Ask any woman in New Orleans why men wear hats in New Orleans and they will tell you God’s honest truth. It is all about style. Style isn’t everything in New Orleans. Honesty counts for more, but style is something. Style counts in New Orleans. I know. I am both honest and I always wear […]
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There are plenty of love triangles in New Orleans, too many to list here. Geographically speaking, there are plenty of New Orleans triangles worth mentioning but we’re only going to talk about one of them today. It is one of New Orleans’ hottest neighborhoods. It is the Fairgrounds Triangle. Ask any realtor. Of all the many New
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The best parade is the one you’re at. You can’t be everywhere in New Orleans at once. All of Mardi Gras is a parade. The best Mardi Gras parades are free. Mardi Gras is the biggest and bestest free show on earth. The whole city celebrates it, every man, woman, and child. You may wonder
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Culturally speaking, New Orleans is a powerhouse. Losing power in New Orleans is a way life. It comes and it goes. New Orleans is electric. New Orleans is neon. New Orleans is air-conditioned. New Orleans without electricity is still a city alive. In fact, when the power goes out and it doesn’t bother you, that’s
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Guess what today is. Briana, don’t believe everything you read. It’s Hallowe’en in New Orleans. Then, it will be All Saints’ Day. Then, it will be All Souls’ Day. Then, it will be the rest of us’s days. Every day is Hallowe’en in New Orelans. Not every day is Mardi Gras Day. When you live
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It is no surprise that “The Best Written Blog in New Orleans” has it’s fair share of longstanding fans who have been with us from the beginning. La Belle Esplanade’s blog has been going strong since before we opened seven years ago. We have sometimes hit slumps. We have occasionally published guest submissions from elementary
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Apropos of Halloween, I’d like to share a condensed article from our sister blog about New Orleans Witch Houses. It would be rash to say that there are a lot of witch houses in New Orleans. Despite the neighborhoods’ reputations, there are far fewer witch houses in Tremé or the 7th Ward than anyone thinks are there. Everyone
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Time flies like an arrow and Cupid is shooting a charmed arrow right at your heart. What is the first thing you’ll think of after you feel Cupid’s arrow’s sting? New Orleans. Home is where the heart is. New Orleans loves you. How do you feel about Valentine’s Day in New Orleans? It sounds pretty
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You expect me to say that this is the most interesting blog in New Orleans, don’t you? Nope. It’s not. I like this blog, mind you, I like it a lot, but this isn’t the most interesting blog in New Orleans. It has plenty of good New Orleans stories in its archives but it doesn’t
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The Best of New Orleans… What’s the best of New Orleans? Everything. Everything is more flavorful in New Orleans. Everything is more richly textured in New Orleans. In a New Orleans state of mind, a single spoonful of gumbo can contain a cornucopia of spices so intimately mixed that they’ll set off sympathetic epiphanies in
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