Mary and Jim weren't out in the yard today

Love & War Deluxe: Twenty Years,
Three Presidents, Two Daughters and
 One Louisiana Home
James Carville Mary Matalin
- January 7, 2014

We don't know what the New Orleans "Odd Couple" is doing today. The driveway was full of cars, but it could just be workmen fixing up their big old mansion a block away from a St. Charles streetcar stop in Uptown.
We didn't knock, but we could have.

James Carville, 69, and Mary Matalin, 60, are raising their two daughters here. You've probably seen the two duking it out on various political news shows: she consults for Republicans, he consults for Democrats, and they both write books, (see the latest one at right, click on the red links for a complete bibliography) and they do very well, thank you. The stately 1904 mansion is worth $2.6 million, according to internet sources, and it is gorgeous, located on a street lined with gorgeous mansions next door to Loyola University.
The "Ragin' Cajun" was born in Carville, Louisiana, and his bride was born in Illinois, but they met in 1992 in Washington, of course, on opposite sides during the Clinton-Bush campaign.
Now Carville is a professor at nearby Tulane and has been seen by our neighbor, Dave, huffing and puffing around the running paths in Audubon Park. Here's a video clip where they talk about their home in Uptown, among other things.

Kathleen in front of the mansion

Kathleen is going to drop the Carville's a note and invite them over to the house for waffles. You never know. (just kidding, k.)
Today's stroll through the neighborhood resulted in these photos. When you're gawking, you've got to be careful not to stumble. All the big trees have big roots and sidewalks everywhere are a treacherous obstacle course of heaving concrete. It's easier to walk on ice, we think.
But it was great fun just looking at all the grand homes, even if Mary and James weren't out in their front yard today.

Maybe tomorrow we'll go see Archie Manning's house, where the 2014 Super Bowl QB grew up.