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From Boat Person to Gates Scholar – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

We’ve all heard stories of the hard working immigrant who finds success (however you define it) through their own hard work and determination, but do you wonder if it ever truly happens?  It has in 22 year old Ngoc Pham’s case! When the Ngoc came to the United States, she was eight and had spent…

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Mom, Where Do Buildings Come From? – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

We talk a lot in New Orleans about the “rebirth” of the city but before the city was re-born it was born. The architects of what we all agree is our remarkably beautiful city were just that: architects. The major architects of today’s New Orleans are renaissance men and women. An eye for beauty and…

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The Elephant In The Tent – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Renso Amariz spent years as a combat photographer in the US Navy. His photos have appeared on the front pages of every major newspaper in the world, on the cover of most of the known news magazines and he’s faced down death literally more times than he can remember. Living in New Orleans Renso has…

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Earth Orbit and Beyond – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Sure, we all know New Orleans business is doing better than it ever has, but in your wildest imaginings of exactly what that means it’s unlikely you’ve had any idea that “they sky’s the limit” has in the last few years gone from being a visionary fantasy to an aerospace reality. While many of us…

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I Read it in a Magazine – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Most college kids eat cheap or bad but that didn’t stop wannabe food writer Daniel Schumacher penning a food column in his student paper.  Daniel went on to become a professional food writer in New York, Birmingham Alabama, and now in New Orleans as editor of Louisiana Cookin‘. Daniel describes what it’s like writing about…

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