Posts Tagged ‘louisiana’

HOG (Harley Owners Group) Louisiana rally kicks off a busy rally season

// May 3rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel HOG rally

[Lafayette, LA] — Louisiana’s state HOG rally (April 19-21 in Lafayette, LA) marked the start of a busy rally season for members of Harley Owners Group. More than 2,500 HOG members rode to Lafayette for the 3-day event, which featured guided rides (including one to the Tabasco sauce factory in Avery Island), food, music, and …read more…

Louisiana SPCA’s Dog Day Afternoon

// March 25th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Events, Travel "You talkin' to me?"

[New Orleans, LA] — On a lazy Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, you can’t do much better than a doggie festival. This past weekend’s Dog Day Afternoon is an annual event to raise funds and awareness for Louisiana’s SPCA. Held at New Orleans’ City Park, the event featured a doggie walk-a-thon — called the Gatsby …read more…

The Ya-Ka-Mein lady of New Orleans

// March 21st, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Food, People, Travel Miss Linda

Everyone in New Orleans knows Miss Linda. If you’ve ever been to a festival, a parade, or a concert in the city – and if you haven’t, you need to get out more, with all due respect – you’ve undoubtedly seen her, selling Ya-Ka-Mein and other delicious recipes from a tent, a table, or from …read more…

Super Sunday for Mardi Gras Indians

// March 19th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Travel Super Sunday

[New Orleans, LA] – ”Super Sunday” in New Orleans refers not to a well-known football game or a political primary, but instead to a tradition of elaborate spectacle and ritual for the Mardi Gras Indians. Every year on the third Sunday of March, groups of elaborately-costumed tribe members gather at a park in Mid-City, then march through …read more…

Call me “The Mild One:” adventures of a motorcycling television extra

// March 5th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // People, Travel Glen Abbott

[New Orleans, LA] — Wanted: “Extras with motorcycles – available tomorrow,” read the Craigslist ad. The job was for a television series shooting in the Crescent City. Hmm, I thought. As a freelance writer (read: no real job), and a motorcyclist, this could be something for which I might be qualified. All I had to …read more…

Mardi Gras 2012 — Veni, Vidi, Bibi (I came, I saw, I drank)

// February 22nd, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Travel Mardi Gras 2012

Mardi Gras 2012. It’s over. The fat lady has sung (or barfed, more likely). Beads were thrown, enormous quantities of booze were consumed, and undoubtedly many boobies were flashed. As for that last part, I didn’t see any because I stayed away from the French Quarter (mind you, I’ve got nothing against boobs, it’s just …read more…

Mardi Gras Krewe of Tucks parade “rolls” on — toilet paper included

// February 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Krewe of Tucks

[New Orleans, LA] – You’ve gotta love a parade whose king rides in a toilet bowl. Or more precisely, on a toilet throne. Krewe of Tucks has been around since 1969, formed by a group of students from Loyola University and named after a bar — now closed — where they hung out, called Friar Tuck’s. …read more…

Get your mask on at Mardi Gras Mask Market

// February 18th, 2012 // 12 Comments » // Events, Travel Mardi Gras Mask Market

[New Orleans, LA] — With Mardi Gras breathing down our throats here in NOLA — Fat Tuesday is next week — those wishing for a last-minute, one-of-a-kind mask for the occasion would be well-served at the Mardi Gras Mask Market. In its 29th year, the event in the French Quarter’s French Market features artists from …read more…

In the ‘tit Rəx krewe’s Mardi Gras parade, it’s all about the schwa

// February 13th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel ‘tit Rəx

[New Orleans, LA] – Note to Krewe of Rex: I don’t think anyone is likely to confuse the ‘tit Rəx Parade with yours. Nonetheless, in what may be a classic David vs. Goliath legal donnybrook, last year the mega-krewe threatened to sue the micro-krewe for trademark infringement, leading the smaller, Petit (“’tit,” get it?) Rex krewe …read more…

It’s a dog’s life – Mystic Krewe of Barkus parade

// February 13th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Travel 2012 King of Barkus

Every dog has its day, as the saying goes, and Sunday afternoon, the Mystic Krewe of Barkus took to the streets for its 20th annual Mardi Gras parade. The krewe and its costumed canines strutted and strolled through the French Quarter, accompanied by marching bands and led by the requisite canine king, queen, duke and …read more…

Roadside Attractions — Massive Muffler Man Monument in Metairie, LA

// February 8th, 2012 // 14 Comments » // Travel Big Man

As urban icons go, Muffler Man isn’t quite up there with Preservation Hall or the Cabildo. He presides majestically – almost menacingly – over the intersection of Clearview Parkway and West Napoleon Avenue in Metairie. Two stories tall, muscular outstretched forearms, dressed in Saints black and gold and adorned with a golden crown. He just …read more…

Mardi Gras “Adult” Parade: Krewe du Vieux

// February 6th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Travel Krewe du Vieux

[New Orleans, LA] – Politically correct, no. Socially acceptable, hardly. Family friendly, fuggedaboutit. And that’s why we love it. Krewe du Vieux’s 26th annual parade – among the first of many parades during Mardi Gras season – marched, strutted, and rolled through the French Quarter this past weekend in all its satirical, off-color, decadent glory. The …read more…

Yo-Ho-Ho — a tour of Old New Orleans Rum

// February 1st, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Travel Tour Guide Bob Songy demonstrates the wares

It may be the best-kept secret in New Orleans’ Gentilly neighborhood – a small batch, premium rum distillery operating from a warehouse tucked into an industrial pocket of Frenchmen Street. “We’re definitely off the beaten path, you know?” says Parker Schonekas, General Manager of Celebration Distillation, makers of Old New Orleans Rum. You’d expect rum …read more…

Mardi Gras Bead Dogs: Whimsical Art with a Serious Message

// January 25th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Travel "Tiger Paws" by artist Gerry Claude

[New Orleans, LA] — For a city accustomed to Lucky Dogs, the luckiest dogs of all may be the brightly colored Mardi Gras Bead Dog statues that are popping up all over town. Lucky for animal lovers and art lovers, at least. The whimsical sculptures are modeled after the trinkets fashioned from leftover Mardi Gras …read more…

New Orleans’ chips with a Cajun crunch

// January 18th, 2012 // 10 Comments » // Food, Travel Fresh from the fryer

[Gramercy, LA] – Here in the Big Easy, it’s all about the spice. From Po-Boys to potato chips, the proper seasoning is essential. So little wonder that our favorite chip comes in a variety of tastebud-tantalizing flavors, with imaginative names like Spicy Cajun Crawtator, Voodoo, and Cajun Dill Gator-Tators – along with the old standbys like …read more…

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