December 2008
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Storm Surge Barrier Going Up to Protect New...
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, December 29, 2008 (ENS) - Defense of Greater New Orleans’ most vulnerable area from storm surge has begun with the groundbreaking for the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier Project, the largest design-build civil works project in Corps history.
It is unusual for a civil works project to be designed and constructed simultaneously, but the Corps...
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“I’m wearing, and very much enjoying the shirt right now! :) I really like...”
– …From an email respnse to an email followup to an online order from our really hands on and awesome mailorder team. Thanks for being on it and incredible! DNO
Christmas time for this blog means mentioning good...
Pelican Coast is a new tie line that offers hand-made, 100% silk ties lovingly designed by a fifth generation family in New Orleans that wishes to help restore, revitalize, and create awareness for our disappearing wetlands in Louisiana and all along America’s precious coastline. Each tie in this flagship Coastal Collection depicts an image of the unique culture here in coastal Louisiana and...
Immigrants reshape post-disaster New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On Friday nights, day laborers form two lines at a bustling liquor store in the French Quarter: one is to dutifully wire money to their homelands, the other is to buy $2.17 beers that medicate their lives in New Orleans.
“Life is hard here, harder than any place I’ve been in the U.S.,” said Jose Campos, 37, who came here from El Salvador, by way of Florida. He...
Dec. 24, 2008 Racist Vigilantism is Documented in New Orleans From Staff & Wire Services
A shocking exposé detailing how White vigilantes hunted Black people “like pheasants” in New Orleans during the floods of Hurricane Katrina is reopening old wounds about the racism that surrounded the whole ordeal.
In his jolting report for the Jan. 5 edition of the Nation magazine,...
“New GAMBIT website online:”
– www.bestofneworleans.com
Crimestoppers offers $15,000 reward for...
Crimestoppers is offering $15,000 for information related to the fatal shooting of a Metairie man in Harvey last week.
Harry Smith, 36, was found shot to death in his vehicle at a fast food restaurant in the 3600 block of Lapalco Boulevard on Dec. 19. Authorities have said they believe the motive was robbery.
The increased reward comes as a result of donations from several Jefferson Parish...
A homemade sign in the neutral ground on Orleans Avenue near N. Hennessey shows support for keeping the annual New Years Eve tradition of a Christmas tree bonfire at the location. The City of New Orleans is trying to prevent the event.
Tempers flared and sparks flew Monday as Mid-City residents tried to preserve a decades-old New Year’s eve tradition at an informational meeting hosted by...
Sign the Petition to Save the Orleans Ave....
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ATTENTION: Please put your address in the comment section if you live in Mid City.
To: New Orleans City Council, NOFD, NOPD
The people of New Orleans and of Mid City have spoken and we are overwhelmingly in favor of protecting one of this city’s greatest traditions, The Orleans Ave Bonfire. We are against the selective enforcement of the fire...
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Drunk Santas in the Quarter Saturday:
http://www.busting-loose.net/santacrawl/ December 13, 2008 You’d better not pout, you’d better not shout, but you might want to run and hide. You certainly want to lock up your daughters and hope your wives aren’t with us, because the very bad Santas are coming all over town. (Well, at least all over the Quarter.) Some of you were with us last year or the year before for our Very Bad...
NOLA RISING IN NEW YORK
“Five-points,” as it is known to grafitti artists around the world, is a large factory in Long Island City where it is legal to spray paint the walls. The owners of the factory allow artists to paint the walls as long as they seek permission first. The building, which fills an entire square block is covered from the ground up mostly in “wild style” grafitti - much different from NoLa Rising’s more...
My Cousin Will just sent in this photo:
“Hey man, just found a pretty neat picture on google. Not sure if you know about it already. Anyway it is the guitarist for ‘Shinedown’ in a DNO shirt. Check it out.” www.concert-pictures.comSource: www.concert-pictures…
Photo from photoholic's Flickr
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And this is where all the free drinking's gonna be...
Dewar’s Scotch Whiskey invites you to celebrate Dec. 5 “Repeal Day” celebrating the 21st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that ended Prohibition. On Dec. 5, 1933, Dewar’s Scotch Whiskey became one of the first liquors to be served legally in the country. On Dec. 5, 2007, the brand will commemorate this significant time in U.S. history by kicking off the 75th anniversary year...
Our soft spot for Supreme continues with this...
Michael Williams, of Selectism.com:
Honestly, I’m not really a fan of “Street Wear” or “Skate Wear” or whatever you want to call it. I do however shop at Supreme pretty much every season. I’m not going for the five-panel hats or the tee shirts. I go there for khakis, shorts and outerwear. It seems a big Supreme design influence is classic American goods and workwear. So to me, Supreme is a...
repealday.org
What is Repeal Day?
The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills. Mistruths like this were spread. Lines were drawn. Bars and taverns were vandalized. People were killed. On January 16th, 1919, Congress passed the...
Let 100 (O.K., 8) Bartending Philosophies Bloom
By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT
Published: December 2, 2008
TEN years ago, cocktail seekers would have been hard-pressed to find a bar that used fresh juice in sour mix (never mind adding microplaned zest), and ordering an Aviation would have earned a cold look instead of a refreshing but potentially lethal mixture of gin, lemon juice and maraschino liqueur.
Stuart Isett for The New York...
December 5th, 2008 12:36 PM
Now Toasting | Happy Repeal Day!
By Allen Katz
This downsized holiday season brings plenty of rationales to have a drink. But one of the most important reasons to clink your glass is also one of the least celebrated. Today marks Repeal Day — a national holiday celebrating the end of Prohibition — a day of remembrance and, perhaps more urgently, a duty to get...
Ground Broken on Huge Gulf Floodwall
By ADAM NOSSITER
Published: December 4, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers broke ground Thursday on what it described as the linchpin in its plan to protect this city from hurricanes, a giant floodwall stretching across the eastern waterways that proved so deadly in Hurricane Katrina.
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Crew members on a barge loaded with metal...
New Orleans mother is arrested seeking to avenge...
by Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune Wednesday December 03, 2008, 9:48 PM
MICHAEL DEMOCKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEOn Wednesday, November 19, 2008, Shwantrell Hills, the mother of a shooting victim is lead away from Sleepy’s Lounge at Fourth and Dryades in Central City. Her son, Julius Hills, appeared to have been hit in the head and later died.NOLA>COM
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“Nice music, hard to get”
Our buddy David Abitbol (French DJ with a nice website) turned us on to this really great download of a digitized cassette tape by obsure dark-wave band Solid State.
Further googling led us to this interesting blog (no longer forgotten music) filled with just as obscure cassettes avaliable for download.
Here’s their entry on Solid State:
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“There’s something magic to New Orleans, that has really made this film...”
– New Orleans Stars In Movie
“We are so pleased to be offering free admission to all of our visitors,” said E....”
– NOMA offers free admission to all through Jan 18th
“The New Orleans City Council today will adopt a city budget for 2009, the climax...”
– New Orleans city council to adopt budget
“Our cemeteries are unique,” said Robert Florence, founder of Friends of...”
– Preservation workers revive cemeteries of New Orleans. From Detroit Free Press