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Quick Historical Tidbit Dept: Edgar Degas in New Orleans
We just returned from a long visit to New Orleans, one of three Tennessee Williams-approved cities in the America (“Everywhere else…
A Few Pretty Pictures from Our New Orleans Bureau:
Here’s a sampling of what I’ve seen the past couple weeks here in New Orleans, often while biking around. It’s…
One more new orleans place: the hi-ho lounge on St. Claude
The Hi-Ho Lounge on St. Claude in New Orleans. Legendary. Scruffy. Good. Next time you’re in NOLA, get out of…
A couple more new orleans paintings before mardi gras
Here’s a little one I did of the Jax brewery (sort of a study for this big one) and a…
Tabasco Sauce, the other official beverage of New Orleans
Last spring we road-tripped it from NOLA to Avery Island, Louisiana, home of Tabasco. Why was the famous red stuff…
The STATUE OF ROBERT E. LEE: ANOTHER POSTCARD FROM NEW ORLEANS (HAPPY MARDI GRAS!)
New Orleans is a city of contradictions. At one time it was the most racially liberal city in the south.…
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar: a Bastion of [Relative] Sanity on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
We think of Jean Laftitte as a pirate, but some historians think of him more as a crime boss. Paulie…
Pat O’Brien’s Hurricane: Red, Sweet, Huge and a New Orleans Tradition
Pat O’Brien’s wraps around the classic NOLA jazz venue Preservation Hall, well out of the madness of Bourbon Street. Enter…
Crawfish Boil! Another New Orleans tradition for Super Gras
About two years ago, we got invited to our first backyard crawfish boil in New Orleans. It featured sunshine, kids,…