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A Palette of Place: Michalopoulos’ Hotel Pompadour

June 23, 2025 No Comments

In contrast to the ubiquitous grays, browns and beiges that dominate swaths of suburban landscapes across the country, the architecture of New Orleans is a kaleidoscope of color. Long before the city’s post-Katrina explosion of vivid hues, it already boasted a palette all its own – one uniquely captured in […]

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Though she was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kim Ranjbar took her passion for the written word and dragged it over 2000 miles to flourish in the city she loves. For well over a decade, she's been eating, photographing and writing about food (and more!) in New Orleans, her work appearing in local publications such as French Quarter Journal, Where Y'at Magazine, New Orleans Living Magazine, NewOrleans.com and Louisiana Kitchen & Culture.

After over 20 years as a transplant — surviving hurricanes, levee failures, oil spills, boil water advisories and hipster invasions — Kim hopes to eventually earn the status of local and be welcomed into the fold.

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