Lillian (aka the Lillie of "Lillie's Five-and-Dime") was born and raised in New Orleans. She was in Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina (evacuated to her Uncle's house in Baton Rouge) and was displaced to Washington DC (Oct 2005 - June 2006), then Baltimore (July 2006 - August 2006), and now back to New Orleans for a bit.

We are doing all we can to help with the rebuilding of New Orleans. To that end, we are giving 10% of all our sales to the recovery: 4% to BRAF, 4% to Habitat, and 2% to WWOZ. And, we are offering two hand-screened silkscreen prints: Marsh and Two Birds. ALL the proceeds from the sales of these prints will be donated to American Wetlands.

You can help with the recovery, too! Take a look at the following links (buy some stuff and/or donate some cash) and visit New Orleans if you can! [BTW- send us any links you'd like to add to this section! (email: fiveanddime@yumfuji.com) ]

[american wetlands] this org is building up louisiana's coastal wetlands.
[ARNO] animal rescue in new orleans that is still helping nola pets.
[baton rouge area foundation] support baton rouge area foundation.
[common ground collective] common ground is on the ground getting the recovery done!
[go green nola] we created this guide to green building and living in new orleans.
[gulf restoration network] a network of orgs working to save the gulf of mexico.
[habitat] habitat is making houses/rebuilding nola.
[second wind nola] grassroots org helping nola small businesses.

[a gallery of fine photography] best photo collection we've ever seen (say "hi" to Josh for us!).
[dirty coast press] hip tees with hip designs on a hip website.
[metro three] cool tees from magazine street in new orleans.
[mignon faget] fancy jewelry with a new orleans flair.
[studio inferno] awesome glasswear. i have [and love] the nola watermeter paperweight.
[wearable vegetables] "shitake happens" tees and more hilarity ensue-ing.

[angelo brocato's] i heart their fig cookies.
[french market coffee] coffee + chicory = delicious!
[konriko rice] scrumptous rice made with america's oldest working rice mill.
[smith creamery] local louisiana dairy company...their chocolate milk is excellent!
[zapp's chips] tasty chips [crawfish flavor!] from this company in louisiana.

[our new orleans benefit cd] wonderful cd of new orleans artist singin'/playin'. proceeds go to habitat.
[preservation hall] the hall has reopened...visit them in person and/or buy cds and dvds.
[quintron & ms pussycat] he plays the organ and sings. she does puppet shows and sings.
[wwoz] great music! give 'em money and listen online.
[zydepunks] we love them and feel extra happy to be in new orleans when we see one of their shows!