Posted in Food, French Quarter on Jun 16th, 2007
Note: Well, official (late) blog congrats to Nola and CS on the early rising of Sun!!!
Well, we finally made it to Mr. B’s in the Quarter last Thursday. After a hard day’s work helping Pete’s mom and dad, who have been painting at the sister’s still-hurricane-ravaged condo building out at the lake, we went down [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on May 17th, 2007
Last night, we had dinner at Irene’s Cuisine. The original plan was dinner at Mr. B’s Bistro, which is one of my favorite places in the city. Mr. B’s just recently reopened. Although IT did not flood the French Quarter, many buildings suffered rain damage. Mr. B’s suffered doubly. Rain poured in the building, which [...]
Posted in French Quarter, New Orleans on May 9th, 2007
Brad Pitt does, and he’s only had a home here for a few months. As reported on Nola.com (not to be confused with our honorable host Nolanotes.com), Brad Pitt “pines for his old New Orleans Home.”
The thing he misses the most, he said, is bicycling through the streets of New Orleans at night.
“Living in the [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Apr 18th, 2007
In exile on the Northshore for 5 years now, I always enjoy having time to spend in the city. Having partners-in-crime always helps, and this past weekend it was none other than Nola, Captain Sarcastic and my sister, with guest appearances from Nola and CS’ menagerie, Lucy, Zella and Peanut.
Saturday started in a fine New [...]
Posted in Festivals, French Quarter on Apr 15th, 2007
Moving on…still Friday the 13th at the French Quarter Fest…
To Woldenberg Park, and another extended outlay of music stages and food booths. As I was looking around trying to plot a strategy, I heard a loud plane overhead, and looking above spotted an F15 flying fast and low over the riverfront. I picked up my [...]
Posted in Festivals, French Quarter on Apr 14th, 2007
Hello everyone, Pontchartrain Pete here (just call me Pete, Pontchartain can be hard to spell and is too long to type). Today’s my first stint as guest blogger for Nola at nolanotes and for this and future posts I’ll keep with the “all things New Orleans” theme. Being single and male, your author will not, [...]
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