- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Feb 7, 2012
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Pancho’s lowers the flag
Revival of the notorious, once-praised "Mexican super buffet" proves short-lived.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 26, 2012
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Remembering Etta James and more
With gratitude: the singer, the family man, and the hometown hero.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 21, 2011
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A Louisiana Christmas, 1950
A family photograph blends a postcard-like idyllic holiday with a sad reality of the times.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 14, 2011
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Highlights of a blogging year
Your favorites and mine from a collection of essays.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 22, 2011
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Dancing the shrimp
Using a family’s archives, a new book and exhibition explore south Louisiana’s history.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 14, 2011
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America’s Lost Treasures comes to New Orleans Nov. 29
National Geographic’s new TV series searches for items of historical significance and asks the public to show them their stuff.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 10, 2011
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Victory on Bayou St. John
In honor of Veterans Day, a painting for the National World War II Museum brings General Dwight D. Eisenhower and boat-builder Andrew Higgins together for the first time.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 2, 2011
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Louisiana college football: another historic match-up
As LSU faces Alabama this weekend, a bookworm, in spite of herself, embraces a sports tradition.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 20, 2011
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Cajun bride of Oak Alley
A fall wedding? Charles Durand fills the trees with real spiders, creating a legendary setting.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Aug 29, 2011
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For New Orleans
I remember the first time I laughed after the storm: My friend Geri described the $200,000 worth of rodent damage to her house as "squirrels gone wild."
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jun 28, 2011
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A muddled world
The author searches for a stranger in a Thibodaux hurricane shelter.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jun 22, 2011
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Summer of Love
“You’re twenty-five!” cried my granny. “Who’s going to want you now?”
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jun 15, 2011
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For my father
A daughter discovers the shocking truth about her parents.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Apr 12, 2011
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Vincent Price: contradictions
Sears, fine art and horror.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Mar 22, 2011
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Happy Birthday, Tennessee
For Tennessee Williams. A series of coincidences, possibly fate, presented with gratitude.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Mar 16, 2011
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Just another old dress ... or not
The difference between a vintage dress and an old one, between personal style and a trend.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Feb 24, 2011
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Restoring St. Anthony’s garden (behind St. Louis Cathedral)
A French Quarter garden brings blessings to all.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 14, 2010
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It's one for the money ...
Elvis in your pocket — on a $2 bill
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 7, 2010
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Dolores Pepper
A surprising new blogger for the New Orleans arts and cultural scene.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Oct 30, 2010
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No second line this weekend ...
... but All Saints' Day parade, Monday at 3 pm.
