Finis Shelnutt
Finis Shelnutt
change houston
Change is good. They will find there is a better world elsewhere, like in Houston or Atlanta.
bad blessing city entire light living needed people poverty quarter
The Quarter is going to be fine. The entire city is going to be a much better place. People have been living in poverty for generations. They don't know any better. They got into a rut, like a bad marriage, and needed to have a light shined on it. ... Truly, I think this is going to be a blessing for some of them.
best happen katrina
Katrina is the best thing to ever happen to this city.
cooked fed police
I am not leaving. I've fed the police and the military, I cooked 800 steaks for them.
bothers left love people quality
I'm not leaving. The people who live here and love it have kind of a carnival-like quality to them. Nothing much bothers us. If I left the Quarter, I'd only get depressed.