This morning in my email, I received this message from Stephen Perry, President and CEO of New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau: The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is working aggressively to ease customer fears, preserve future business and mitigate brand damage surrounding the outrageous violence that occurred on October 31 and in [...]
Tag Archives: New Orleans Police Department
Quit Complaining and Do Something!
June 23, 2010 – 3:37 pm
Last Sunday afternoon, I sat in a discussion on WWOZ regarding what we need to do regarding the problem we’re currently having with the NOPD cracking down on local street musicians playing in the Quarter. There’s supposed to be another round this coming Friday morning between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. If you read OffBeat, [...]
The Price of Parading
November 1, 2006 – 12:01 am
In early October, members of the Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club strutted through downtown New Orleans in fresh new blue outfits. Under the day’s hot sun, sweat poured off foreheads and some suits wilted a little. Still, the club was prepared to keep up their fancy footwork for the standard second-line parade length—four [...]
