While we’ve long encouraged visitors and ex-pats to “be a New Orleanian wherever you are,” it seems this year the whole country is taking us […]
House Float Huzzah
PoBoy Festival: Breaking the curse
Something, or someone, doesn’t want me to go to the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. It seems that over the past several years, fate has conspired […]
2014 Jazz Fest poster by Terrance Osborne
It might not seem like it, but I’m a serious art fan. Aside from the books on my shelves, the only inanimate objects I care […]
But, we practiced!
A couple of months ago, John and I were invited to a Speakeasy Dinner at Arnaud’s. Neither of us were sure about going, I mean, […]
The pleasure is all mine
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be selected to judge for the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience’s Fleur de Lis awards. […]
Belated tale from Tales
Due to throwing my back out and some feminine issues you definitely don’t want to hear about, I was not able to attend almost all […]
Bon Appetit Grub Crawl reflections
As you already know, I was invited by Belvedere Vodka to attend Saturday of the Bon Appetit Grub Crawl weekend. I was also invited to […]
Poor foodie perks: Belvedere Vodka and Grub Crawl
My friends from near and far exclaim “You have the best job in the world!” and while I agree that living life as a local […]
The art of food
Last Thursday, I was invited by representatives of Highland Park Scotch Whiskey to attend the StarChefs.com “Rising Stars” event here in New Orleans, honoring some […]
Pigging out
Last week, I spent a ridiculous amount of time eating. A day and a half tasting dishes all over the city for the New Orleans […]