Archive for August 2012

0

Millionaire & Mobster Blog: Oh No, Not New Orleans: August 28, 2012

"I hope to God it doesn't hit New Orleans," says Angie. She's talking about Isaac, bearing down on the Gulf coast. It seems like we just got everything rebuilt. In case you've forgotten, I'm a New Orleans boy. I still have family and business contacts there, even a home on Lake Pontchartrain, which flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Not that we spend much time there these days. "Let's face it," I told Angie. "One way or another, the city's gonna get it." I stop short of saying it'd be divine providence if it didn't take a direct hit, but the storm's a rainmaker, and I hope the levees hold.

Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers Louie Morelli's Daughter and Stella di Mare. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida and New Orleans. This entertainment blog is written in the voice of her main character, Louie Morelli. Books available at Amazon  & B&N. Also in ebook formats.

0

Millionaire & Mobster Blog: The Republicans Are Coming, August 23, 2012

The Republican's are coming. Of course,with Isaac forming in the Caribbean, they may not come at all. Not that it makes much difference to me. I'm clear on the other side of the state, and I'm not particularly partisan. I learned a long time ago that they all take money. I have friends in Tallahassee. I have friends in Washington and Baton Rouge and Mobile. What I don't have is ideals or ethics, and I'm amused by the naivete of the youth, who think politicians are pure and public service noble. Angie's nephew, who spent a decade developing a social conscience in a university that taught him how to make a fool of himself, scorns me for being in the top one-percent, the defiled money-class. I might feel bad if I had come by it honestly. But all I can do is laugh and tell him to get a job.

Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers Louie Morelli's Daughter and Stella di Mare. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida, New Orleans, and Detroit. Her books are available at Amazon & B&N. Also in ebook formats.

0

Millionaire Mobster Blog: Dog Days of Summer, August 2, 2012

I think the dog days are here. I'm lying on the beach, watching my grand-kids playing in the surf. Angie and Stella are bustling about because they're putting on a Full Moon party tonight, a monthly occurrence around here. Victor's been recruited to barbecue; he's had ribs marinating since last night. Now he brings me a cold one, and I gaze out at the ocean, dotted with sails and speedboats. An August haze hangs on the horizon where an oil tanker glides it way slowly southward. Victor wants to talk, but I don't even have energy for this.  I close my eyes, drowsing, feel the sun's warmth on my face.

Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers, Louie Morelli's Daughter and Stella di Mare. She writes about mobsters and miilionaires in South Florida, New Orleans, and Detroit. This blog is written in the voice of her main character, Louie Morelli. Her books are available at Amazon, B&N. Also in ebook formats.