BOULIGNY SECRETS / fabulous pilgrimage

+BARATARIA PILIGRIMAGE+

>thanks to tommy & chris mcintosh, mary lynn hyde<

>& especially john lawrence & daniel hammer our<

>2014 NOLA jungle pilgrimage was fantastic w/<

+(PRESENTATION SLIDES TO+

+BE DIGITIZED FOR COLOR)+

>THNOC sending word that our slides would be<

>digitized for preservation of their color quality<        

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+BOULIGNY=BOUILLION+

>returning from new orleans, i re-read<

>bouillion-french history on the plane<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+HOLY BLOOD & GRAIL)+

>they had an amazing templar history<

>it reads like fiction w/ great intrigue<

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+(ORIENT & STENAY FORESTS+

>(google me w/ each of these,<

>scholarly research pays off)<

+/DAGOBERT & CLAIRVAUX)+

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>the bouligny plantation house was very special<

>and thanks to tommy i was able to photograph<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>> / PRIORY de SION)+

>it moments after we landed at the nola airport< 

>/we arrived at the site just as the sun was set<

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 >we remember the de gruy bought bouligny<
>land for their knights templar domed sugar<
+(BOULIGNY PLANTATION+
+HAD TEMPLAR SECRETS)+
>mill…these 2 families were leaders of the<
>first crusade and later the knights templar<
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 >tommy and chris mcintosh and son zac are<
>wonderful friends who were evacuated in<
+TOM A CINEMATOGRAPHER+
+/ CHRIS IS A LEGAL EXPERT+
>hurricane katrina but have found a fine<
>new home in the laplace tropic zone<
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>marianne loves new orleans almost as much<

>as i and mary lynn hyde drove us out to city<

>park where i once designed an extension in<

+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>> / ODILON REDON)+

>a competition & cavaroc-lelong family had<

>been important to the NOLA art museum<

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 >i have written much about john h. lawrence<
>(l), son of my tulane patron, dean lawrence<
>head of the architecture school whe hired<
+(JOHN & DANIEL IN THNOC+
+WILLIAMS RESEARCH CTR)+
>me to teach while i earned a mfa degree<
>/ daniel hammer ® is also a tulane prof<
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 >tommy mcintosh drove mary lynn hyde, marianne<
>& i to the barataria lafitte jungle & enroute we<
>stopped to film the site of the gruy plantation<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ DOMED SUGAR MILL)+
>now covered w/ industrial buildings and to<
>our amazement found "the promised land"<
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 >i took about forty jungle photos of palmetto<
>in a beautiful hike very close to the site of<
>a degruy indian mound plantation where<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+INDIAN MOUND HOUSE)+
>j.b. degruy married the aristocratic widow<
>elizabeth sabine montaut de monberaud<
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 >while out at city park, mary lynn hyde, marianne<
>& i dined at the elegant "inn at the park" on an<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ CREOLE COOKING)+
>interesting chicken & ham creole type dish / we<
>had a jam-packed 3 days w/ mary lynn in nola<
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 >my two fine book dealer friends, russell desmond<
>and carey beckham have been located in the nola,
+(ARCADIAN BOOK SHOP /+
+& LIBRAIRE BOOKSHOP)+
>vieux carre for many years and both as i were,
>raised in baton rouge w/ nola connections<
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 >still life in a corner of the "napoleon house"<
>my favorite oasis in the vieux carre where,
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / NAPOLEON HOUSE)+
>classic music enriches environment while<
>sazaracs & muffelettas enrich the body<
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 >the interior of the st. louis cathedral reminds us<
>that in the 18th century pere dagobert married<
+GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+MARIE THERESE AUFRERE+
>our first de gruy immigre, antoine j.b. verloin<
>de gruy to marie therese aufrere on this site<
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 >marianne is a great fan of "cafe du mond" beignets<
>& coffee which is a new orleans institution located<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+>>/ CALLAS TOUT CHAUD)+
>only a block from our hotel but my favorite is "the<
>coffee pot" where one can have callas tout chaud<
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 >synchronistically, our hotel in the vieux carre<
>where we spent the last 3 nights in nola was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / AUFRERE-PERRY)+
>located on the site of our aufrere-perry town<
>house, ancestors of the de gruy in-law fmly
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>two stars of our 2014 nola pilgrimage are good<
>friend / cousin, architect, neal (gruy) pendleton<
+(>>LORRAINE PENDLETON / +
+CLASSIC CREOLE BEAUTY)+
>and wife lorraine, a classic creole beauty who<
>celebrated her 82 nd b-day on our pilgrimage<
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+NEAL GAVE ME AN EXCELLENT+
>history book of historical<
+NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu