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,…
Read MoreSince 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…
Read MoreEven with NOLA’s roaring tourist biz, oil and gas, and renaissance boom, the Mississippi River is the heart of the city’s economy. President and CEO of the [Port of New Orleans][link1] Gary LaGrange and CFO and Treasurer of [Canal Barge][link2] Doug Downing take us behind the floodwall and onto the water. [link1]: http://www.portno.com/[link2]: http://www.canalbarge.com/
Read MoreNew Orleans is rising from the debris of 2005 in ways that could never have been predicted, even by the most optimistic of prognosticators. For the first few years of the post 2008 bounce-back recovery, New Orleanians were taken by surprise. Accustomed to reading stories of disasters about the city, from natural to man-made –…
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