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So Long, Record Deal – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

January 16, 2015 It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

Call it crazy coincidence or straight up serendipity: New Orleans’ newest band sits down for a drink on Happy Hour and who sits next to them? Two of the city’s biggest deal music business heavyweights. Andrew deBuys and Sophia Preston are So Long Storyland (note the absence of a comma after “long”). Stephen Klein is…

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You Can’t Beat Wagner’s Poboy – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

January 13, 2015 Midnight Menu +1

Scott and Jane Wolfe got married and opened their first grocery store when he was 19 and she was 17. A few grocery stores later Jane and Scott were to discover a factoid about marketing that changed their lives and etched an indelibe icon into the minds of all New Orleanians. Dispensing with every other…

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Squirrel Head Placenta Gumbo – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

January 6, 2015 Midnight Menu +1

When you grow up on the Bayou you learn to catch and cook pretty much anything that moves. When you get to be Executive Chef at one of New Orleans’ leading hip restaurants like Tivoli and Lee you can be “influenced” by your childhood roots but you can’t totally replicate that cuisine. Chef Marcus Woodham is…

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The Other Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

January 3, 2015 It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

Maria Levitsky has a dragon tattooed over most of her body – Maria used to play the flute, she lived in Spain when she was 11, and she rides a horse she bought from a charismatic preacher called Bootise. (Actually the horse is called Bootise, not the preacher.) And that’s just the tip of the…

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Cut Through The Clutter – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

January 1, 2015 Out to Lunch

If you’ve ever been in business, or been employed by a company of more than 3 people, you’ll know that one of the hallmarks of every organization is well, organization. The best laid plans of small companies and big corporations  can easily get lost in the mess of daily duties and decisions. Being able to identify…

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