Even 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 –…
Read MoreAs you may have discerned in your own musical ramblings, or if you don’t live here auditory samplings, around New Orleans, there’s something musically here for everybody. If you need any proof of this, look and listen no further. Ladies, and gentlemen, Mahala. On this episode of Milo’s Music Parlor, Matt Schreiber shares his experience…
Read MoreAndy King doesn’t like to describe his job as “hacking up children.” As an orthopedic surgeon and the (pardon the pun) head of the spine unit at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, Andy is good naturedly circumspect about how he describes using mechanical instruments on kids’ backs. As a New Zealander, he’s a lot less sensitive…
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