Chuck Magid grew up as he calls it, “Full blooded Carney.” His father and grandfather both owned carnivals and Chuck aand his brother grew up travelling with the show, working games and rides. The first game he and his brother invented was when they were around 8. It was a duckpond where little toy ducks…
Read MoreThe term “Renaissance Man” – not surprisingly – comes from the renaissance. A period of history where the possibilities for self-expression flourished. Today the term has come to refer to a person who is not only capable of doing a number of tasks, but who’s able to excel at all of them. Peter Ricchuti’s guests on…
Read MoreManhattan Jack is an innocuous looking storefront on Prytania Street in Uptown New Orleans, at first glance not remarkably different from other coffee shops that punctuate the neighborhood. But walk inside and you discover that coffee is just a small part of this place. Everything from gourmet pastries and handmade in-store chocolates to a full…
Read MoreNew Orleans musician Jake Hammer McGregor fights a never-ending battle with Irish cage fighter Connor McGregor. Not literally, but for recognition. Try Googling McGregor and you’ll see what Jake’s up against.Jake and his bass player in the eponymous band McGregor demonstrate why Connor ought to be scared, at least of pursuing a music career. If…
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