After Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras, one welcomes Lent, a time to make a little sacrifice and do a bit of improving. For years, I have given up Popeye’s during Lent—yes, even when I lived in New York (one was just up the street, so it wasn’t as easy as you think). I try to be a bit nicer, too....
Read MoreThe deadline for this column falls on Jan. 8, also the anniversary of the “Battle of New Orleans.” As I write, another battle rages … this one against crime. Emails are flying. People of all races and creeds have marched on City Hall to protest the continuing, rampant violence. We need...
Read MoreJet-Stetting, New Orleans Style
There may be a smaller “footprint” in this city, but people are making tracks all over the place. I don’t see any shortage of planes—I counted six nonstops to NYC in November—and by car, Houston is a hop and a skip away with a good book on tape, though it’s...
From a musical breakfast to a late night, full moon “Art for Arts’ Sake,” life in the city is non-stop. Citizens deeply concerned about the city, arts, education, business and their fellow citizens have been doing their best to keep up, keep moving and keep so many very important causes...
Read MoreHurricanes, fireworks, festivals with banners and flags flying, patriotism showing, music mellow or hip, celebrations galore … Nothing, not the heat, humidity—or slight insanity it brings—seems to faze anyone here. New Orleanians work, party, play and just keep rollin’...
Read Moreby DIANE SUSTENDAL
There are any number of awards and honors doled out throughout the year. All for good purposes to good people and, goodness knows, inspirational to those of us raised with a sense of duty to this place we love.
To tend a garden and steward a historic home may merit being...
Read MoreMay 2005
Some people make double-dipping a specialty. I don’t mean sticking a carrot stick in the dip twice or two scoops of ice cream. Double-dipping “New Orleans Style” means hitting two parties in one night ... and some are so good at it, you wonder if they have a...
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