Katrina cottage n.— «Earlier this year, the group’s board of directors decided to build what are commonly called “Katrina Cottages” to house the visiting artists. The small wooden homes were originally designed to be...
Isle of Denial n.— «Frightening as it sounds, the prospect of this sultry, eclectic city rising from the muck of Hurricane Katrina as a sterile imitation of itself is becoming an abiding preoccupation. Even as the city’s riverfront high...
Katrina cottage n.— «The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $74 million for a state plan to build more than 400 alternative housing units, often known as Katrina cottages, for south Louisiana hurricane victims...
IGMFU n.— «They’re card-carrying members of the “ME Society.” Everything is for Me, and Screw You. My late father, only semi-jokingly, used to refer to it as the philosophy of “IGMFU,” as in “I Got Mine, F-U...
salt n.— «With that, Madrid became what’s called “a salt”: a union employee who infiltrates nonunion work sites. His work is part of a larger effort by New Orleans trade unions to combat what they call an underground cash-only...