New Orleans is the only place I know of where you ask a little kid what he wants to be and instead of saying “I want to be a policeman,” or “I want to be a fireman,” he says, I want to be a musician”. — Alan Jaffe (H/T to Muriel’s) Allan Jaffemusicnew orleanspreservation hall
Suddenly Mrs. Reilly remembered the horrible night that she and Mr. Reilly had gone to the Prytania to see Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Red Dust. In the heat and confusion that had followed their return home, nice Mr. Reilly had tried one of his indirect approaches, and Ignatius was conceived. Poor Mr. Reilly.…
Chefs and food scholars study it like the Talmud. creolenew orleans
A great shout out for Ricky’s book which I’ve been banging on about for a while. Evan ChristopherJazzLouis Armstrongmusicnew orleanspopsRicky RiccardiSatchmoWhat a Wonderful World
Wonderful lineup including New Birth Brass Band, Preservation Hall Brass Band, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Treme Brass Band and many more. And its free!!! JazzLouis ArmstrongMeschiya Lake and the Little Big HornsmusicNew Birth Brass Bandnew orleansPalmetto Bug StomperspopsPreservation Hall Brass BandSatchmoSatchmo summer festTreme Brass Band
OK, so it’s just gone on Saturday but I’ve been meaning to bring Scott Gold’s column to your attention. Check out his other entries. foodFood pornnew orleansscott gold
Mr. I. Abelman, Mongoloid, Esq., We have received via post your absurd comments about our trousers, the comments revealing, as they did, your total lack of contact with reality. Were you more aware, you would know or realize by now that the offending trousers were dispatched to you with our…
Lolis Eric Elie’s latest. It’s the cookbook of these characters. foodLolis Eric Elienew orleansTreme
So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small cycle within the larger bad cycle. The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. At the moment, I am in an inner circle.…
The chirpy chappy that is Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. Andrew Zimmernfoodnew orleans
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