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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 31/07/2026

Happy birthday to George Jetson. Born July 31, 2022.

George Jetson and family in their flying car.

Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 25/07/2026

Spy video from inside the Amtrak test facility of the revamped Vista class train cars for the Mardi Gras route between New Orleans and Mobile. No official word on when they will be put in service. #CityPark #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 08/07/2026

Why yes, it is National Dive Bar Day. Why do you ask? At Verrets Bar in NOLA.

A man stands outside Verrets Bar in New Orleans. He has a big grey moustache, a Panama hat, and a Hawaiian print shirt.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 29/05/2026

So much for a nice quiet Friday on the veranda with a book and a glass of wine. #leafblower #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 25/05/2026

"Have another drink," said Trillian. "Enjoy yourself." "Which?" said Arthur. "The two are mutually exclusive." "Poor Arthur, you're really not cut out for this life are you?" "You call this life?" "You're starting to sound like Marvin." "Marvin is the clearest thinker I know." Happy Towel Day!

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 08/05/2026

Happy VE Day, from some of the people who brought it to us.

Lt. Jake Brier (l), armour and his older brother Lt. Col. Bill Brier, USAAF, meet up in France in 1944.

Aunt Jerry Dishroon on a hospital flight from France to England, 1944.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 04/05/2026

On this day in 1862 Alice went down the rabbit hole. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Wonderland. #aliceinwonderland

A line drawing of Alice sitting at a table with the other denizens of Wonderland.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 02/05/2026

I'm not sure who's running in the Kentucky Derby and I'm not sure I care. But, as always, I am ready. Instead of the call of 'riders up', it's 'drinks up' for me.

The picture shows a silver stirrup cup and a Panama hat. The stirrup cup has a mint julep, with a pink flamingo and a sprig of mint in it.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 30/04/2026

Sigh. A book arrived in the mail that I've been awaiting, so I poured a cup of coffee, grabbed the book, and went out to the veranda. Alas, the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board arrived with a jackhammer and shovels to fix a neighbor's broken water meter just as I sat down to read. #NOLA #SWB

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 09/04/2026

Happy Appomattox Day. I bring to you a photo of my grandmother's uncle, John Henry Hall, taken on his return from Appomattox. He joined the New Jersey Volunteers in the closing months of the war and was assigned to the 7th Regiment, Company C. #Appomattox #DenvilleNJ #CivilWar

This is a photo of a page in a book about the history of Denville, NJ. The photo shows a young man in a union uniform shortly after the end of the civil war. The original black and white photo has been colorized.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 09/04/2026

Happy Appomattox day to those who celebrate it To those who don't, nah nah nah nah nah.

Appomattox Court House surrender Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865; wood engraving based on an illustration by Alfred R. Waud, 1887.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 14/03/2026

New Orleans Fire Department, tired of SWB's broken water mains leading to no water pressure and boil water advisories, displays new water-free pumper trucks in today's Irish Channel St. Patrick's day parade. Good for putting out fires and safely quenching thirst. #NOLA

A pumper truck set up to dispense beer and whiskey instead of water.

A former fire department pumper truck, acquired by a New Orleans St. Patrick's Day marching club, is set up to dispense beer instead of water.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 01/03/2026

Good morning NOLA! It's a white sport coat and pink crustacean kind of day. Bloody Mary Time!

Picture shows a bloody Mary with shrimp and a pickled green bean garnish.
The drink sits on a table and there is a white rocking chair in the background.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 26/02/2026

Walked into my local watering hole on St. Charles. I was not expecting an existential crisis.

A TV screen with a blue box and the text "Are you still here?" followed by "If you'd like to keep watching, just let us know below."

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 23/02/2026

And yes, boys and girls, uptown New Orleans is under yet another boil water advisory. When I went to bed last night, I was congratulating myself for not visiting my daughter in Philly, which is getting about 2 ft of snow. Joke is on me. #NOLA #SWBNO

A screenshot of the latest boil water advisory in New Orleans. A red blob covers much of uptown New Orleans, indicating that it is under a boil water advisory. Again.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 17/02/2026

And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 17/02/2026

Happy Mardi Gras for those of you doomed to live in a place where it's just Tuesday. Herewith a text from my lovely daughter several years back. Despite being from New Orleans, she lives in Philly and works in Jersey. #MardiGras #NOLA

My coworkers thought it was really funny - I had a 9am meeting and I said that my parents and brother were all out partying. And a coworker said, "just to be clear, it's 9:22AM and your family is out partying?" And I said "Well in New Orleans it's 8:22AM" and everyone burst out laughing

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 21/01/2026

Happy birthday Colonel. WWII, Korea, Vietnam and other unnamed points in between. #USArmy #USMA

Col. Brier, on maneuvers with the 2nd Armored Division, ticks off goals for the exercise. His aides joked that item 5 was to remind him that on the way home he was to pick up Cokes for his wife.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 20/01/2026

