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Growing up Asian in Louisiana
I remember seeing an old black and white picture of my Japanese grandmother. We called her Momo. I would guess the year is 1960 or ’61. She’s wearing a belted dress of a soft floral print, little heels, tiny spectacles perched on her nose, and sporting a fresh perm in a short stylish cut. She’s standing quite prim and proper-- on the bank of the bayou, holding a long cane pole, waiting for the catfish to bite, and ready to fling that poor creature up on the grass behind her.
This is a tale of two images: being born of one culture and growing up in another. Of hopes and dreams of a Japanese couple who wanted so much to be American. 100 years and five generations later, I’m sure my grandparents would be proud of how assimilated we all are.
Young, idealistic, and scandalous
1940's Momo and Fish
My family’s American story begins in California. Manabu Kohara left Kitsuki, in southern Japan, at the age of 17. He had become a Christian and decided it was his calling to convert others. He arrived December 23, 1903 to attend divinity school in Berkeley. I never met him. He died before I was born. But my father, the youngest son, says my grandfather used to tell him about standing on the shores across the bay from
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Suddenly, I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
"The moonlight on the bayou, Louis Armstrong sang in Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans." A creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom, and Im wishin I was there.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Im prepared to miss New Orleans for a long, long time. What a wonderful city it waswith a sad emphasis on the past tense, as it can never fully be restored to its carefree days and ways, of a street called Bourbon and a drink dubbed Hurricane. The classic architecture, borne of its French and Spanish roots; the soulful Cajun cuisine; the life-is-short motif of the natives, who operated voodoo shops, gave tours of haunted houses, and told about the citys history of fighting floods and canes.
I visited the Crescent City several times, including once in 1995, when Gavin , a radio and record industry magazine where I worked, hosted a music biz seminar there. On the eve of that trip, I wrote:
Frankly, my dear, I don't remember much about the last and only other time I was in New Orleans. According to my calendar, it was in mid-March of 1978, and I was there for a vacation and to pop in on the NARM (National Association of Record Manufacturers) convention at the Hyatt. There was a big midnight