September 2008
A Toast for the Saints
On Nov. 1, 1966, New Orleans was awarded the 16th franchise in the National Football League, and the name of the team was never in doubt.
For over 40 years, the New Orleans Saints have been the darlings of a city happy to embrace the color black,...
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August 2008
Yes it’s true!
Beer and cheese
It trips so easily off the tongue: Wine and cheese pairing. Now try this tongue-twister: Beer and cheese pairing.
Not only does it sound a lot like a hot August night without air conditioning, it doesn’t even sound good.
You...
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July 2008
Punch and Judy
A “Tales of the Cocktail” Winner
Our annual trek through New Orleans’ summer climatological conditions (Darn that global warming – it used to be so pleasant around here in July) has lately been made more bearable by the ever-expanding Tales of the Cocktail...
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June 2008
Into the Garden (District)
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May 2008
In the minty month of May
May brings the assurance of summer. Not the summer of heat and humidity (both in the 90s) and crawly things in the house (not just the children) but the summer of lighter refreshment – cooling beverages that please the palate.
Our good neighbors up...
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April 2008
Getting started
Let’s not kid ourselves, New Orleans isn’t renowned as a start-the-day-early-with-lots-of- energy kind of town. Left to our own devices, we simply aren’t “morning people.” At no point during the day or night is our laid back culture more at ease than in the morning....
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