Sha-Sha is cajun french for pretty little one. I really like the word and since I am new to this part of the world where Cajun French and Louisiana culture are all around me...well, I figured I would learn a few things about it. This blog is about a mountain girl from Virginia moving to Cajun country and what she finds along the way.
August of 2007 I left my hometown of Roanoke Virginia and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for graduate school. Little did I know what an adventure, or lack thereof I was truly in for.
Fast forward to October of last year, fall 2009, I have completed my MLIS at LSU, met some great friends, and some not so great, graduated, worked and broke up with a long distance relationship boyfriend, only to then land on my feet and get a great job in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
These pictures are from the old grad school neighborhood in Baton Rouge, a great neighborhood known as Spanish Town and without a doubt the last Bohemian place left in Baton Rouge, LA. Sad, but true. Well, I had to leave Spanish Town for a job and grad school bohemian life was ending.....
and that is where my Blog journey will now begin aside from various footnotes and mentions of the people from the grad school days and even some forays into my past in the Virginia mountains, which will always and forever be my true country girl roots.
I figure since I am in a new place in my life and I am seeing some really bizarre things, the best way I can deal with it all, not to mention the boredom of being in a new place that is not necessarily known for its metropolitan flair is to document the scene and share with the masses what I am seeing.
This blog is part therapy, part plan to avoid dying from boredom, part sharing of the ridiculous and part avoiding all that I "should be doing" like exercising and doing the dishes.
So, Sha-Sha...cajun french for pretty little one is born....let's see what this dirty south adventure has to offer.
August of 2007 I left my hometown of Roanoke Virginia and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for graduate school. Little did I know what an adventure, or lack thereof I was truly in for.
ReplyDeleteFast forward to October of last year, fall 2009, I have completed my MLIS at LSU, met some great friends, and some not so great, graduated, worked and broke up with a long distance relationship boyfriend, only to then land on my feet and get a great job in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
These pictures are from the old grad school neighborhood in Baton Rouge, a great neighborhood known as Spanish Town and without a doubt the last Bohemian place left in Baton Rouge, LA. Sad, but true. Well, I had to leave Spanish Town for a job and grad school bohemian life was ending.....
and that is where my Blog journey will now begin aside from various footnotes and mentions of the people from the grad school days and even some forays into my past in the Virginia mountains, which will always and forever be my true country girl roots.
I figure since I am in a new place in my life and I am seeing some really bizarre things, the best way I can deal with it all, not to mention the boredom of being in a new place that is not necessarily known for its metropolitan flair is to document the scene and share with the masses what I am seeing.
This blog is part therapy, part plan to avoid dying from boredom, part sharing of the ridiculous and part avoiding all that I "should be doing" like exercising and doing the dishes.
So, Sha-Sha...cajun french for pretty little one is born....let's see what this dirty south adventure has to offer.