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 Bulls [...]
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 hour to [...]
Posted in Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jun 13th, 2008
Yesterday’s coffee klatch evolved into the ultimate tweet-up: lunch with Nola, Yat Pundit and Ryan (joined by his lovely fiance) at Galatoire’s Restaurant.
Galatoire’s is on Bourbon Street, near the corner at Iberville. Besides fantastic Creole cuisine, it’s famous for quite a few quirks, among them that they don’t take reservations for the first-floor dining room. [...]
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 Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jun 6th, 2008
O.K. folks, I have received a request (or was it a challenge?) from Yat Pundit to post my quick and dirty version of a classic New Orleans dish, Chicken Bonne Femme (Good Woman’s Chicken?). Tujague’s has probably the best known version of the dish which is prepared with garlic, potatoes, white wine and, of course, [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, New Orleans on May 24th, 2008
I was an early adopter to the Greekfest New Orleans, arriving when the gates opened at 5:00. I was concerned about the weather; it had been raining on the Causeway and there was a bit of a drizzle as I stopped at the bank and got gas. Speaking of gas, I mean, really, it wasn’t [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, New Orleans on May 20th, 2008
Obscene Publications Act of 1959? No. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990? No. Open Platform Architecture? No. The Ontario Power Authority? No. A Greek exclamation used to express joy, approval or encouragement? Yes! That one!
It’s time once again for Greece on the Bayou as they’re calling it—or its official title, the Greek Festival New Orleans. [...]
Posted in Food, New Orleans, Uncategorized on May 18th, 2008
After a busy week which saw all my work assignments completed, I was free wander to about with a clear conscience. I had an idea a couple of weeks ago to some day soon have a day Uptown. Lunch at Parasol’s, followed by a Hansen’s Sno Bliz for desert. Nola and Katie and their other [...]
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 Festivals, New Orleans, Tech Stuff on May 2nd, 2008
Also posted at Nola Notes.
The NOLA bloggers have been doing great work covering the 2008 Jazz & Heritage Festival. Chronicling the rising prices, the food, the rain, the influx of tourists Foreigners taking over and most of all the music, NOLA bloggers have written of their experiences for all to read. We therefore bestow the [...]
Posted in Festivals, New Orleans on May 1st, 2008
Jazz Fest Thursday. I hate to say it, but I woke up this morning and thought, “Do I really need to go spend a hundred bucks to get sunburned?” But my better senses prevailed and said,”Go buy sunblock.” Off to Walgreens for sunblock and bottled water. Causeway. Go park at Marconi Meadows. Shuttle and parking, [...]
Posted in French Quarter, New Orleans on Apr 16th, 2008
During the French Quarter Fest I took a side trip into the St. Louis Cathedral. It’s a ubiquitous symbol that anchors the scene most associated with the city: what I call the “money shot” of Jackson Square taken from the Washington Artillery monument.
I’m not going into a full history of the cathedral at this point, [...]
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 New Orleans on Apr 2nd, 2008
It seems to be Yat week at our little corner of the NOLA (the city) blogosphere. Nola (the blogger) tells her Yat family story.
While my father is a 5th generation New Orleanian from Mid-City, my mother is from Cajun Country; neither could be considered “Yats,” nor did they raise any Yat children. We knew what [...]
Posted in Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Mar 29th, 2008
It’s a wonder what you can see walking in a few short blocks.
I arrived in the Quarter last night to meet relatives for dinner. I took a couple of loops around to find a parking space, but finally spotted one on Bourbon at Gov. Nicholls.
Arriving about an hour early, I was on a mission: find [...]
Posted in Food, New Orleans on Mar 21st, 2008
Dinner at Seither’s in Harahan with Nola, Sun, SoMo and family.
Posted in Food, New Orleans on Mar 15th, 2008
Dinner at the Galley on Metairie Road after the St. Joseph altar excursion. Did someone say shrimp, plate or plate o’ shrimp?
My fried shrimp dinner:
Nola’s shrimp salad:
Coincidence?
They had a whole slew of specials on a board I meant to get a picture of. My favorite was the listing for “Softshell Crab Topped With Crabmeat.” Crab [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, New Orleans on Mar 11th, 2008
Right after Nola called to say she had her St. Joseph Day post up, into the office came some goodies.
St. Joseph altar goodies, including prayer card and fava beans for good luck. It’s like the goodie bags Nola talks about, only it’s a goodie platter.
Posted in Food, Mardi Gras, New Orleans on Feb 26th, 2008
I was thinking, “I got nuthin’.” Nola’s covered the Streetcar Named Inspire sponsor party last week and there’s a quick write-up on StreetcarArt.com. So what to write about?
One thing to note is that it is Lent in Southern Louisiana. Forty days of sacrifice in preparation for the Easter celebration of Christ’s resurrection. For Catholics that’s [...]
Posted in Food, Katrina, New Orleans on Feb 17th, 2008
So last night was Captain Sarcastic’s birthday dinner. Unfortunately, Nola’s continuing illness kept her from joining us. It turned into a small party (seven adults, one baby Sun–always an exemplary baby when dining out) meeting at Pascal’s Manale restaurant on Napoleon Avenue uptown.
Manale’s is an old-school New Orleans place. We used to go there about [...]
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