Posted in Katrina, Northshore Exile on Jul 31st, 2008
So for the month of August, I will be posting one picture per day from my Hurricane Katrina aftermath photo collection, in no particular order. First up, the debris pile gathered up on the neutral ground between West End and Pontchartrain boulevards. Probably taken in the middle of October, 2005.
Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, New Orleans, Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008
More from Tales of the Cocktail, day 2 for me, day 3 for everyone else. After attending the absinthe seminar, we headed back downstairs to formulate a plan. A plan never actually materialized, in no small part because we chose the hall outside one of the tasting rooms to check the schedule. Inexorably drawing us [...]
Posted in Art, Festivals, French Quarter, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Northshore Exile, Travel on Jul 19th, 2008
YLC Streetcar artists Paulette Lizano and Will Smith popped up during Tales of the Cocktail at the event’s Cocktail Marketplace on Saturday. Paulette, who is in the process of building her streetcar, “Perley’s Barnyard Party” was there selling glass coasters and plates featuring martini glasses and S&WB meter cover designs. Will Smith’s streetcar is located [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jul 19th, 2008
I’ve decided to break this Tales of the Cocktail post into a few non-linear small parts. This part covers the first and last happenings of the day, the absinthe seminar and end-of-day cocktails at the Carousel Bar (below). I continued on my quest at Tales of the Cocktail to learn all there is to know [...]
Posted in Art, Festivals, Food, French Quarter, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Northshore Exile, Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2008
With that challenge, Kevin Brauch (the reporter on Iron Chef America who is not Alton Brown, thank Gawd) opened up Tales of the Cocktail. But first things first. Today’s kick-off event was Toast to Tales of the Cocktail in the Riverview Room of the Hotel Montleone. NOLA blogger Loki of Humid City and the Krewe [...]
Posted in Animals, Festivals, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jul 12th, 2008
I believe we have a winner of a new tradition in the works. It’s called San Fermin in Nueva Orleans, or more appropriately, the Running of the Bulls in New Orleans. See other coverage here and here. Held this morning in the Quarter, the New Orleans event pays tribute to the famous Running of the [...]
Posted in New Orleans on Jul 7th, 2008
Editor’s Note: Nola’s post on da Schegmann’s jogged many memories. I started to share one in a comment, but it grew out of hand, so it’s now a post. When I worked at Martin Wine Cellar on Baronne Street while I was at UNO, I once went to the Schwegmann’s on Annunciation on my lunch [...]
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