Marilyn Monroe and Me

by ERROL LABORDE

Marilyn Monroe was making advances toward me, and I was uneasy. I hate it when that happens.

Las Vegas is all about fantasy. It’s a surreal...

LINDY AT THE VATICAN

by ERROL LABORDE

As the bus made its way to Naples, one of the world’s least powerful military forces was about to visit one of its most potent weapons, and Lindy Boggs was involved.

Stories are now surfacing about some of the behind-the-scenes events during the former New Orleans...

Moonwalk

Two men, one black and wearing a baseball cap, the other white and covered with sores from what must have been a rough night before, sit side by side on the Moonwalk. Both are seated on their own inverted bread crates. The former has an overturned plastic barrel at his knees and clutches a pair of...

Good Friday

Good Friday used to be a more solemn day in New Orleans, so solemn that the movie listings in the newspaper would announce that local theaters were closed for the day. But Good Friday has also had a split personality – a somber religious day, but also the first day of a spring holiday weekend. New...

Political Valentines

With this being the month of Valentine’s Day and Louisiana being so political, here’s my take on the top 10 political couples of all time. They are listed in ascending order, so no peeking.

10. William C.C. and Eliza. Life was rough in the 1800s, even for the politically prominent. W.C.C....

Buzzard Bait

From the dreariest of urban places something occasionally sprouts that is joyous and worth beholding. For every Manhattan there is a Bronx – a place where the harder side of life provides for the glamour capital next door. For New Orleans there was once Jefferson City.

Having a legal life of only...

Night of Ivan

Here’s some of what happened while you were away during Hurricane Ivan.

By late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14, the day before the hurricane was supposed to hit, the town was already looking empty. Not, however, at Mandina’s on Canal Street, which is crowded on a normal night and especially...