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 »

Breaking rocks in the hot sun isn’t something most people usually want to do, but considering what fellow New Orleanian Monique Pilie did to get 47 volunteers out planting trees this past Saturday, a couple of hours with shovels and pickaxes is nothing.

Pilie’s family has lived in New Orleans since the 1700s and when Hurricane Katrina hit, Pilie felt a deep sense of loss like most of us did. Not discounting the enormous tragedy of lost lives and homes, Pilie also mourned Read the rest of this entry »

The common theme of the 9 playlets that comprise Root [Cel.lar] seems to be “the basement”, that is, 7 of the playlets are set in a basement, 1 in Hell, and 1 by Rob Tsarov is just plain dark, like a cellar. I like these thematic presentations of short plays by local playwrights, like the recent Beignet Plays at Le Chat Noir. Even if 1 or 2 suck, you’re bound to see something good. And there was good work to see Read the rest of this entry »

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by Sam Winston

The soap opera that is New Orleans continued last week with more than enough backstabbing, heartbreak, and double plot twists to boot. President Bush started it all off by shucking Kathleen Blanco in a string of nauseating Katrina comparisons during the wildfires in southern California. The gulf coast was quick to shout them down but it was a Los Angeles Times columnist that set the record straight and called out the fluff being tossed about.

The drama, however, was just getting started as Read the rest of this entry »