February 2012
Mardi Gras through the lens of local law...
GQ, a national magazine focusing on fashion, women and style, has a lengthy feature on its website about the New Orleans Police Department’s handling of Mardi Gras. A writer spent a day alongside police officers, in the mobile command unit and on the streets. He also took a peek inside the city’s troubled Orleans Parish jail on the city’s most colorful day of the year.
The...
Make a better Old Fashioned for Tales of the...
For 10 years, Tales of the Cocktail has celebrated and promoted the many arcane and creative drinks of the American cocktail renaissance. This year, Tales goes back to where it all began. When people first asked their barkeeps for a “cocktail,” they meant a chilled glass of liquor with a little bit of water, a touch of sugar and a dash or two of bitters. Today, we call that an Old...
Muses To Restore Autistic Girl's Faith In Carnival...
The Krewe of Muses is opening its den — and members’ hearts — to restore the faith of an 11-year-old autistic girl who was mistreated by parade-goers last Thursday.
Amy Mueller told WDSU her daughter, Emily, was ridiculed by a group of possibly drunken teenagers or young adults as she stood along the parade route. The Muses parade is something Emily looked forward to each...
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Cocktail bar Cure turns three
Three years ago, the Uptown cocktail bar Cure opened to the public. “It’s been a wild ride,” said owner Neal Bodenheimer. “We’ve been able to explore what we think is cool and interesting, and other people have wanted to come along for the ride.”
On Sunday, February 26, the Freret Street bar brings back its opening menu to celebrate the anniversary. Serious cocktail fans, who now expect...
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King Cake King 2012 crown goes to the pecan...
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Let’s not beat around the bead-covered bush any longer. Our panel of tasters has placed the 2012 Times-Picayune/NOLA.com King Cake King crown on the pecan praline king cake at Manny Randazzo King Cakesin Metairie.
“Delicious. It’s like a good praline crossed with a caramel cake,” wrote one of the judges. Another commented, “I would buy this and eat it in one...
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Sean Cummings and artist Skylar Fein discuss a legal graffiti wall erected on the edge of the Rice Mill Lofts in the Bywater. When Cummings began renovating the old building on the New Orleans riverfront near the corner of Montegut and Chartres Streets, he chose to preserve much of the graffiti that marked the walls, allowing the tagging to become part of the apartment’s character....
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Vintage New Orleans Mardi Gras photo, via JanesVanity
Mardi Gras season is in full effect, and it can only mean one, two, or three things:
1.) What are you drinking?
2.) Where’s your King Cake?
3.) What’s your costume?
On today’s episode of U Look Hungry, I’ll be speaking with…
WatchTex Jernigan and Dominique Karwoski will create a large-scale heart for Valentine’s Day. The heart will be constructed out of donated clothes in Bayou St. John beginning at 12:30 Sunday, February 12th. For more details on Spread the Love, visit Tex’s website.
New Orleans Saints TE Jimmy Graham featured in USA...
New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham, who had a remarkable personal odyssey from foster homes to NFL stardom, will be a part of a USA Network special this Friday evening. The show, to air at 6 p.m., features Graham mentoring a teenager in trouble.
The teenager in question is Ashton Randall, 14, of New Orleans. Randall’s father was murdered and his mother lost custody of him due to ...
5 cocktail recipes from Dave Wondrich's 'Cuban...
Dave Wondrich, drink historian and author of “Imbibe” and “Punch,” two books that delve into the rich history and cultural influence of cocktails, spoke at the Museum of the American Cocktail Monday night.
The seminar explored the cocktail culture of Cuba before, during and after prohibition in America, and was part of the museum’s monthly mixologist series that...
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Local photographer and educator, Aubrey Edwards, will be hosting the first of a series of community photography workshops at her studio in the Treme. The upcoming series will focus on EXPOSURE, and will explain ISO, aperture, and shutter speed individually, as well as how to combine them….
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Report places New Orleans' homeless rate at second...
With a homeless population estimated at almost 6,700, the New Orleans metro area has the second-highest rate of homelessness in the nation. So says a new report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The report, which focused on the years 2009 to 2011, found the national rate of homelessness was 21 per 10,000 residents in 2011. New Orleans’ rate was nearly three times the national...
NOPD releases identity of person of interest in...
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New Orleans police have identified a person of interest in the murder of a 41-year-old man in the Desire neighborhood earlier this month.
Labrando Williams, 37, is wanted for questioning in the murder of Eric Robinson, 41, who was found dead Jan. 7 in the 3700 block of North Rocheblave Street.
When police found Robinson’s body, they had been responding to a call of a grass...