In the first spring following the federal levee failures, a group of Mid-City neighbors took time away from rebuilding their ruined homes and damaged small businesses to create a new music and art festival called the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo on Bayou St. John.

The free festival proved a huge success, and doubled in size when it was hosted for a second time this past spring, drawing an estimated 12,000 people, according to Read the rest of this entry »

The mental health crisis continues. LSU’s Health Sciences Center recently conducted a survey of 1,638 school children, grades 4-12, and found that 54 percent of them met the criteria for either Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or depression. The New Orleans Coroner’s Office has data that shows the suicide rate in New Orleans has tripled since the storm. Read the rest of this entry »

The 3rd annual “Magazine Street Retail Relief” event will take place this Saturday, Nov. 3rd.

Get in Shape: Put on your walking shoes and walk the 5 mile stretch in and out of Magazine St. shops. (Calories Burned: 500) Read the rest of this entry »

 by Sam Winston
Forget about Poydras Street, the Dome Foam and the “Who Dat” chant. Next year we’re 2nd-lining down the Champs Elysees in our black and gold sipping bordeaux, munching on a baguette with brie and shouting with disdain “Qui est la!” Err, what?

With the NFL’s Giants/Dolphins game officially deemed a “success” in London this past Sunday, there is the very real possibility that the Saints could go to play a game in Europe in the coming years. What more logical place for the Fleur De Lis toting New Orleans Saints than Paris? Read the rest of this entry »

A statement which once would have received blank stares is now my reality.

This weekend I am really going shopping in Baton Rouge, not Houston– Baton Rouge.

Z Gallerie, one of my favorite furniture and accessories store which I discovered two years ago in West Palm Beach, and have been visiting their website ever since, opened in Baton Rouge’s new Read the rest of this entry »