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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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Rock Paper Scissors – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

If you’re a certain age and you grew up in the South, there were things you were expected to do, under the banner of “etiquette.”  After you went to someone’s house for dinner or a party, you wrote them a thank you note. On your personalized stationery. Today, you’re more likely to send an email. But,…

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Sweet Heat! – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Since Grant’s busy working on the Donald Trump presidential campaign, we’ve got our old friend and Voodoo mastermind, Sig, to fill in for this week’s Happy Hour. But Sig isn’t completely amongst strangers, he’s good friends with guest Anna Whitlow.  But Anna’s not just friends with Sig, she’s also the PR wunderkind behind Be Nimble…

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