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Bitter Truth brings its Creole Bitters to the U.S.
Order a Sazerac, and any bartender worth his muddler will reach for a bottle of Peychaud’s bitters. But in the 19th century, when the drink was invented, bartenders had more options.
“The first mention of the Sazerac cocktail in print is from William Boothby’s 1908 ‘The World’s Drinks and How to Mix Them,’” said Stephan Berg, owner of the German company The Bitter Truth. “Not Peychaud’s...
WatchSeafood Fresh as Ever in New Orleans
Restaurant owners comment on the quality of seafood after the oil spill, even noting their ability to track where the seafood came from for inquiring customers.
Sandra Bullock wants out of Gulf restoration video
A spokeswoman for Sandra Bullock says the actress wants her parts of a video promoting Gulf Coast restoration removed until she learns whether oil companies influenced it.
The statement Thursday came after the website DeSmogBlog called the campaign an industry push to get support for drilling and taxpayer money to repair wetland damage caused by the BP oil spill.
Women of the Storm, a New...
Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been Dumping Site
HOUMA, La. — Loulan Pitre Sr. was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf of Mexico were limitless.
As a young Marine staff sergeant, back home after fighting in the South Pacific, he stood on barges in the gulf and watched as surplus mines, bombs and...
FEMA trailer formaldehyde claims by Mississippi... →
frenchelon:
“Even if the government undertook the task of assisting the public in an emergency (and had an agency to do so), that fact does not make its decision to undertake that task mandatory, or in other words, non-voluntary,” he wrote.
That depends on what the definition of “if” is.
At least nola.com had the good sense to file this story in the “crime” directory.
Special Report: Watching grass grow in the Gulf,...
Louisiana (Reuters) - Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their stems and leaves, and they come back bushier than ever.
They help slow down hurricanes and filter pollution. As impenetrable to humans as a green wall, they shelter birds, fish and endangered mammals, and act as nurseries for commercial...
Whever else it might be, the Banksy documentary...
Never mind the debate about street art — whether it’s vital or vandalism, whether it’s creative or criminal, whether it’s bright or blight. The movement — clever, thought-provoking, but illegal, public art installations, as opposed to brainless tagging — has captured the attention of the masses, and the greenbacks of art collectors.
The street artist known as Banksy slipped into...
Oil & Water: Economics and Preserving Cajun... →
Oil & Water will present the stories of some of those most affected by the Gulf oil leak: the Cajun community. The Cajuns, an insulated and embattled people, have lived and fished Louisiana’s coastal waters for centuries, and the Gulf has provided more than just an income, it has sustained a way of life.
Check out their KickStarter page for more info and to view the trailer.
Gulf Residents Face Quandary: Sue Or Settle?
The administrator of BP’s compensation fund is trying to persuade Gulf Coast residents not to sue the company, but to take a settlement instead. But many in the region say it’s too early to pinpoint their damages.
Ask Darren Frickey how much this oil spill has already cost him, and the answer is as simple as it is sad. He has gone from catching $5,000 worth of shrimp a week in...
New Orleans responds to strife, as always, with...
Reporting from New Orleans — Ben Jaffe, the tuba player and creative director for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, was sitting in his Faubourg Marigny house one spring morning, drinking fresh-brewed New Orleans chicory coffee and worrying about the oil spill.
He and music producer Bill Lynn had just watched oil executives blame one another for the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, and...
An Excerpt from Patricia's Clarkson's Visit to the...
I was born and raised in New Orleans. I spent my youth swimming at Gulf beaches from Grand Isle to Pass Christian, sailing on Lake Pontchartrain, traveling through the wetlands by boat. It is a glorious region, and I am lucky to have grown up there.
But when I returned to some of those places a month ago, I was sickened by what I saw. I went out on a boat with my mother, who is a ...
Where's the aid for the oft-ravaged Gulf Coast?
When people think of New Orleans, most think of jazz, hurricane cocktails, Katrina — and now the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
But there’s another stormy concoction barreling toward the nation’s capital — in the nicest possible way. They call themselves “Women of the Storm,” and they want new money to go with old promises to restore the Gulf Coast.
...
