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GoNOLA Recipes at Home: Crab Meat and Basil Stuffed Tomatoes

Sally Tunmer — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:18:19 +0000

New Orleans cooking is partial to featuring its local star ingredients and flavors that are seasonal at the time. Lucky for us, Louisiana seafood fits the profile year-round and the French Market Creole Tomato Festival on June 9 and 10 signals the kickoff of Louisiana tomato season. So this Crab Meat and Basil Stuffed Tomatoes recipe from New Orleans chef …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Animal Grossology

Emily Yonker — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:00:28 +0000

Try as we might to be polite, we’re all just a bunch of soft sacs of organs that follow the same laws of biology as every other creature on this planet. Therefore, we may as well revel in the oozing yuckiness and embrace the stink and slime that come with being members of the Animalia community. The Grossology exhibit at …

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Rolling on the River: The Mighty Mississippi in New Orleans

Elizabeth Pearce — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:11:50 +0000

My first real job after graduating from college was working the front desk at the Hilton in downtown New Orleans, which was situated right along the Mississippi River. Riverside rooms were scarce and most guests knew to request one ahead of time and plan on paying a premium if they wanted a gorgeous view of that great waterway. Occasionally, however, …

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GoNOLA Recommends: 5 Things To Do In New Orleans This Weekend

Sally Tunmer — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01:51 +0000

This weekend presents a very eclectic range of social offerings in New Orleans. You can fulfill all your cultural appetites, from fashion to comedy, classical music, a historic tour to yet another killer New Orleans festival. So put on your seersucker, grab a cocktail and get ready to laugh, learn, get cultured and rock out this weekend in New Orleans!…

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Mobile NOLA: The New Visitor’s App

Sally Tunmer — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:54:41 +0000

There’s so much to do, see and eat in New Orleans that it can sometimes be overwhelming. Often there’s the “so much to do, so little time” dilemma when visiting this city. To maximize on fun times and ensure no party fouls are committed, the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation has bundled all the best of the city into one …

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One Piece at a Time: Salvaging New Orleans’ Architectural Heritage

Allison Alsup — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:23:32 +0000

“I’ve always been in the industry,” says Kavanaugh Farr, owner of the successful Strip-Ease, a wood stripping and architectural salvage warehouse in Mid City. Farr grew up in Nicaragua where his father was in the lumber business and later Farr worked under his father when he founded Strip-Ease decades ago. Even after twelve years of running his own shop, Farr’s …

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Bywater Banter: A Different New Orleans Neighborhood

Sally Tunmer — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:51:21 +0000

The Bywater is a special place. More than that, it’s a different place. Where else can you see someone dressed in Day of the Dead makeup making their way on a tall bike most likely built with their own hands at 9:00 in the morning? Or a bunch of neighborhood types with gypsy instruments sword fighting on the Chartres Street …

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Take Out Your Togas For Greek Fest New Orleans

Liz Genest Smith — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:54:37 +0000

Grab your togas and embark on an odyssey to the banks of Bayou St. John this Memorial Day weekend for Greek Fest New Orleans 2012. This much anticipated end of spring New Orleans festival promises all the traditional fete and fare from our Grecian friends. The 39th annual celebration is packed with more fun than you can shake a Styx …

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GoNOLA Recipes at Home: Brennan’s Eggs Hussarde

Rebecca Jostes — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:00:51 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day! Most people celebrate their moms by going to brunch and in New Orleans, brunch is a sacred event. People spend hours enjoying breakfast favorites accompanied by a live jazz band. World famous Brennan’s Restaurant put their own twist on the iconic Eggs Benedict and shared their heavenly recipe with us. So to treat your mom to a …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Shakespeare in the Garden

Emily Yonker — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:00:25 +0000

Get thee to City Park 0n May 13, 16, 17, or 18 at 7 p.m. when Shakespeare in the Garden presents As You Like It at the New Orleans Museum of Art. This is not a play for churlish louts. As You Like It is a smart, light-hearted comedy about love, injustice, forgiveness and cross-dressing punctuated by slapstick humor, poetry …

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