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Hunkering Down

Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter, Part 9

8/2/2020

 
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Books, bookstores, writing and reading:  historian Frank Perez contemplates the literary life in a neighborhood that's "a world of dreams and letters." 

- by Frank Perez


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter, Part 8

7/8/2020

 
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Jackson Square, slowly returning to "normal."
On the summer solstice, historian and writer Frank Perez reflects on the passage of time as his French Quarter neighborhood slowly reopens.  

- by Frank Perez


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter, Part 7:  Reopening

6/3/2020

 
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Jackson Square during the first week of reopening. photo by Ellis Anderson

As the nation writhes in turmoil, historian and writer Frank Perez looks through the lens of the past to ponder the French Quarter's future.

- by Frank Perez
- photos by Frank Perez and Ellis Anderson


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 6

5/16/2020

 
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Leaving the French Quarter for the first time since the COVID shutdown, the writer's destination of choice?  The family tomb in Galliano. 

- by Frank Perez


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 5

4/25/2020

 
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Fifth in the series of diary entries by writer/historian Frank Perez, this day finds him in his French Quarter home, dreaming of Paris. 
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- by Frank Perez


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 4

4/16/2020

 
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St. Ann street on Jackson Square, a block from Frank's apartment, photo by Ellis Anderson

Fourth in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez, this piece covers unfortunate hair-cuts, making groceries, and graffiti scrubbing. 
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- by Frank Perez


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Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 3

4/5/2020

 
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Historian/author Frank Perez on his third floor balcony.

Third in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez, this piece considers the comforts of the ordinary.  

- by Frank Perez


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A Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 2

3/28/2020

 
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Frank on his third floor balcony

​Second in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez. "To be one flash of color in the kaleidoscope that is the Quarter lends perspective." 

- by Frank Perez


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A Day in the Life of the COVID-19 French Quarter

3/22/2020

 
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Frank Perez in his French Quarter home. photo by Jeffrey Holmes
The diary of a French Quarter writer details the neighborhood's new norm.

​- by Frank Perez


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