NAPOLEAN HOUSE GIFT LUNCH- new orleans /my favorite venue- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS DOCUMENT HISTORY dozens of original drawings were given to >historic n.o. collection< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MY EARLY WORK DOCUMENTS= young architect's struggles for > CREATIVE - ARTFUL architecture

            +NEW ORLEANS GIFT LUNCH+
                  >napoleon house patio<
                       +OCT. 26TH, 2012+
                            ^^^^^^^^

                          +FIVE PHOTOS+
              >it was a beautiful day at our<
                            +PRECIOUS+
                    >old new orleans cafe<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^

                             +H.N.O.C+
              >scholars were out in radiant<
                    >and animated force<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
                   +JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
                     +ALFRED LEMMON+
                      +DANIEL HAMMER+
                            ^^^^^^^^^

                        +OLD FRIENDS+
    >present in addition to john lawrence<
          >was my special early classmate<
                       +SUMMER 1952+
               >from tulane architecture<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
                           >radiant wife<
                         +BETTY STAUB+
                              ^^^^^^^
               >and my own radiant wife<
                      +MARIANNE RAY+
              >taking photos of the gift to<
                           +T.H.N.O.C.+
                                ^^^^^
  

                   +RUSSELL DESMOND+
               >arcadia bookshop owner<
                 >scholar of the 1st rank<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
       >came by to give me a special book<
          >on the famed louisiana pioneer<
                +DUMONT de MONTIGNY+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              ( >part of degruy history of<
              +CHOUACHAS CONCESSION+
                     >deep in the remote<
                            +JUNGLES<
                  >of plaquemin's parish<)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^

             +JOHN ALSO GIFTED ME WITH<
               +EARL BARRON'S BOOK ON+
                 +HIS N.O. WATERCOLORS+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^

              (>elsewhere i shall list all the<
                  >books given me in n.o.<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #1)        +RADIANT MARIANNE+
            >photo on the morning of the<
                        +VIEUX CARRE+
                 >napoleon house lunch<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #2)               +EUGENE RAY+
          >enroute to the napoleon house<
            >louisiana law library & courts<
               >in the background milieu<
                            +JOHN RAY+
                  >of my grt grandfather<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #3)              +GIFT MOMENT+
               >(john h, lawrence and me)<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           >many original drawings in the<
                     +DOUBLE CYLINDERS+
         >crafted  beautifully by dave fobes
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #4)           +SPECIAL FRIENDS+
            >on the napoleon house patio<
                >after the drawing's gift<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
                          >(left to right)<
                                ^^^^^^
                     +DANIEL HAMMER+
             >professor, tulane university<
                          +PROFOUND+
               >research specialist/thnoc<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                  +ME+ 
                        >(octogenerian)<
                              ^^^^^^^
                    +JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
          >scholar/photographer/curator<
                      +RADIANT FRIEND+
                        +NOLA EXPERT+
              >exhibitions director, thnoc<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
          >architect, retired professor lsu,<
           >alumnus tulane architecture<
                 >my oldest arch. friend<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^   

  
           
      #5)            +PAT-ME-BETTY+
         >there are many memories i share<
            >with pat and betty at tulane<
                             +1950s+
             >JOHN'S FATHER WAS DEAN<  
                >university, (pat and betty<
                   >napoleon house fans)<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                              +1960s+
          >later in baton rouge pat and i<
             >taught in the architecture<
                        +DEPT OF LSU+
                             ^^^^^^

               +THIS WAS A VERY HAPPY+
                  +DAY FOR US AND MY+
                            >thankyou<
                       +HEART IS FULL+
                           ^^^^^^^^

                gene ray, lajolla, california

              >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeitus, sdsu<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^