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Lily the Vietnamese Psychiatrist – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

Generally speaking, Vietnamese people – particularly the older generation – don’t go to counselors, they don’t see life coaches, and they sure as hell don’t see shrinks.  It’s not that they don’t have problems (like the rest of us), but for various reasons, they tend to deal with them on their own, and that’s one…

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You’re Ghana Regret This – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you ve ever gotten a friend request on Facebook or an email from someone whose photo is a sexy looking woman who says she s from Ghana and you wonder exactly what the scam could be, Kimya Holmes can tell you first hand. Well, technically second hand since it was her now ex husband…

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Hair and Makeup – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

If there’s one thing we all like, it’s being told we’re attractive. No matter how rich or poor, powerful or powerless, beautiful or pedestrian we might be there is nobody who doesn’t respond positively to, “You look great!” You can spend a little or a lot – of time and money – on your appearance….

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Roast ’em If You Got ’em – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Ironically it s the worlds crappiest coffee that started the international “second wave” of coffee drinking that continues to crank up the world on caffeine. Having gotten us all hooked, the green St Joan of coffee watches implacably from her ubiquitous seal as those with more discerning taste enter the era known as The 3rd…

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I’ve Been Down All The Aisles – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Abby Mannix comes from a tough family. Her uncle wrote for Seinfeld, including “The Opposite” episode where George ends up getting his job with The Yankees, but he the family still regarded him as a failure. And Laurie Cohen was a member of a Suicide Gang not Isis and was a freakin bitch but that…

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