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Tipitina Bienville

Robert Mercurio co-owns Tipitina’s along with his Galactic bandmates, J.T. Nesbitt designs superfine motorbikes at his Bienville Studios

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Inspiration Perspiration

In the 1800’s Thomas Edison invented, among other things, the light bulb, the record player, and the first motion picture capture device which paved the way for the birth of movies. Was Thomas Edison a genius? In response to that question Edison said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Meaning, you can have…

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Mezcal Glitter

Maybe this has happened to you. You stumble onto a great new show on Netflix – and when you tell your friends about it, everybody seems to know about it already. But for some reason you never got the memo. Peter’s lunch guests today don’t have shows on Netflix, but they both have unique stories…

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NOLA Girl Power

Jane Cooper’s Flamingo Funders invest in women-owned startups, Tiffany Langlinais heads up NOLA marketing company Freret Napoleon

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Escapist Success Stories

People typically get invited onto shows like this because they’re successful. So, it will come as no surprise to you that my two guests on Out to Lunch today have success stories. What might surprise you, is the magnitude of their success. Cathy Deano is the founder of Painting With a Twist. It’s a pretty…

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