Life On Esplanade Ave.
Get to Know the Real New Orleans
Category: Local Culture & Legends
Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of the Black Cat Magic Club of New Orleans. New Orleans is a city full of secret societies, fraternal organizations, sororities, social aid & pleasure clubs, Carnival krewes, marching associations. They are people wh… Read more
New Orleans is made up of things both visible and invisible. It takes a certain kind of eye to appreciate all the various threads out of which any day in New Orleans is woven. I know. I live here. So does the ghost of Paul Morphy. Paul Morphy knew . … Read more
I have been going to the French Quarter more often than usual recently. There is no particular reason beyond me having nothing else to do. I live in New Orleans. While I appreciate the French Quarter, I know what is there, so, if there is no reason f… Read more
Apropos of Halloween, I’d like to share a condensed article from our sister blog about New Orleans Witch Houses. There are witch houses all over New Orleans. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with that. It would be rash to say that there are a lot… Read more
If you don’t know what shrimp boots are, you aren’t from Louisiana. All hail the shrimp boot! Shrimp boots are white rubber boots that shrimpers wear when they are out on their boats. Actually, they wear them more often than that. I wouldn’t say that… Read more