The Young Lady Who Lived in a Shoe Box

In Houston we stayed in Jo Ann's newly renovated "shoe box". It is an old shoe repair store that has been renovated into a 600 square foot apartment. I guess that you would call it a pied-à-terre. Here is a picture of Jo Ann and Chris standing in the front of the shoe box. You can see that they kept the signs on the windows and unfortunately have had to contend with several people knocking on the door with shoes in hand.

Here is a picture of the back of the shoe box. That is Deborah Oppenheim leaving out of the gate. She drove with us so that she could visit her good friends in Houston.

We are creatures of habit. Here we are at dinner at Vietnam Restaurant. You will find a very similar picture on a blog post from July 2008 from last year's trip to Houston. Starting on the left and going clockwise around the table are Rick (lives in Houston), Chris, Jo Ann, Annie (who used to live in NOLA), Eileen (who used to live in NOLA), Mary Stuart (who used to live in NOLA), me , and Joan (married to Rick).

I met Mary Stuart when we taught at McMain together. In Houston she is working as an artist making and decorating wooden objects. This picture was taken in her studio.