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Posted: March 9th, 2007 at 2:46am By: Anita Revel
I spent most of yesterday wandering around the French Quarter here in "N'orleans" looking for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's house.
Although I wasn't successful in my mission, I reckon there are worse ways to spend a day. Resisting the to-go cocktails, for example. Or digesting an overload of crawfish ettouffe. Or trying to find a better restaurant than Brennans on Rue Royale is yet another example of worse ways to spend a day.
Regardless, I consider the hours I spent meandering through the historic streets well invested. I am now totally, officially, unequivocally in love with the French Quarter. The living history is phenomenal, the architecture is magical, and the people are diehard optimists. They even joke about the encroaching shoreline of the Gulf, saying that their homes will be beachfront property in 10 years' time.
Now this is the part I don't understand. If the people are expecting to have to don scuba gear to see such attractions as the Old Ursuline Convent, why are they spending millions and millions of dollars buying real estate?
Angelina reportedly paid $3.5 million in cash for their home in January this year. A real-estate listing for the property shows the house has a grand spiral staircase, elevator, gourmet kitchen, private courtyard, double garage and separate two-story guesthouse. Brad Pitt came as an optional extra.
This was a mansion I simply had to see. Which is why I spent the hours honing in on my gut instinct and following where it led.
When my gut instinct kept leading me to an astonishing array of to-go cocktail bars, I changed tack and called upon the Egyptian High Priestess Isis for divine guidance.
Isis' esoteric attributes include intuition and perception. She is also related to the third-eye chakra, the center of illumination and insight.
"Show me the way to Brangelina's house," I asked her.
I was subsequently led around to view magnificent homes such as the Beauregard-Keyes House, the Cornstalk House and even the unlikely St. Louis Cathedral.
I didn't get too upset with myself that I wasn't channeling Isis well enough to find the Jolie-Pitt mansion. That's just what a modern goddess does — accepts that everything happens at the perfect time for the perfect reason.
On this note, I gave up the search and instead opted for a ride in a mule-drawn carriage.
My driver was very typical of a true N'orlean. He was as diverse as the culture with his clipped N'orleans accent, Australian driza-bone coat and a mule named after an Egyptian goddess. Yep, you guessed it. Isis was her name.
"OK," I laughed. "If you have to shape-shift yourself as an ass to get your message through, Isis, I'm listening."
With that, Isis led us directly to the house I'd been seeking all day. Although no one was home (the couple are in Vietnam adopting another baby, according to the rumors), I was at least very happy to have found success in my mission at last.
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Anita Ryan-Revel is the creatrix of Goddess.com.au, a resource-rich site aimed at helping you connect with your beautiful, sassy, intuitive, lovable, sacred and authentic self. Catch her on tour in the USA in March: see ChakraGoddess.com for details. © copyright 2007 by Anita Ryan-Revel.
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I spent most of yesterday wandering around the French Quarter here in "N'orleans" looking for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's house.
Although I wasn't successful in my mission, I reckon there are worse ways to spend a day. Resisting the to-go cocktails, for example. Or digesting an overload of crawfish ettouffe. Or trying to find a better restaurant than Brennans on Rue Royale is yet another example of worse ways to spend a day.
Regardless, I consider the hours I spent meandering through the historic streets well invested. I am now totally, officially, unequivocally in love with the French Quarter. The living history is phenomenal, the architecture is magical, and the people are diehard optimists. They even joke about the encroaching shoreline of the Gulf, saying that their homes will be beachfront property in 10 years' time.
Now this is the part I don't understand. If the people are expecting to have to don scuba gear to see such attractions as the Old Ursuline Convent, why are they spending millions and millions of dollars buying real estate?
Angelina reportedly paid $3.5 million in cash for their home in January this year. A real-estate listing for the property shows the house has a grand spiral staircase, elevator, gourmet kitchen, private courtyard, double garage and separate two-story guesthouse. Brad Pitt came as an optional extra.
This was a mansion I simply had to see. Which is why I spent the hours honing in on my gut instinct and following where it led.
When my gut instinct kept leading me to an astonishing array of to-go cocktail bars, I changed tack and called upon the Egyptian High Priestess Isis for divine guidance.
Isis' esoteric attributes include intuition and perception. She is also related to the third-eye chakra, the center of illumination and insight.
"Show me the way to Brangelina's house," I asked her.
I was subsequently led around to view magnificent homes such as the Beauregard-Keyes House, the Cornstalk House and even the unlikely St. Louis Cathedral.
I didn't get too upset with myself that I wasn't channeling Isis well enough to find the Jolie-Pitt mansion. That's just what a modern goddess does — accepts that everything happens at the perfect time for the perfect reason.
On this note, I gave up the search and instead opted for a ride in a mule-drawn carriage.
My driver was very typical of a true N'orlean. He was as diverse as the culture with his clipped N'orleans accent, Australian driza-bone coat and a mule named after an Egyptian goddess. Yep, you guessed it. Isis was her name.
"OK," I laughed. "If you have to shape-shift yourself as an ass to get your message through, Isis, I'm listening."
With that, Isis led us directly to the house I'd been seeking all day. Although no one was home (the couple are in Vietnam adopting another baby, according to the rumors), I was at least very happy to have found success in my mission at last.
— — —
Anita Ryan-Revel is the creatrix of Goddess.com.au, a resource-rich site aimed at helping you connect with your beautiful, sassy, intuitive, lovable, sacred and authentic self. Catch her on tour in the USA in March: see ChakraGoddess.com for details. © copyright 2007 by Anita Ryan-Revel.
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