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Why Are We Here? – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Nikki Still came to New Orleans to do yoga. Four or five hours a day. And got paid to do it. Nikki was the vanguard of Lululemon in New Orleans, doing yoga then schmoozing with the mostly women and getting them to try Lululemon for their next vasana.  Nikki also managed to date enough men…

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Dine Out Work Out – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

When you launch a new business, you have no way of knowing whether you’re going to make a billion dollars, or make a bunch of decisions that add up to little more than a valuable lesson. When a small group of New Orleans guys started hosting pop-up foodie dinners in deserted buildings, few could have…

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Jambalaya Girl – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

If you shop at a New Orleans Sam’s Club pretty much any weekend you’ll see a guy or a girl stirring a giant pot of jambalaya. The girl – wearing yellow plastic fork earrings – is Jambalaya Girl Kristen Preau and the guy is her brother Kevin. When you get home from Sam’s you can…

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Special Moments – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you can swallow a sword, breathe fire, or create some similar kind of special moment there’s a special place for you in New Orleans. It’s called the Buku Music + Art Project. Addie Olsen is the Director of Buku. She’s sold out the event for this year (14,000 tickets a day) and figured out…

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Green Orleans – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

“Green” used to be just a color. Now it’s a way of life. Everything from household trash to billion dollar industrial plants can be “green” – meaning we undertake an activity mindful of the impact we’re having on our environment. We use the word “green” because it’s the most ubiquitous color in nature. In cities…

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