Sonya and I went to look at a house tonight at Joseph and Tchoupitoulas, right across the street from our grocery store. Cute, and it had off-street parking, but the train tracks that run along the river are just across the street and when they do some switching back there it can be frighteningly loud.

So we told Alex, our vaguely Central American real estate agent whom I love, that we should widen the search: Mid City and Lakeview are now under consideration. But nothing is decided.

Is house stuff dull? Tough! I think you're dull! Nobody makes you read this. It's not like you have to pay or anything.