Posted in Football, French Quarter, New Orleans, Travel on Aug 30th, 2010
So NOLAnotes issued a NOLA book challenge. Here are my favorites, an incomplete list limited to my top 5 non-fiction books, in no particular order. Old New Orleans by Stanley Clisby Arthur. A walking tour of the French Quarter written by the man who also wrote Famous New Orleans Drinks & How to Make ‘Em. [...]
Posted in Food, Football, New Orleans, Travel on Jan 21st, 2009
I let loose my New Year’s resolution a couple of weeks ago: To eat better in 2009. Better steaks, better shrimp, better meals all around. One wag, Yat Pundit, echoed the theme with “less Subway, more Parkway!” Yeah, you rite! That reminded me of a glaring omission in my life. I’ve yet to have a [...]
Posted in Football, New Orleans on Jan 7th, 2008
LSU is playing in the big national championship football game tonight at the New Orleans Superdome. We’ve had a week of partying leading up to it. New Years Eve, the Sugar Bowl and the LSU/Tulane basketball game were mere warm-ups; appetizers, if you will, to tonight’s main event. Should LSU win (and, yes, they should), [...]
Posted in Football, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jan 5th, 2008
Pre-party get together with family on Decatur Street. It’s 5:00pm, there’s a little jazz combo playing on the corner. We’re between Gov. Nicholls and Ursuline; an 8 foot tall inflatable Mike the Tiger on the balcony drawing extra attention. Purple and gld abounds on the street. Parents at mass at St. Louis Cathedral, dinner after? [...]
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