There’s “Gold” Here with These Folksy New Orleans Musicians
Saw this folksy trio recently at an event and was impressed by their sound and musicianship. Gold Beneath the Highway are local New Orleans musicians Iain Weigert, John Renshaw and Emily Davies. I like...
View ArticleWays to Cool Off Your New Orleans Summer 2013
Guest post by Mama Tujaque OK, babe. We all know dat it gets really hot heah in da summah in N’awlins. OK, ya don’t need be tellin’ me or complainin’ or anything like dat. OK. Me, I don’t wanna heah...
View ArticleTake My Kid to New Orleans? No Way. Yes, way! Go New Orleans Family Style
Okay, okay. I get just a leeeetle bit irritated when I hear, “Gee can I take my kid to New Orleans? Isn’t it full of drunk people lining the streets like a gauntlet you gotta get through to get...
View ArticleFood Tours in New Orleans: High Octane on Oak Street
Who’d a thunk that a foodie crawl in uptown New Orleans would be so popular. I mean most people think that you gotta stay in da Quartah to have any fun. Just what the heck does Oak Street got anyway?...
View ArticleWhat the River Washed Away – A New Novel Set in Rural Louisiana – Review
One of the pleasures and perks of blogging about New Orleans is receiving unexpected packages in the mail of items to recommend in a blog post or requests to review books about New Orleans or Louisiana...
View ArticleWhen Katrina Hit Home -Young Folks Tale of Courage and Survival – Review
There have been a lot of books written in the aftermath and about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and what the failure of the levee systems built by the Corps of Engineers had wrought upon on New...
View ArticleNew Orleans Teens Win Berklee Music School Scholarships
I always like to announce good tidings about people in New Orleans. Recently four young musicians from the New Orleans area were awarded full four-year scholarships to attend Berklee College of Music,...
View ArticleNew Orleans Americana Musicians: Gold Beneath the Highway – Video
Back by popular demand, here’s another tune from these fantastic New Orleans musicians. They do what I would call Americana music, which appears to be a relatively new genre. Well, I wouldn’t say the...
View ArticleA New Orleanian’s Homecoming from Paris
There ‘s a saying that goes ‘you can’t go home again.’ I don’t know that the heck that means or where it comes from. But I’ve found it not to be true. And writer and New Orleanian Katherine Peck proves...
View ArticleNew Orleans Gets a Taste of Sweetwater Beer
Ah, the many perks of having a blog about New Orleans. Once theses companies see you doing reviews they send you all kinds of stuff. New Orleans Gets a Taste of Sweetwater Beer Recently I got this big...
View ArticleGlimpse New Orleans History From a 1901 Creole Cookbook
I recently got a cookbook in the mail that I was asked to review The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book from the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, a company founded in 1812. This thing is a reprint...
View ArticleBless This Food: The Way of Gratitude and Grace
Got a book in the mail the other day for me to review. I usually only do books about New Orleans or Louisiana. The book is titled Bless This Food: Ancient and Contemporary Graces From Around the World....
View ArticleThe Roosevelt’s Fountain Lounge – A Reopening in Grand New Orleans Style
Got an invite to the reopening of the once famous Fountain Lounge at the grand old Roosevelt Hotel. Seems like fun, time to get out, so what the heck, I called in my RSVP. Getting an invite to these...
View ArticleTP Declares Top 10 New Orleans Restaurants 2013
New Orleans food critic Brett Anderson’s got his new list of the best food places in New Orleans. These are the ones he declares “that meet the expectations of fine-dining restaurants in terms of...
View ArticleWhere is Louis Armstrong Buried?
Well, it being All Saints Day and all, well, it was actually the day after All Saints Day and we wanted to miss the crowds, my mom, sister, cousin and I drove to the Lake Lawn Cemetery in New Orleans...
View Article25 Great Reasons to Move to New Orleans
If you’ve ever thought about moving to New Orleans, or if you live here maybe you need a reminder of why you came, this cool blog post with great photos, from Movoto spells it all out for you. 25...
View ArticleOld Banking Idea Gives People in the Delta New Hope
What’s happens when a country town goes flat? When all the good jobs leave, and businesses pull up stakes? Banks leave too. Entrepreneur Bill Bynum decided to use his knowledge and expertise to create...
View ArticleMy Mom Completes 100 Years
My mom turned 100 last week. She was born and raised in New Orleans, seen so many amazing things come and go, and is now benefitting from and embracing the digital age. She’s lived through so many...
View ArticleFrigid Air in New Orleans – A Major Weather Event?
I got a friend in Albuquerque who’s shocked each time I mention that it’s cold in New Orleans. He says, “Whaaaat!” I know it gets cold there too but I guess it surprises him that here in the deep South...
View ArticleThe 2014 Ice Storm That Almost Ate New Orleans – Will We Survive?
New Orleans: The 2014 ice storm. Did we make it? Did we survive? Here’s the latest report from contributor MM Butterworth: The 2014 Ice Storm That Almost Ate New Orleans – Will We Survive? Please – a...
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