Posted in Art, New Orleans on Dec 18th, 2008
I was cleaning up my cube today and ran across a stack of papers left over from some genealogy research I did a few years ago. I took a look at an obituary, my great-great grandfather’s brother (great-great grand uncle?), Paul ______, from 1898.
I guess I hadn’t paid much attention to it after I had [...]
Posted in Art, Festivals, Food, Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Northshore Exile, Travel, Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2008
I’ll let the press release from Ann Tuennerman explain all the good news:
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL OPENING RECEPTION TO BE HELD AT THE NEWLY RESTORED ROOSEVELT HOTEL
TOAST OF THE EVENING TO OCCUR AT THE ORIGINAL SAZERAC BAR
NEW ORLEANS, LA—December 1, 2008 – Tales of the Cocktail, a cocktail and culinary festival celebrating the history and [...]
Posted in Art, French Quarter, New Orleans, Northshore Exile on Nov 10th, 2008
I interviewed an artist up in Covington for my day job. He asked if I had seen any of Prospect.1, the international art exposition going on all over New Orleans. There are installations and showings of 80 artists from all over the world. The U.S. Mint and the Contemporary Arts Center are the main venues. [...]
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 at [...]
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 of [...]
I went on a trip to Houston this weekend for my nephew’s (he’s also my Gawd-child) 11th birthday party. Houston is not my favorite place. Other than my brother’s family, a few friends and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the city just sucks to me. It’s just too big. They’ve been working on the [...]
Posted in Art, Food, New Orleans, Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2008
It was a busy day. I started out on a quest to find a combination recuperation/baby’s first birthday gift for Nola & CS–a bottle of Kübler absinthe. Alright, it really wasn’t much of a first birthday gift for Sun; I promise to make it up to her next year. First stop, Martin Wine Cellar in [...]
Posted in Art, New Orleans, Travel on May 9th, 2008
I wasn’t going to write anymore about our trip to San Francisco. I still need to cover the trip to Alcatraz, though, and working on the StreetcarArt.com project got me thinking about something I had seen while in the city by the bay, as it’s called.
You see, there was also a public art project in [...]
Posted in Art, Festivals, French Quarter, New Orleans on Apr 11th, 2008
Of all the festivals available to the south Louisianan, the French Quarter Fest has become by far my favorite one. It’s held in and celebrates my favorite place on earth, the French Quarter, where my family has connections stretching back to my great-great-great-great grandfather’s arrival here as a refugee in 1809. A French colonial born [...]
Posted in Art, Festivals, Food, French Quarter, Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2008
In coming weeks, one or more of you may find yourselves in receipt of a Major Award.
No, not that one.
This one: Pete & Nola’s Lucky Blog Award, recipients to be determined by as yet undetermined criteria.
Now, I’m not big on blog bling at all. But I am one for a pun, and always up for [...]
Posted in Art, Northshore Exile on Mar 9th, 2008
I went out to Covington’s Spring for Art celebration last night. First stop was Sarah Dunn’s gallery and studio fronting Boston Street. Sarah’s probably the youngest gallery owner in town, a bundle of blond energy and a big believer in participatory art. While displaying her Kandinsky-meets Peter Maxx-crossed with Dali blend of creations inside, she [...]
Posted in Art, New Orleans on Feb 15th, 2008
Nola’s already written about the details of the YLC’s latest public art project, “A Streetcar Named Inspire.” We’ve now set up a new website, StreetcarArt.com, to showcase the project. We’ll have pictures as the streetcars are installed around town, and hopefully be getting more previews and artists’ comments to post. So go visit StreetcarArt.com. That’s [...]
Posted in Art, French Quarter, New Orleans on May 21st, 2007
The Fore!Kids Foundation is sponsoring a public art project in coordination with the Arts Council of New Orleans. Fiberglass fleur de lis were given to 40 artists to decorate, and they are displayed at various locations around the city until October, when they will be auctioned off and the proceeds distributed to various charities the [...]
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