't see thm
> mentioned in the narrative about the architectural history
> Before I knew they were angels, I thought they look for all the world
like
> ****ps' maindenheads, which I thought was
> sure because this was a seafaring society in New Orleans, as it is an
> im****tant ****t
> However, Mary's father pointed out next time we went, I should pay
> attention to their shoulders as they have wings.
> Sure enough, the statues all have wings carved onto their shoulders.
> But the wings are very closely held against the shoulders
> He suggested that they were horizontal and pictured with wings because
> they are flying over us
> That's probably it exactly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "marika" <marika5000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: The Emmanuelle Béart picture of the week- 11 January 2004
> One of Mary's sisters lives near St John's bayou,
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> this is a nice neighborhood with rows and rows of houses that are
> interesting architecturally inside and out.
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> The picture only shows the edge of the bayou. You'd think it was very
> uninhabited.
> It's very inhabited.
> The houses are very close together and they have all sorts of
> accomodations to them, to deal with the space issues. On some floors,
the
> bedrooms and living rooms and kitchens are all adjoining, not like
today's
> modern suburban house.
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> We spent the evening on the deck, watching the bayou and the sunset.
> Most pleasant
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_St._John
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----- Original Message -----
From: "marika" <marika5000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:47 PM
Subject: the last of brave heart
> upon arrival at New Orleans, we stopped in Metairie.
> This is where Mary's office was
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> Mary took us to a nearby eatery, where they go to work often, called
> Bozos.
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> I ordered a heavenly bowl of jambalaya
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> really splendid
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> http://www.discoverourtown.com/LA/local-152129.html\
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