Special Edition Duck Stamp Cachet Public Can...
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today unveiled a special edition Federal Duck Stamp envelope, or cachet, that hunters, stamp collectors and other conservationists can purchase for $25 — or $10 more than the cost of a regular Duck Stamp — to help conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The funds will be used to acquire wetlands for inclusion in national wildlife refuges...
“OIL giant BP announced huge losses of more than £11BILLION today as it revealed...”
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Oil spewing from well near Louisiana marsh
Adding insult to the Gulf’s injury, a wellhead hit by a tug boat is now spewing oil near a Louisiana marsh area, officials said Tuesday.
The oil is shooting up 20 feet into the air, the office of Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said.
“We cannot catch a break,” Deano Bonano, Jefferson Parish emergency management director, said in a note to parish officials.
The...
Louisianans country’s laziest
Using five years of data (2004 to 2008) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Businessweek.com ranks the Bayou State the laziest in the country. The report, published Monday, makes it clear that the “lazy” doesn’t mean lacking work ethic or engagement, but is more a measure of sedentary leisure time versus exercising — “and even working.” The CDC’s research shows that nearly 30 percent of the...
Meet the Zeitouns from bestseller "Zeitoun" by...
As part of a continuing series on natural disasters, the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton School will host Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun, whose story is told in the bestselling book “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers. They will discuss their family’s experience during Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans. While Kathy and the family’s four children left the city before the...
Empress Hotel Playing their first show at Blue...
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“What strikes Lazer most about the dynamic at these shows, though, is not how unexpected it is but how familiar. Long before he started D.J.-ing, he was a drummer in a series of rock bands; he is old enough to have come of age in the latter days of punk. And when he started playing shows with Freedia almost two years ago — when he started witnessing, over and over again, a...
“If “gay rapper” is an oxymoron where you come from, how to get your head around...”
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“Through a strange coincidence, we have been sharing the Hotel Monteleone with a...”
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Jean Eric / Bounce Night / DNO /
BOUNCE. A night featuring iconic NOLA bounce artists DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, Rusty Lazer, Katey Red, Jean Eric and more! Old-school Bounce legends DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, and Katey Red literally pioneered the genre back in the day, while Jean Eric and Rusty Lazer are adding a new flare to the tradition. Each of the artists performing at BOUNCE also rep a different sub-genre of bounce – King of...
Projected Land Loss For The Louisana Coast From...
United States Geological Survey
*Note: This projection includes benefits of Coastal Wetlands Protection, Planning and Restoration Act projects funded for construction as of October 2002.
BOUNCE featuring DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, Rusty...
Tales of the Cocktail: Why local bartenders make a...
New Orleans bartenders are lucky. They don’t have to get on an airplane and pay for a hotel room to take part in Tales of the Cocktail, the five-day spirited festival of seminars, meals and parties that wraps up on Sunday. For some, such as Daniel Victory, a bartender at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Tales offers an opportunity to mix and mingle as well as learn.
“I try not to book myself up too...
BP Admits Photoshopping Crisis Response Image
BP claims that there were no evil intentions in its Photoshopping an image of a Houston crisis room in the wake of the company’s massive Gulf Coast oil spill. The image, which was first called into question by a blogger on the political site, Americablog, has a number of clearly altered elements, including some very poor cropping.
“Normally we only use Photoshop for the...
Fresh jumbo shrimp (sign)
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Young Horns, Bending Tradition
Trombone Shorty is actually sort of tall. And he’s as likely to captivate with his trumpet as with his namesake instrument. But when Troy Andrews (his real name) was just 5 years old, already playing trombone in second-line parades in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, his older brother James, a trumpeter of deep local influence and widespread renown, shouted out the nickname. It...
What you need to know about the Tales of the...
There are nearly 50 free tastings rooms that are part of the Tales of the Cocktailexperience. Entrance is included with your ticket to seminars and related events — be sure to stop by to sip something unexpected and perhaps get a little swag (a free bottle, recipes or bar tools).
“Blending” Harmony with Nature presented by Suntory
Wednesday, 2:30-4 p.m.
Hotel Monteleone,...
New stickers in. Getting excited for September...
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