October 2011
A decorative soap with a story and a mission
Tippy Tippens works on a ceramic bird in her New Orleans studio. RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
As much as we’d like to wash them away, the images of oiled birds caught in the Deepwater Horizon disaster remain burned into local memories. The BP oil spill was a shocking reminder of the fragile nature of Louisiana’s coast.
For Tippy Tippens, those blighted birds were a call to action...
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‘Occupy New Orleans’ Group Plans To March
A groundswell of anti-corporation protests has been generating headlines, and police said they have resulted in hundreds of arrests.
A group that calls itself “Occupy New Orleans” said on Monday it is planning to march on the streets this week.The group is promoting the protest on Facebook, which has about 3,000 followers.But the New Orleans Police Department said the group has not...
Mass. trust buys One Shell Square
Louisiana’s tallest and largest skyscraper, One Shell Square, has been sold for $102 million to a Massachusetts real estate investment trust.
The Times-Picayune reports the 51-story building’s longtime owner, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., sold the limestone building to the CommonWealth REIT of Newton, Mass., around the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in late August.
The sale brings...
New Orleans Saints sell Superdome naming rights to...
The New Orleans Saints and Mercedes-Benz announced Monday that they have reached a 10-year naming rights agreement that will turn the 36-year-old Louisiana Superdome into the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune
Officials from the Saints, Mercedes-Benz and the state are expected to make the official announcement at a news conference Tuesday at the iconic stadium on...
Ste. Marie introduces edible cocktails
What do you call a jello shot with an attitude? An edible cocktail. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, bartenders have played around with jiggly drinks. Now Ste. Marie in the CBD has a menu of edible cocktails that includes a fuzzy navel, vanilla bean prosecco and an elderflower mojito with St. Germain liqueur and mint.
“They pretty much taste like an actual cocktail,” said...
Katrina-battered hotel finally ready to reopen
Photos of the Hurricane Katrina-battered Hyatt Regency New Orleans still have the power to shock: smashed windows, ragged curtains flapping in the wind, an American flag at the entrance blowing in shreds.
Now, in just a few short weeks, a glamorous and completely rebuilt Hyatt Regency New Orleans will reopen following a $275 million, multi-year renovation. The 32-story hotel, which throws...
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September 2011
Philip Hannan, 98, Dies; New Orleans Archbishop
Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, a confidant to President John F. Kennedy and the leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than 20 years, died on Thursday at a hospice in New Orleans. The archbishop, who delivered the eulogy for President Kennedy in 1963, was 98.
The archdiocese confirmed his death, saying he had been in declining health for several years.
It was...
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin takes...
Other than the stir he caused with the release this summer of his Katrina memoir — and an occasionally provocative posting to Twitter — Ray Nagin has kept a pretty low public profile in New Orleans since leaving the mayor’s office in May 2010. So it was a bit of a surprise when he turned up Wednesday to play the role of statesman in the latest Uptown kerfuffle, this one over a...
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Halloween in New Orleans: A Mini-Mardi Gras
New Orleans calls itself “America’s Most Haunted City,” and the Halloween season has become one of the most popular times of year to visit, with a music festival that attracts 80,000 people, one of the top haunted house attractions in the country and ghost tours galore.
In some ways, Halloween here almost feels like a mini-Mardi Gras. There are costumed revelers, French...
Study: BP spill hurt killifish along Gulf Coast
Killifish, a common bait fish found in Louisiana marshes, might have been affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, a recent study said.
Conducted by a team of scientists from Louisiana State University and published in the Proceedings for the National Academy, the study found that the common Louisiana coast fish was “hurt severely by the spill and now is turning up...
Trombone Shorty tops jazz chart, appears on 'Late...
Matthew Hinton / The Times-Picayune
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews’ new “For True” CD, trumpeted on a downtown billboard and featuring such guests as Jeff Beck, Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Warren Haynes, recently entered the Billboard contemporary jazz album chart at No. 1. Though the record contains as much fully amped rock, funk and contemporary soul as jazz, his trombone and trumpet...
Tales of the Cocktail® Hits Record Numbers in 2011
Tales of the Cocktail®, the internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine and culture held its 9th annual event in New Orleans, July 20-24, 2011. With more than 21,000 attendees, up 16% from last year, the 2011 festival turned out to be the biggest yet. Even more impressive than the number of attendees is the enormous economic impact Tales of the Cocktail® has on the city of New...
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