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The Presbytere museum at Jackson Square has an ongoing exhibit on the Katrina disaster, Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond. Stark and moving, the exhibit uses a multi-media installation to familiarize the visitor with New Orleans’s long history of hurricanes while focusing on the most infamous one of all. Continue reading
For those of you in doubt, I can assure you that French Quarter dining is thriving. On each visit to New Orleans, I’ve tried to have at least one new place on my list of dining spots and, in recent years, have avoided dining in the Quarter as it seemed that most of the exciting new spots were popping up in other neighborhoods. As that’s no longer the case, this time I visited two new(ish) places in the Quarter. Continue reading
When I first came to the Bay Area in 1994 for law school, I was surprised to find some similarities between the pace of life here and in the South (at least in the urbanized South). Now Southerners do practice a special kind of leisurely approach to living (and working) that is not for the faint of heart – or maybe it is. Continue reading
An art school in Detroit, College for Creative Studies, has released one of the most clever and entertaining ad campaigns I have seen in some time. A parody of the anti-drug PSAs from the ’80s, the campaign succeeds in being both humorous and incisive. Continue reading
Jackson Square
Anyone who knows me or has read my older posts is familiar with my deep connection with New Orleans. Most of my visits to New Orleans have been solo, but it has been about 4 years since my last such trip and I’m feeling the need for the boost to my spirit that only New Orleans can provide. Continue reading