This is our girl Destiny’s view of the city. She stands on the side of Paris Road by the Green Bridge and wishes herself across bayous and oil spills and wetlands to arrive at the front gates of the Big Easy. She can see downtown from here, almost hear the streetcar and smell the sweet perfume of uptown jasmine. But, today, her feet stand firmly “Down the Road,” a real place along Louisiana Highway 42 and also a fictional place where a girl named Destiny lives.
