Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Gargantuan, and Good
Posted by Ian McNulty on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Americans in general often get a bad rap for gluttonous meal portions, with super-sized this and extra-large that. But for a little dose of global perspective, take a look at the photo at left and consider that this plate would be considered a completely normal restaurant meal in many South American countries.
The kingly collection of steak, sausage, chicken, shrimp, tostones, rice and beans and salsa and chimichurri (in the two tin cups) is the specialty of the house at Don Victor's Fine Latin American Restaurant, the excellent cross-cultural Latin American restaurant I reviewed this week.
Former Gambit staffer Scott Jordan becomes new communications director for La. Dems
Posted by Kevin Allman on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Scott Jordan, who worked at Gambit from 1998-2003 before assuming the helm of the Independent Weekly in Lafayette, La., announced this morning that's he's leaving the paper (and journalism) to become communications director for the Louisiana Democratic Party:
"This fall’s elections, both statewide and national, promise to be historic," says Jordan. "And after 15 years of working as a journalist and editor, I’ve decided I want to be directly involved in politics in a different role."
Congratulations, Scott. We look forward to giving you hell when necessary...and we hope never to have to write "Scott Jordan, spokesman for the state Democratic party, did not respond to a request for comment."
Be Proud to Call It Home
Posted by Kandace Power Graves on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:32 PM
New Orleans didn’t make it into the Top 10 of Outside magazine’s Top 20 Best Towns in America, but we did get the longest writeup of the 20 places profiled in the August 2008 issue.
K-Doe lives!
Posted by Kevin Allman on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Death can't stop Ernie K-Doe. He's still out in the town (in the person of the K-Doe Statue, and if you don't know what that is, you fail New Orleans 101). In this week's Gambit, Alison Fensterstock tells the improbable story of how K-Doe topped the UK music charts a few months ago, due to his song "Here Comes the Girls" being used in a British cosmetics commercial...which is worth a look:
If you want to celebrate with Ernie and his widow Miss Antoinette, get on down to the Mother-in-Law Lounge on Saturday night, when they'll be celebrating the release of K-Doe's "new" (actually re-released) CD, Here Come the Girls. (The Mother-in-Law was voted #9 in Gambit's recent ranking of New Orleans' best bars.)
And if you can't get "Here Come the Girls" out of your head, you can buy the whole CD here from the Louisiana Music Factory.
