Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans
“Interesting,” the woman murmured. Her gaze flicked back and forth between my face and the almost empty coffee cup in her hands. I had never met her before. She was strikingly beautiful with dark, almond-shaped eyes, black-brown hair and smooth, olive-toned skin. A friend of my aunt’s, she had been […]
Chinese New Year starts just a few days after Mardi Gras this year on Friday, February 16th, kicking off the year of the brown dog, hence my snarky title. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am no stranger to the festivities which include elaborate red and gold […]
More than a century old, a renovated icon breathes new life into a long-defunct corner of Canal Street, anchoring the city’s growing bio-medical district. Originally opened in 1907, the Jung was designed by renowned local architectural firm Weiss & Dreyfus for entrepreneurs Peter Jung, Sr., Peter Jung, Jr., and A.L. […]
Great gods of gluttony! As tried and true New Orleanians, are we truly expected to put aside our Bacchanalian behavior in the spirit of a New Year resolution? Are we honestly making promises for a more healthy tomorrow when less than a 144 hours later we’ll be celebrating Twelfth Night […]
Destination: Metairie With seemingly endless rows of well-manicured lawns, cul-de-sacs brimming with playing kids, tidy homes and neat gardens … Metairie, Louisiana is a lot like suburbs all over the country. Strip malls hug the edges of orderly communities and schools are wrapped securely within residential zones. Small neighborhoods pour […]
A recent transplant discovers her calling through unexpected channels and becomes the latest creative asset to Crescent City interiors. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Holly Owen has spent much of her life in the Northeastern part of the country; from New Jersey and Connecticut to Cambridge, Massachusetts. But a little […]
Originating in Quebec, poutine was once considered something of a joke like ambrosia salad, deep fried butter or loose meat sandwiches. But over the past decade or so, poutine has become so popular that even discerning Canadians are finally admitting their love for this formerly debased dish. In case you’ve […]
Leased by the Domain Companies, the top two floors of the Contemporary Arts Center building transforms from storage space into a 40,000 square foot, full-service co-working facility aimed at our city’s creative entrepreneurs. Easily one of the hottest business trends worldwide, co-working spaces are redefining what it means to go […]
It’s one of those things, you either love it or you hate it. Personally, I am in the camp that believes that, like bacon, mushrooms can make almost anything better. Just think about it for a minute. Burgers are better with sauteed or grilled mushrooms, pizza is better with mushrooms, […]
When talking about historic restorations and renovations in New Orleans, we’re often discussing buildings that are a century or more old, but the Alder Hotel that recently opened Uptown is quite a different animal. Built in 1964 by local architectural firm Mathes, Bergman & Associates, the Bristow Tower was originally […]
Everyone has their favorite view of the city. For some it could be the brief glimpse you get when crossing over the twin-spans from the West Bank or for others the way the city rises up around you when arriving on I-10 from Slidell. What I wouldn’t give to be […]
Almost like a film reel playing back in my head, I can clearly remember my Halloween-elated, costumed-self collapsing on the green shag carpeting in our family room after a hard night of trick-or-treating, dumping out my loot-filled pillowcase with friends and siblings to meticulously sort through our haul. After calculating […]
With workdays getting longer and lunch hours getting shorter (especially a lunch “hour” that only lasts 30 minutes!), it’s more important than ever to ensure we are getting all the nutrients we need to keep moving along. While shakes and smoothies may have all of the nutrition we need, they […]