"Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under a lava flood of taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become only a study for archaeologists. … But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes, than to own the whole state of Ohio.” – Lafcadio Hearn, commenting on New Orleans in 1879
(Above photos taken by and copyrighted by Louis Maistros)
THIS JUST IN: Louie's New Orleans jazz novel, "The Sound of Building Coffins,"
will be published in March 2009 by The Toby Press.
Everything on this site is now available for ordering, including those funky hoodoo items from SCULLY ELLY’S VOODOO JOINT that y’all have been clamoring about. Get stocked and fine tune your mojo with Elly!
As we put our lives back together here in the Great City of New Orleans we really appreciate your patronage!
Please also visit our Ebay Store ...for lots of great exclusive items that you may not find on this site, including folk art by Dr. Bob and sacred Vodou art by Scully Elly.
Peace and love from New Orleans, our home sweet home,
Louie, Elly & Family
DANNY DIGS US! Check out this groovy note to Louie from Dan Akroyd aka/ "Elwood Blues":
We are a Yahoo! Shopping Five Star Site! "...your excellent customer service is a fine example
of the graciousness and Southern hospitality for which
New Orleans is famous" ..find out what prompted the Office of the Mayor of New Orleans to write this nice letter to Louie.