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Expedia Express – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Back in the twentieth century when you wanted to fly somewhere you had two choices – you could call the airline and buy a ticket, or you could call a travel agent, who for some magical reason could get you the same ticket for less money. Then along came the online travel site revolution. Now, instead…

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Candyman Goes Carbonated – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Roy Nelson was the Willy Wonka of New Orleans, growing up in a chocolate factory. His family owns Elmer’s, the country’s last remaining family-owned and operated chocolate factory. What do you after chocolate when you want to go out on your own and start up your own business? In Roy’s case he went straight for the…

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Viet Metalhead – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

Uyen Vu is a high-end jewelry marketing expert. She’s also a recovering metal head with a New Orleans past.     From Chopin to Metallica music, Uyen talks about musical influences, her her life on the road as a working heavy metal musician, and her current days in L.A. fashion culture mogul.

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Pineapple Pumpernickel – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

This is what we are not allowed to know about Emma Iris DiAnna: where she works or what she does for a living.   This is what we are allowed to know. She hates yoga, hates people who call their kids “Emma” like the idiot baby on Friends, sleeps with a dog, went to a…

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Sight and Sound – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

A normally functioning human body is something most of us take for granted, until we have personal experience that challenges us. It might be the birth of a child, an accident, or just staying alive long enough to have bits of ourselves wear out. Two of our senses that are susceptible to impairment are hearing…

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