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New Orleans Restaurant Owner Leah Chase Receives 2012 Faces of Diversity Award

Richard Bienvenu — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:30:39 +0000

Leah Chase, internationally known and respected chef and owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana has been honored with the 2012 Faces of Diversity American Dream Award. New Orleans Restaurant Owner Leah Chase Honored with 2012 Faces of Diversity Award This is awarded by the National Restaurant Association and it celebrates members of [...]

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Brain Health Fair in New Orleans – Not Just for Brainiacs!

Richard Bienvenu — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:21:10 +0000

Hey New Orleans, guess what? Next week is Brain Health Awareness week. Yep. Governor Bobby Jindal has declared it so. It’s from April 21-28 which coincides with the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology that is bringing 12,000 healthcare pros into our fair city and they’ll also be sponsoring a Brain Health [...]

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The Ursuline Shadow – A Divine Visage in a New Orleans Church?

Richard Bienvenu — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:42:22 +0000

On Good Friday the Ursuline Chapel of the National Shrine of Or Lady of Prompt Succor was one of my stops on the nine churches pilgrimage that I wrote about previously. And here I wanted to see the Ursuline Shadow. When I entered the church was dark and I could see several people up near [...]

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The Accidental City – Improvising New Orleans – An Early New Orleans History

Richard Bienvenu — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:08:55 +0000

Being from The Crescent City I am always interested in reading books our history and culture. The Accidental City – Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell is an eye-opening account of the city’s early days. Most folk from here know some of our history but the knowledge of its founding and years of its early [...]

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Nine New Orleans Churches – My Good Friday Pilgrimage – 2012

Richard Bienvenu — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:23:24 +0000

This Good Friday I got this urge to just go by myself and do the traditional pilgrimage at nine New Orleans churches. But I determined that I wasn’t going to go all over town to do it and end up at the St. Louis Cathedral as is customary. Nope. I was just going to go [...]

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A New Bounce to New Orleans Music – Video

Richard Bienvenu — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:40:54 +0000

There always seems to be some kind of new variation on New Orleans music making it’s way into the mainstream, some new beat or sound or fad. Being the birthplace of Jazz which lead to Rock and Roll it seems that New Orleans music has been in the forefront of American music for over a [...]

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Is New Orleans Film Industry the True Hollywood South?

Richard Bienvenu — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:29:14 +0000

The New Orleans film industry has come a long way in a few short years. Although there was a lot of activity before Katrina it seems that since the hurricane things have been ratchet up. The state of Louisiana offers great tax incentives for film folks to come and work. With the added benefit of [...]

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New Orleans Music – Live at Cafe DuMonde in the French Quarter

Richard Bienvenu — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:58:44 +0000

New Orleans music is everywhere. Who’s got their own spot right there in front of Cafe Du Monde, the popular tourist attraction in the French Quarter? Why it’s trumpeter Hack Batholomew, that’s who. Yep, I’ve been eating my coffee and beignets and heard his sweet sounds accompanying my slurping and chewing while wiping the powered sugar [...]

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Lounging in Lafitte – A Quick Escape from New Orleans

Richard Bienvenu — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:18:48 +0000

Lafitte – A Quick Escape from New Orleans So my babe was saying she wanted to get out of the city, take a drive out of New Orleans. I’m kind of a homebody and am perfectly content to just sit on the porch with a tall glass of iced tea and watch cars and people [...]

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Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints Bounty Hunters

Richard Bienvenu — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:09:31 +0000

OK. The sentence has been passed and the perpetrators must pay a penalty. But it does seem a bit unfair thus penalty that is. I mean for Sean Payton to be laid off the game for a whole year as well as others on the team to be so severely penalized just seems to me [...]

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Shades of Swamp People – Louisiana – Hot Spot for Reality TV

Richard Bienvenu — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:05:44 +0000

I think it’s pretty amazing that there are so many TV shows right now based in Louisiana. Not only do we have a dramatic show about vampires, True Blood set and much of it filmed in Louisiana as well as the quirky and cool Treme filmed entirely in New Orleans, but we also have a [...]

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Heritage Reserve Delicious California Navels at New Orleans’ Rouses Supermarket

Richard Bienvenu — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:21:47 +0000

OK this is a blatant out and out advertisement for a company in California that out of the blue sent me a beautifully packaged box of navel oranges. (Ah yes, one of the many perks of being a blogger.) The trouble with a lot of navel oranges, as I see it, is that can tend [...]

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Mr. Morris Lessmore Wins the Oscar

Richard Bienvenu — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:48:56 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ncx0CYTWtU Oscar ceremonies tend to be a bit tedious but with Billy Cristal hosting I knew it wouldn’t be that bad since he always seem to know how to inject humor into the proceedings. I probably would not have watched it at all were it not for the possibility of home-grown Louisiana talent winning one [...]

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Easy Breezy Relaxing Sunny Day in Jackson Square New Orleans

Richard Bienvenu — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:58:32 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ9VU66u9nU Here’s a view of Jackson Square from atop the Riverwalk on the Mississippi River. That’s St. Louis Cathedral back there between the Cabildo and the Presbytere, the old government buildings built when Spain owned New Orleans. Horses and buggies line up awaiting customers for a French Quarter history and cultural tour. People sauntering and [...]

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Fiery Irish Coffee at Hermes Bar, Antoine’s Restaurant, New Orleans

Richard Bienvenu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:53:02 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj5cooQAgvA Hermes Bar is a new addition to the more than a century old famous New Orleans establishment. The bar opens right onto St. Louis Street just a block away from Bourbon Street. In this video the waiter makes flaming Irish coffee with elegance and grace and just for effect pours the fiery brew all [...]

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