So today it’s New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 – the first day of the New Orleans shut down. Even the It’s New Orleans Happy Hour podcast is caught up in the global pandemic, though so far all that’s happened to us is we have to move off the stage of the Maple Leaf Bar…
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If you’ve ever rented an apartment, when you’ve gone to move out, you’ve almost certainly told the landlord “I want to get my security deposit back.” What happens after that is the great unknown. Most often you’ve probably just given up arguing with the landlord and let the guy keep your money. Because that’s what…
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Mardi Gras and Day of the Dead are two very different holidays. But in 2020 Mardi Gras Death is a real thing. It’s Ash Wednesday 2020, the day after the deadliest Mardi Gras, possibly of all time. Julie Couret is a witness to what happened. As a regular TV commentator camera crews sought Julie out…
Read MoreNew guests stop by every week on Happy Hour. This week meet: Gabrielle Cavassa – jazz singer/songwriter. Arthur Franz IV – inventor of Mardi Gras Madness, a board game that doesn’t actually require a board. Deborah Oppenheim – taught in the New Orleans public school system for 30 years and escaped with her sanity by…
Read MoreYou probably think you’ve heard every weird bad disastrous insane mistaken awful relationship story there is. You haven’t. Not till you hear comedian hypnotist Flip Orley document his 5 wives and explain the drunken tattoos all over his body with, “My 4th wife was Cajun.” Honestly, if you need to be reassured your own relationship…
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