Mac Alsfeld was Jesus’ personal assistant. Every day Jesus would scream at him, throw stuff, and get naked. Not the actual Jesus in the New Testament – he’s reportedly still dead – this is the guy who played Jesus in the movies. Our lawyer has advised us not to put the actor’s name here but…

Nikki Still came to New Orleans to do yoga. Four or five hours a day. And got paid to do it. Nikki was the vanguard of Lululemon in New Orleans, doing yoga then schmoozing with the mostly women and getting them to try Lululemon for their next vasana.  Nikki also managed to date enough men…

If you can swallow a sword, breathe fire, or create some similar kind of special moment there’s a special place for you in New Orleans. It’s called the Buku Music + Art Project. Addie Olsen is the Director of Buku. She’s sold out the event for this year (14,000 tickets a day) and figured out…

If you’re ever looking for someone to back you up in a bar fight in Slovakia, may we recommend Alicia Cooke? Alicia might look sweet and innocent but she can mix it up with gypsies at night and be teaching kids about the spirit of Christmas next morning. Yes, that really happened. And it’s just…

Funk is many things to many people but apparently to the new breed of New Orleans hipsters the one thing it’s not is hip. That’s the report from both sides of the front line. Eric Bernstein is the quintessential hipster. A downtown resident who lived in Brooklyn, moved to Austin, then Detroit – where he…