Best Of New Orleans Blog

by Sam Winston

My feed is going real slow and choppy but it beats missing it. Started at around 9:50 a.m.

UPDATE: Full Speech can be viewed here.

And text of his speech here.

I haven’t got to digest this yet but when I do I’ll raise any points that are worth discussing.

by Sam Winston

The latest from the New York Post

“It’s disaster housing capable of sheltering entire neighborhoods in a hurry if a major hurricane or other catastrophe strikes…

One entry that didn’t make the cut would certainly qualify for thinking outside the box: it consisted of a “Cloud City” where residents would live in inflatable floating homes high above their old neighborhoods and tethered by lengthy cables.

by Sam Winston

The Hornets beat top Western Conference foe the Phoenix Suns in double OT on a last second shot by Peja. Even though the Hornets have owned the Suns this year it won’t get any easier playing them considering they just signed Shaq.

Also giving love to the Hornets and the city in general is Sports Illustrated writer Jack McCallum.

“When David Stern announced, in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, that All-Star weekend would remain in New Orleans, I thought it was the wrong decision. And I have no doubt that, after this year’s bacchanalia (Feb. 15-17) has concluded, there will be myriad complaints about cabs (not nearly enough), drunks in the street (far too many), indifferent retail service, long hotel check-in lines, confounding one-way streets in the French Quarter, traffic jams on the interstates, and, for all I know, the chicken and andouille gumbo at Emeril’s, which is, incidentally, quite beyond reproach. (more…)