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Rocking out in Saigon – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

Have you ever been walking the streets of Saigon, looked around, and said to yourself, “this place is great but it’s needs more hillbilly soul bands.” Well wish no longer because Kim sat down with Nick Rivette and Davis Zunk of The Wanderlusters. Nick and Davis joined us all the way from Saigon to talk…

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Living Large on the Lakefront – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Back in the day – pre Katrina and Ivan and a bunch of other wicked storms that killed them off one at a time – the New Orleans Lakefreont was a mecca of seafood restaurants.  Fitzgerald’s, Sid-Mar’s, Brunings, and more, Lakefront dining was an integral part of growing up in New Orleans.  Eventually they all…

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Daiquiris on Periwinkle Lane – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

One of the unique charms of New Orleans living is the drive-thru daiquiri store: a sort of Burger King of Booze where a family of four (all over 21 of course) can, for a modest sum, get tanked up on sweet, frozen cocktails dispensed from what look like washing machines. Can you imagine living in…

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Social Media Angel – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Chris Schultz gets to hear a lot of great ideas. Just walking through Launchpad, the unofficial headquarters of New Orleans’ I.T. start up world that Chris co-founded, can be enough to make your head spin. To say nothing of Chris’s day job as an angel investor through his company Voodoo Ventures. Chris talks about his…

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Throwback – Helmets in Southeast Asia – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

Kim’s in Mexico this week so we’re taking you back in time to one of our favorite episodes with Alison Ecker. Alison Ecker lives in Hanoi, and joins us with a live report on the strange fate of the motorcycle helmet in Vietnam, and the importance of women’s shoes in shifting gears.

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