The difference between successful people and the rest of us is that when successful people have an idea they don’t just say “Wouldn’t it be great if somebody did X, Y or Z,†they do it. Like Sidney Torres IV.. While most of us complained for years about the putrid smell in the French Quarter, Sidney started…
Read MoreYou may have met a librocubicularist and not known it. You may stood next to one at Barnes & Noble. You might even be one. According to singer-songwriter Alexandra Scott, a librocubicularist is a person who enjoys reading in bed. According to our crack Happy Hour research staff – Grayson Jernigan – the word…
Read MoreIn the past 12 months, Americans have spent over 60 billion dollars on their pets. Almost half of that, 30 billion dollars, was spent on food. If you’re a dog owner, or if you’ve been in a pet store lately, you know that we don’t feed dogs a 45 pound bag of $3 dog chow any…
Read MoreThe problem with being sober is waking up in the morning and knowing it’s not going to get any better all day. When you drink, you might have plenty to regret but you can have a lot of fun getting there. That’s the philosophy behind being what pirate, leather-maker, and tour guide Jennifer Raven calls Soberphobic….
Read MoreWhen we talk about “the New Orleans business community” we generally have a mental picture of the CBD. We might include spokes that poke out from that center a few miles – the Marigny, Mid-City, and Uptown. If we’re particularly expansive we might even talk about “the metro area” as a way to include Metairie…
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