February 2010
'A little crazy': Man walking from PCB to New...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Paul Leslie’s brown leather shoes belonged to his grandfather. If they don’t last 300 more miles, he’s got two extra pairs.
His legs will have to last him the whole way.
Leslie, who was sitting at a table Sunday morning in the Margaritaville Café at Pier Park, will be in New Orleans in a little more than two weeks — just in time for Fat Tuesday — if he can walk there for...
Men in dresses celebrate Saints in Super Bowl
A man in a dress parades past the Louisiana Superdome to celebrate the New Orleans Saints’ upcoming Super Bowl appearance. Today’s parade was held in honor of the late New Orleans sports broadcaster Bernard “Buddy D.” Diliberto, who promised his audience that he would wear a dress and parade down Bourbon Street if the Saints ever reached the Super Bowl.
Former New...
New Orleans mayoral race and Saints share...
When Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu made his belated entry into the New Orleans mayoral race eight weeks ago, he was immediately labeled the candidate to beat. Four years removed from his last failed bid for the city’s highest office, the state’s No. 2 official seemed to have a spot in the runoff all but locked up. If recent polls are accurate, Landrieu’s status as frontrunner...
January 2010
Krewe du Vieux
From the TP
Jean Eric @maison
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the Who Dat Cocktail
There’s a lot of crazy Saints stuff out there, but here’s one welcome newbie to the Who Dat Nation: Pamplona Tapas Bar (in Lafayette) bartender Luke Tullos mixed up an homage to the Super Bowl-bound Saints this week that is a sure shot.The Who Dat cocktail tastes as good as it looks.
Tullos starts with a shot of chilled espresso, Kahlua and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum, shaken, not stirred, and...
Watchwhere do who dats come from?
Just Don't Call it the "Super Bowl"
You can call it the Big Game, The Big One, The Game, the Super Game, the Championship. Just don’t call it theSuper Bowl (damn, I did it anyway) — or you could have the NFL breathing down your neck in much the same way it’s going after anyone capitalizing on “Who Dat?” Read all about that controversy here. Or view WWL’s rewind to the birth of the Who Dat here.
Actually, I’m not trying...
"who's that" at a neighborhood bar
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New mardi GRAS shirts by dno at in exchange
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Spike Lee Returns to New Orleans for Katrina...
Apparently four hours just weren’t enough… Spike Lee is returning to New Orleans this month for a follow-up for his epic Hurricane Katrina documentary When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The sequel will air on HBO later this summer, sometime around the five year anniversary of the disaster (which will be on August 29th).
The plan is for Lee to revisit some of the subjects who...
Red-light cameras stop snapping in Jefferson...
A program that has served as the nemesis of some Jefferson Parish drivers for more than two years - the ticket-generating red-light cameras - halted today on orders from the Jefferson Parish Council.
The council passed a resolution by member Chris Roberts to suspend the program that has photographed thousands of license plates and issued almost $20 million in fines to drivers running red lights...
Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Icons of the Crescent...
The Penske truck is loaded and parked on St. Claude Avenue, the cargo in back inventoried and packed. The only thing left for Quintron to do is sign.
The document, explains New Orleans Museum of Art curator Miranda Lash as she hands over a pen, absolves the museum of any legal responsibility for the contents of the moving truck — which now includes a good portion of the Spellcaster Lodge, the...
Defend Who Dat
ecided to make a “Defend Who Dat” Shirt. : Recent controversy surrounding the NFL’s aggressive enforcement of a (highly contested) trademark is huge, + Our lawyer is insisting on it, + friends on twitter are demanding it… Would like to get your input. Thanks, DNO Posted via email from Defend New Orleans | Comment »
*The bet is done.* Art museum director Super Bowl...
UPDATE, Wednesday, 130pm EST: The bet is made and done. See below/bottom.
In response to the proposed Super Bowl bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art about which I posted on Monday, NOMA director E. John Bullard has come roaring back in defense of his Saints. First, some background: On Monday, IMA director Max Anderson initially proposed wagering an IMA...
Congress’s Team: Deal for Merger Included Saints
The Saints’ advance to the Super Bowl has been a lesson in patience. New Orleans has hosted the Super Bowl nine times, but the Saints have never played in one since entering the N.F.L. in 1967. Carol Channing made it to the Super Bowl twice, as a halftime entertainer, each time at Tulane Stadium, the first home of the Saints.
The team survived the upheaval caused by Hurricane Katrina and...
ACORN 'gotcha' man arrested in attempt to tamper...
Alleging a plot to tamper with phones in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in the Hale Boggs Federal Building in downtown New Orleans, the FBI arrested four people Monday, including James O’Keefe, 25, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group’s credibility.
Also arrested were Joseph Basel, Stan Dai and...
Flier for SiP:pm with DNO at LaThai Friday
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Another Sunny Day
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FREE iPhone Application launched for the New...
Election Hub includes up-to-the-minute stats, facts, news and notes on each Mayoral and City Council candidate. Features include candidate bios and platform stances, incoming news articles, campaign finance reports, and twitter feeds. Election Hub also features an interactive community section where users can comment and sound-off on the candidates, campaign spending, platform stances, and news....
Poll shows New Orleans voters distracted by Super...
NEW ORLEANS — You know New Orleans is all about the Saints when signs of support hang from historical landmarks across the city.
While the Big Easy prepares for the big game, there is also a big election on the horizon.
“Last week the topic of discussion was pretty much, OK, who might win the mayor’s race,” said political strategist Dr. Silas Lee. “Today,...
Shark signage at The riverfront
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Who dat zapps. Brilliant
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Huge crowds for the Saints
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Superfans rolling around the Dome
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U.S. Marine Corps Band Gets 'Crunk' For Saints →
frenchelon:
The U.S. Marine Corps Band, based in New Orleans, performs its version of the Ying Yang Twins song that has become the Saints anthem.
DJ RUSTY LAZER BOUNCE MIX ON SOUNDCLOUD
Rusty Lazer is a DJ from New Orleans, Louisiana that specializes in the street music of his adopted home town.
Following in the tradition of the second line parades and block parties that make New Orleans famous, Rusty Lazer spins songs from the three hundred year old repertoire of street music this decadent city has to offer. In a single set, dancers are likely to hear the hypnotic beat of the...
Fans out grilling and drinking for the game...
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Q and P at NOMA
Quintron and Miss Pussycat have been asked to install a huge exhibition in the modern wing of the New Orleans Museum of Art this Winter and Spring! Read the press release below to find out what its all about.
Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park is organized by Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibition will be on view in the second-floor...
Katey Red tonight at Tips
Katey Red | Big Freedia | Vockah Redu | DJ Rusty Lazer | DJ D. Lefty Parker Friday, January 22. Tipitina’s. 9:30PM. $10 The Uptown Shakedown
Television show to hold New Orleans auditions for...
HOUMA – Amateur chefs are invited to serve up their best dishes in New Orleans this weekend as part of an open casting call for a new television show.
Celebrated Chef Gordon Ramsay and the producers of NBC’s hit show “The Biggest Loser” are searching for budding chefs to appear on “MasterChef,” an inspirational cooking show.
The New Orleans casting call is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday...
DNO For HAITI
KEEP IN TOUCH TWITTER WEBSITE MYSPACE FACEBOOK Join Our List Like many Americans, we’ve been closely following the crisis in Haiti. We at DNO feel very responsible for helping our neighbors, and we have a very real bond with disaster victims in Haiti. Jordan Flaherty at the Huffington Post says it best : New Orleans and Haiti are connected...
HAITI BENEFIT BLOW OUT AT THE MOTHER IN LAW
Come out and help the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. There is a $5 suggested donation and Mother in Law is donating a percentage of the bar to the cause so all you have to do is show up and party! Featuring Jean-Eric (Check out their MySpace for videos and such) and The Bellys. More artists TBA!
Just added!! GUITAR LIGHTNING and his Thunder Band!!! DJ Musa will be bubblin’ our...
New Orleans' Heart Is in Haiti
New Orleans and Haiti are connected by geography, history, architecture, and family. News of mass devastation and loss of life in the island nation has hit hard in the Crescent City. Almost every hurricane that has hit the Gulf Coast first brought devastation on our neighbors in Haiti. We are linked not just by a shared experience of storms, but also by first-hand understanding of the ways in...
"ABC's" with Julie from Giant Cloud
Our good friend Daryn DeLuco directed this lovely moment with Julie Jones from Giant Cloud, one of Park the Van’s newest New Orleans bands.
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Sean Yseult at DWR
Thursday, January 21. Design Within Reach. 6PM-8PM. FREE.
Design Within Reach New Orleans Studio will be hosting famed musician turned designer, Sean Yseult. Shortly after earning a BFA in graphics at Parsons School of Design in New York City, her band White Zombie shot to superstardom, selling millions of records and touring the world for a decade. She now divides her time between New Orleans...