The Zen Temple is on the 4th floor of a Camp Street building in downtown New Orleans. The building used to be Cosimo Matassa s legendary recording studio. Today, below the Zen temple where the music temple once stood and the greatest of New Orleans music was recorded, the Zen Boogie has been handed on…

Paris, of course, is not in Latin America. Nor is it in North America. To Zella Palmer (aka Zella Palmer Cuadra) the blending of cultures, food, and music in New Orleans is unlike anywhere else in the US or in Europe and the simplest description that explains the blending is in culinary terms a gumbo…

Jeremy Labadie is, in every sense, the Beer Buddha. Whether his Buddha-like stature is God-given or the result of consuming beer, whether his calm countenance is from a Zen like approach to life or a couple of cool brews, who really knows the truth about, well, anything? Among the many surprising Buddha enlightening moments on…

Leora Pearl Madden opened the Pearl Wine Co in Mid City in 2013 for no better reason than she simply loves wine. Turns out love is a pretty good guide – to a successful business and, well, love.  Leora fell in love with her (plus one guest) business broker Joel Duran and the rest is…

Aaron Vogel makes donuts and sliders and has chocolate milk on tap at his new unique Magazine Street eatery District Donuts Sliders Brew. But what Aaron’s really doing is changing the world. An ex-pastor, Aaron is deeply committed to making the world a better place. He has a business plan that spreads love, happiness, and…