The Simpsons Voice Actor Harry Shearer Speaks Out On New Orleans Short Term...
New Orleans short terms rentals are all the rage right now meaning that, yes, it’s become popular for people to wanna come down and rent a whole home in the city. But many local residents are enraged...
View ArticleDrooling, Drizzling and Dreaming at New Orleans Dryades Street Market
A friend of mine and I did our yearly birthday celebration at Dryades Street Market, a place newly opened in an old school building. They’ve done a real nice job with it, making it open and airy, full...
View ArticleFirst New Orleans Saints Superdome Game After Katrina Anniversary
The New Orleans Saints and the Superdome celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the re-opening of the dome after the destruction and havoc wrought by Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. Here is some...
View ArticleNew Orleans is One Scary City Where Most Believe in Ghosts
New Orleans is one scary city where 90 percent of the people believe in ghosts according to a recent article on the WWL radio website. I don’t know where they get the 90% number from but not only are...
View ArticleNew Orleans Neighborhoods and Short Term Rentals – Mayor Landrieu and the...
New Orleans neighborhoods got dealt a disappointing blow yesterday with approval of the new “compromise”short-term rentals legislation. This allows anyone with a homestead exemption to rent out year...
View ArticleNew Orleans Gingerbread Buildings – Sweet Versions of Your Favorite NOLA Places
New Orleans gingerbread buildings – are you kidding? You mean buildings made outta gingerbread? You know there ain’t nothing like a good gingerbread cookie. Me, I like to get that big ole tin of ’em at...
View ArticleAdopting Boxing Day in America: 10 Fantastic Reasons
Adopting Boxing Day in America, the British holiday the day after Christmas, is something I think we should seriously consider. I’ve provided some excellent reasons below. Adopting Boxing Day in...
View ArticleLouisiana Agriculture: TWILA – My New Favorite TV Show
My new favorite program is about Louisiana agriculture, TWILA TV on Cox 4 at 9AM Saturday mornings. Some time last year I was aimlessly cruising the TV dial and happened upon this show. I was...
View ArticleNew Orleans Now Top Ranked For Creative Folks
New Orleans has had its share of fantastically creative folks that have achieved world-wide fame. Just look at Louis Armstrong, one of the fathers of jazz, and the recently deceased Fats Domino...
View ArticleMy First Christmas Without My Beloved Mom
I decorated this year for Xmas and did it like I always do. This is the first year without my mom. For sixty-five Christmases my mom has always been here. And there were only a couple to times I did...
View ArticleSanta Buddy (Santa Baby) Southeast Louisiana Version
Eartha Kitt originally did “Santa Baby” decades ago and it was a sultry and sexy version. Madonna also did this, a faster version with a voice like Betty Boop. Then recently Michael Buble put it on his...
View ArticleNew Orleans Hit By Major Cold Snap – It’s Cold As S**t!
A lot of people wonder if it every gets really cold in New Orleans. Well wonder no more. For the last few weeks we’ve been hit by some pretty cold weather. Is this unusual? well yes and no. I remember...
View ArticleTalented Horse Dances for New Orleans Brass Band
Not only do we have some of the most talented musicians in New Orleans but we also got some of the most talented horses. Here we got a cop on horseback letting his horse dance to the music of a street...
View Article10 Things You Must Do to Stay Safe at Mardi Gras
10 things you must do to stay safe at Mardi Gras 1. Don’t travel alone, if you are going to walk the streets especially in the Quarter it is best to have a companion, unless you are on the uptown route...
View ArticleMobile Mardi Gras vs New Orleans: Which One is Better
Mobile Mardi Gras vs New Orleans: Which One is Better? Mobile Mardi Gras to the rescue! Really? So Mobile thinks that because they had the first Mardi Gras in the country that somehow it’s better?...
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