Rebuilding Together’s New Orleans branch, a volunteer home rehabilitation organization, is partnering with the American Petroleum Institute, the primary trade association for the oil and natural gas industry in the US, to introduce energy efficient renovations into home restoration and Read the rest of this entry »

Ristorante da Piero (401 Williams Blvd., 469-8585; www.ristorantedapiero.net) is my favorite restaurant in the area for pasta (check out my full review from June). The strozzapreti (literally “priest choker”) pasta is worth a trip to Kenner all on its own.

Next Wednesday, Oct. 17, chef Paolo Cenni will be showing off some of his kitchen’s other chops with an elaborate wine dinner backed up by Read the rest of this entry »

by Sam Winston

Look no further than right here on blogofneworleans with two excellent insider updates from David Winkler-Schmit, who brought us the scoop on the Army Corps of Engineers latest blunder and a startling revelation that flew under most people’s radar about a jailhouse murder whose main suspect was unexpectedly released. Both updates were follow ups to previous stories that Winkler-Schmit reported on for Gambit Weekly.

Elsewhere, bloggers take Bobby Jindal to task for for a comment about “outsiders” stirring up issues over the Jena 6 and a potentially erroneous ad he placed in the Louisiana Weekly. One blogger laughs about Bill Jefferson’s latest “bathroom defense” while another takes a picture of a strange worm he found on his deck.