Two Christmases ago, before the then inexplicably eccentric manager at The Columns Hotel kicked us out because he “Didn’t want to brand The Columns as a Happy Hour location,” we recorded what has become one of the classic episodes of Happy Hour. Singer-songwriter Lynn Drury, Rabbi Yonah Schiller, and New Orleans’ ultimate renaissance man Andrew…
Read MorePres Kabacoff and his company HRI Properties have had an enormous impact on the city of New Orleans – as diverse as building Beau Chene on the Northshore, pioneering inner city living by bringing back the Warehouse District, converting the Blue Plate Maynonaise factory to artist lofts and creating The Healing Center in Bywater. Pres…
Read MoreHaving left Atlanta, Cam Tu Nguyen moved to New Orleans for love and stayed for her love of New Orleans and its Viet community. As a non-profit organizer Cam educates everyone in the NOLA Viet community from underserved fisherfolk to church-going professionals about Obamacare.
Read MoreThe film business continues to grow so quickly that the term “Hollywood South” is becoming less of a quaint marketing moniker and more literally true with every movie that shoots here. Giant productions like Jurassic Park II and The Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise Terminator numbers 4, 5, and 6 are on the way. Part of the…
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