Author name: himanshusharma

When I say rebel as a verb, I don’t stay it like “Rebel Yell”, I say it like Ravel’s Bolero.  Souls rebel in New Orleans. Louisiana was one of the Confederate States of America but New Orleans has always been a cosmopolitan city, more French and Haitian than the rest of the Louisiana Purchase or […]

I got a letter in the mailbag today from a young lady.  I can’t tell you anything more about her identity than that.  Her letter was long and tear-stained.  At the end she asked me, “Do I belong in New Orleans?” All that any one of us can do well is to do our little

Ask someone what makes New Orleans creole and you will get as many answers as the number of people you ask.  Creole is a real thing, but you’ll only recognize it if you are in a New Orleans state of mind.  Don’t let anyone tell you blackened catfish is creole.  It isn’t.  It’s cajun.  There

New Orleans is The City That Care Forgot.  It is the city time forgot, too.  New Orleans is called the Big Easy for good reasons. I was talking about this with Yana, today.  She said, “Every day seems to be the same here.  New Orleans is a place where we make good memories every day,

If you’ve been to New Orleans before, you’ve probably spent a lot of time in the French Quarter.  You think that French Quarter is what New Orleans is all about.  The Quarter is in New Orleans, but there is a whole, wide, wonderful city out here that you’ve never seen.  Reset you relationship with New

With a new year comes a new horoscope.  Wanna know your New Orleans horoscope?  Read on.  We haunted Jackson Square at 3:00AM the past few days to talk to the real, authentic astrologers, palm readers, and card readers.  One lady even had a crystal ball.  She said I was going to make good New Orleans

Leave New Orleans with a story and you will have good memories that will last you the rest of your life.  I know.  I live here.  I see it happen every day. Nobody expires on their deathbed with a contented smile while remembering the time they made a fool of themselves on Bourbon Street.  Trust

There are over 1300 restaurants in New Orleans.  We have eaten at over 600 of them.  It is almost impossible to have a bad meal in New Orleans.  Anywhere you have heard of, so have another million other people heard of it, too.  Where to eat when you visit New Orleans should be off the

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is more and better than you think.  It is more and better in real life than anything you’ve seen in movies, on TV, or read about in books or in pulp magazines.  If you want to learn how to celebrate New Orleans Mardi Gras, stay a week from Mardi Gras

No one ever says their visit to New Orleans is too long any time of year.  During Mardi Gras season, there is no such thing as too much Mardi Gras.  A week in New Orleans is a magical thing.  I know.  I live here.  If you want to experience a week during New Orleans Mardi