A screen grab of a clue from a recent Jeopardy episode, sent to me by @wonderflonium.bsky.social But in all my years of celebrating never have I heard it called tlap. #IYKYK

A screen grab of a Jeopardy clue. White text on a blue background on a TV screen.
The text reads:
FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW, TLAP DAY IS SHORT FOR THIS DAY, CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 19; HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK THE PLANK.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 06/01/2026

King cake? It must be Carnival time. #NOLA #Carnival

A slice of king cake with purple and gold frosting sits on a white plate. Next to it is a green coffee cup.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 26/12/2025

Saw a new (to me) bumper sticker while on my morning walk through the Garden District. I can relate. #NOLA

Carry Yourself With the Confidence Of a mediocre white man

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 21/12/2025

Successfully performed nibectomy on my Conklin crescent filler fountain pen. The original fine nib was hard to start, dry, and skipped. Though I've replaced nibs before, this was a first for a pen with an ink sac and I was nervous. It went exceedingly well, swapping in a medium nib. Quite happy.

The picture shows a rainbow-colored Conklin Mark Twain crescent filler fountain pen on a napkin. The cap is off the Conklin pen. There are two brass sheets that are used to tweak a nib on the napkin as well as a disassembled replacement nib and feed assembly. In the top right is a fountain pen made from the seat slats of a New Orleans streetcar.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 16/12/2025

I asked the guy and he said they were just generic nibs. Here are two close-ups. I don't see a manufacturer name. It writes smoother than the Conklin that's in the background of the original photo.

A close up of a nib on a pen made from a streetcar slat in New Orleans. The nib says "iridium point" and "Germany".

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 15/12/2025

New fountain pen. Stumbled across Nolapens.com at the City Park market this weekend. Snagged a nice pen made with recovered wood from streetcar seats. Very nice. He also has pens made from a downed oak tree from Audubon Park. #fountainpen #NOLA #CityPark

A wooden fountain pen lays on a brochure from nolapens.com. the pen is made from recovered from old streetcar slats and has gold-colored nib and finials. The brochure has a picture of a New Orleans street car on of the cover. There is a cartridge converter. In the background is a rainbow colored Conklin Mark Twain crescent filler.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 13/12/2025

Most days there's a taqueria truck in this location just outside the Lowe's on Jefferson highway in New Orleans. I haven't seen him all week. Nor have I seen the dozens of customers or the day laborers around the entrances. I did see a car with "I am Charlie Kirk" on the window. #NOLA #ICE

An empty lot near the entrance of the Lowe's on Jefferson highway in New Orleans. Normally there is a taqueria truck here. There is a black fence next to the lot and a Lowe's in the background.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 27/11/2025

My son works at one of the best restaurants in #NOLA, which means the US. He told me they have Thanksgiving specials and asked me if I needed a care package. I'd be a fool to say no to food from there. He didn't specify where the care package was coming from. Dinner will be ready in 6 minutes.

Three frozen Turkey dinners ready for Thanksgiving. Two are from Banquet and one from Marie Callender

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 22/11/2025

I stopped by the Lowe's in Metairie today while running errands. Normally at that time of day there would be a couple dozen folks offering to help old geezers like me. Today there were just two, along with a sleeping security guard. #NOLA #ice #iceholes #swampsweep

Two day workers outside a store, with a security guard sleeping in a car nearby.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 11/11/2025

Somebody left the freezer door open. Please close it. #NOLA #Cold

A screenshot of a weather app showing 37° temperature in New Orleans.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 24/10/2025

I didn't hear a peep out of my senators #JohnNeelyKennedy and #DrBillCassidy about this travesty. Do they have manservants to shave them so they don't have to look in the mirror? #WhiteHouse #LAsenator #spineless

An excavator tears down the East Wing of the White House.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 23/10/2025

Survivors of #Trump's latest attack on purported Venezuela drug runners plot their next move.

Crew and castaways from the wreck of the SS Minnow.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 23/10/2025

My new autopilot seems a little sketchy. Should I be worried? And the copilot has an "I voted" sticker. Must be a Republican.

A small skeleton sits on the steering wheel of a Tesla model 3, its arms looped over the top. A second skeleton, with an "I voted" sticker, is perched on the dash.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 23/10/2025

I was in Biloxi and stopped for a protein shake. They brought me a bushwhacker. I thought that sort of mix up was just a New Orleans thing. FWIW, I did not send it back.

A Panama hat, a bushwhacker frozen drink and a pair of sunglasses sit on a wooden table.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 19/10/2025

It's Sunday in New Orleans. Must be time for mimosas and the Saints.

A mimosa and a Saints schedule on a veranda in Uptown New Orleans.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 11/09/2025

It was a beautiful day. brierit.com/blog-2/files...

A night time picture of lower Manhattan with twin beams of light shooting to the sky, representing Towers One and Two of the World Trade Center.

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