In the past few days I received an email petition asking the city to reopen Armstrong Park. I signed it, of course, as I’ve been a vocal proponent of the park’s reopening for many years, and we’ve had several features in our blogs about this subject. I understand that there’s also a group of young [...]
Tag Archives: New Orleans
Jazz Fest Cubes (Full Stage Schedules) Released
March 30, 2011 – 3:03 pm
We’ve been getting calls and emails for weeks now: “Where can I find the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival stage schedule?” “I see the daily lineup, but where are the daily Jazz Fest cubes?” At long last, here they are: Jazz Fest released the full schedules today, otherwise known as the “cubes”, with times [...]
A Great Mardi Gras
March 9, 2011 – 5:01 pm
Had a great Mardi Gras! I’ve done Frenchmen Street, Bourbon Street, Canal Street, St. Charles Avenue, even Metairie. But I like our house the best. We’re smack-dab in the middle of St. Charles Avenue and Dryades Street, so we get the best of all worlds on Mardi Gras day: Zulu, Rex, the truck parades and [...]
Outrageous Entertainment As Fact–NOT!
February 23, 2011 – 4:22 pm
We’re on another countdown: just about two weeks ‘til Mardi Gras, and the purple, gold and green is everywhere! The January 21 issue of Newsweek that featured a list of the 10 “dying” cities in the US, based on the decrease in population from 2000 to 2009 and a decrease in population under 18. New [...]
My Dawlin’ New Orleans
February 16, 2011 – 4:08 pm
“My Darlin’ New Orleans,” held last Saturday night at Generations Hall, was apparently a great success. Last year the auction event took in $75,000 that benefited the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. This year the event will net over $100,000 to benefit the Roots of Music. The Roots organization just also announced a $50,000 donation from [...]
Happy New Year!
December 29, 2010 – 5:02 pm
Had a great conversation with one of our lifetime subscribers today, John Jacobs, from Tucson. He and his wife Mary Anne (hope I spelled that right) are in town for a week, and leaving on New Year’s Day. John just stopped by to say hello and to thank us for doing what we do. It’s [...]
Music at the Cathedral
December 22, 2010 – 1:18 pm
When’s the last time you visited St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square? When I was a kid, we’d visit when we came to New Orleans, and I especially liked going to midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. St. Louis Cathedral is really gorgeous, beautifully maintained, old-world. I realized how much I’ve missed going there. Last night [...]
Most Affordable Dining City in the U.S.
November 19, 2010 – 10:49 am
Today, Zagat published the results of its latest restaurant survey. New Orleans comes in as the most affordable dining city in the country with an average meal at $28.36 compared to the national average of $35.37. Susan Spicer’s restaurant Bayona ranks first in “Top Food” (ahead of Stella! and Brigtsen’s) while Brigtsen’s offers “Top Service” [...]
Voodoo Amps Up As “THE” Big Fall Festival
November 3, 2010 – 5:53 pm
If you didn’t go to the Voodoo Experience this past weekend, you really missed something. I think they’re really on the right track. Of course, the absolutely beautiful weather didn’t hurt. The stages on the left side of the site in City Park were lined up just right—they almost created a “street” of different kinds [...]
