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Where Mardi Gras Floats Hibernate, Part 2 (photo)

New Orleans, LA — Who is this masked man? If you read my post yesterday, you know the backstory: a[…]

New Orleans, LA — Ever wonder where Mardi Gras floats go in the off season? Elusive as leprechauns, they’re rarely[…]

New Orleans, LA — One of the great things about living in New Orleans is that there’s always a surprise[…]

New Orleans, LA — The sixties — aside from all the peace, love, protest, and whatnot — was a time of[…]

New Orleans, LA — Unique, hand-painted signs make for Instagram gold. I found this particularly imaginative example on the side[…]

You’re looking at one of my favorite Instagram photos, taken along Oak Street in uptown New Orleans, an area known[…]

New Orleans, LA — Port of Call is one of the Big Easy’s legendary dive bar/restaurants. Opened in 1963 on[…]

New Orleans, LA — Cars from the 1960s are irresistible to me. So while riding around recently in New Orleans’[…]

New Orleans, LA — New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward will be forever remembered as one of the areas that bore the[…]

New Orleans, LA — Yesterday, I dissected and deconstructed the New Orleans Snowball — an essential ingredient of summer in the[…]

New Orleans, LA — Summertime means snowballs in New Orleans. Also spelled “Snoball,” they’re a uniquely Big Easy frozen treat.[…]

New Orleans, LA — As I commented yesterday, I’m a sucker for creative graffiti. I found this particular piece on[…]

New Orleans, LA — I’m a sucker for creative graffiti. Sure, technically it’s vandalism, but I’d argue that in[…]

New Orleans, LA — I’ve always had a weakness for 60s automobiles. Perhaps because I grew up during that era,[…]

New Orleans, LA — Although my preferred mode of two-wheeled transport is Harley-Davidson, I couldn’t resist snapping this photo[…]