ino

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

Two Back Packs and a Gypsy Beat Down – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you’re ever looking for someone to back you up in a bar fight in Slovakia, may we recommend Alicia Cooke? Alicia might look sweet and innocent but she can mix it up with gypsies at night and be teaching kids about the spirit of Christmas next morning. Yes, that really happened. And it’s just…

Read More

bra strap ‘n shades – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Just when you think there s nothing new under the sun, along comes Lisa McKenzie and Oohla Bra, her NOLA company that turns underwear into outerwear. Oohla Bra has over 65 designer bra straps strings of pearls, beads, and sparkling delights that switch places with the regular strap on your convertible or strapless bra, transforming…

Read More