April 2008
“All around the city there is a similar would-be alchemy. Dozens of new charter...”
– from the New York Times article, Against Odds, New Orleans Schools Fight Back. Read the rest of it here
OYSTERS AT COOTER BROWN'S
Last night we went to Cooter Brown’s for huge, cheap oysters and the Hornets. We love that place. The oysters really are huge, only $8 for a dozen, and the beer selection is out of control. We enjoyed ours with Abita Andygator, Restoration Ale, and Maudite. It’s always great to see the Hornets triumph!
UP UNIQUE PRODUCTS, WINKY'S, AND MAGAZINE METALS...
“We’ve finally dug ourselves out the mud of Jazz Fest a great but trying time was had by all.. come join us for FREE BEER /WONDERFUL CRAFTS / LIVE LOCAL JAZZ this THURS 1st MAY for a GUMBO TRUNK SHOW from 6-9pm at Magazine Metals and UP/Winky’s(2036/8 Magazine st) with fellow craft mafia members as well as other artists from the Etsy Street Team see you there and dont...
They gave him money to fix his house. Now they...
Every time I go to do a story in New Orleans I hold onto a little piece of hope that things are going to be better this time… …that the community is going to be more healed, that the town is going to look more alive, and that the programs put in place to help homeowners are actually doing so. Well, I should have known better. Imagine this: Louisiana residents – after all they’ve been through and...
“Here’s another really great taco truck web page. Yum Tacos! was started by...”
– http://www.yumtacos.com/
SATURDAY NIGHT = NIGHT FLIGHT
“Here’s a video of Dave dancing on stage with Chris Owens… At French...”
– http://tugboatcaptain.blogspot.com/2008/04/chris-owens.html
Taco Trucks
Jefferson Parish officials banned Taco Trucks last June, and the law pretty much went into effect without much conflict. (See the Nola.com article) When a council member in Los Angeles recently tried to do the same thing, however, it started what BoingBoing referred to as, “a veritable online revolution.” All of the noise is coming from a new web site, SaveOurTacoTrucks.org.
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CHRIS ROSE GETS IT
Chris Rose: We’ll miss the blogger next doorPosted by Chris Rose, Columnist, The Times-Picayune April 16, 2008 4:30AMCategories: Living: Arts and entertainment, Living: Columnists One day last year, while wandering around a blog called the Library Chronicles, I came across this phrase: “Chris Rose is a douchebag.” I was intrigued. I mean, how could I not be?COURTESY OF...
homeless pride
ReX from NOLA Rising just sent us this email that he got from UNITY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To all, http://www.street-people.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=29&Itemid=42 http://www.prlog.org/10063899-human-hurricane-street-people-massing-in-new-orleans.html Street-people.com bills itself as the online home for the homeless without the urine smell. Referred by social service...
BRAZILIANS
Apple Zeroes In on New OrleansApril 3rd, 2008 In light of an uptick in population, household income and retail spending in the region destroyed byHurricane Katrina in 2005, Apple will open a retail store at the Lakeside Shopping Center, its first store so close to New Orleans. The 1.1. million square-foot development is located in the community of Metairie just minutes north of downtown New...
PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEKEND'S FRENCH QUARTER FEST,...
DEFEND YOUNGSTOWN, PARTNERS IN CRIME!
DEFEND YOUNGSTOWN is a movement dedicated to the advancement of the city of Youngstown. With supporters numbering in the thousands to include civic leadership, the business community and concerned citizens nationwide, Defend Youngstown is the symbol of civic pride and the battle cry for positive change in the Mahoning Valley. FROM NYTIMES: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — For as long as anyone here can...
“THIS WEEKEND WE’RE GONNA BE POSTED UP IN FRONT OF THE STORE GNOME ON...”
“Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes.
It has been buried...”
– Lafcadio Hearn in a letter to a friend in Ohio in the 1870’s.
Student Advocacy for Equitable Recovery (SAFER) is a student recovery initiative in New Orleans. SAFER provides a low-key yet compelling opportunity for college students locally and globally to volunteer and engage in the recovery of the New Orleans community and work directly with families to help...
CANADIAN BAND, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY, ON...
http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2008/04/To-Quote-the-Great-Nut-Brown-Welcome-to-the-end-again-welcome-to-the-end-again 5.) Our only time in New Orleans was amazing. Our LSU cafeteria show fell through, but the opening act, who called himself the Bouyant Sea, took pity on us and got us a gig in this house/bar. When we got to the show, popular indie Italian band, Jennifer Gentle, was arguing with the...
Global warming is the most significant environmental challenge of the day, and New Orleans is one of the most at risk cities. Wasteful energy consumption is perhaps the largest contributor to Global Warming. One of the easiest effective steps to reduce energy consumption is to change the lighting in your home from old style incandescent bulbs to modern compact fluorescent lighting. If every...
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Friends Involved in Bad Car Accident
Bacchanal is one of our favorite places in town. It’s everything we think New Orleans is all about, and we love sharing it with out of town friends. The music, food, and wine is excellent. And the atmosphere is something you cannot find anywhere else in the country. Through the little we have come to know Chris and Otter, we’ve gained a lot of respect and appreciation of who they are...
NEW ORGANIC ULTRAVIOLET DNO SHIRTS
Big Plans Sputter in New Orleans
In March 2007, city officials finally unveiled their plan to redevelop New Orleans and begin to move out of the post-Hurricane Katrina morass. It was billed as the plan to end all plans, with Paris-like streetscape renderings and promises of parks, playgrounds and “cranes on the skyline” within months. But a year after a celebratory City Hall kickoff, there have been no cranes and no Parisian...
