Michelle Elmore Moved From Katrina-Stricken New Orleans to Fairfax

Michelle Elmore, owner of the , moved to Fairfax after Hurricane Katrina flooded her New Orleans neighborhood, according to a “Marin Snapshot” feature in the Marin IJ.

The fine arts photographer moved to the Bay Area with $69, as she had just spent $10,000 fixing up her French Quarter gallery before the hurricane hit, according to the IJ.

She told the IJ she learned how to make some of the New Orleans entrées at her café while doing street photography for 16 years in New Orleans and eating in people’s homes. “In New Orleans if you don’t cook, you don’t have friends,” she told the IJ.