On July 26, 2008, In /, By dno
On July 25, 2008, In Quote, By dno
Among New Orleans’s homeless are young street dwellers, commonly referred to as “gutter punks” or “grunge kids.” Their critics say that they are not homeless but merely rebellious, counterculture youth living on the streets of the French Quarter for the thrill of it.
- NY Times article from 1995
On July 25, 2008, In /, By dno
On July 25, 2008, In /, By dno
New Orleans has gotten its beans back.
These are not the creole red beans that hold a sacred place on Monday lunch menus across the city. Rather, they are the measures of restaurant quality that the city’s daily newspaper awards. Let other critics use stars; The Times-Picayune deals in beans.
In its Friday issue, for the first time since every restaurant in the city shut down after Hurricane Katrina nearly three years ago, the newspaper was handing out beans alongside a formal restaurant review.
“The restaurant scene is once again robust enough to withstand critiques,” said Jim Amoss, editor of The Times-Picayune.
By one count, there are 105 more restaurants than before the levees failed.
Given that there is plenty of crime, political scandal and rebuilding news to fill the pages of the paper, one would think that the return of a simple restaurant review might not attract much attention. But this is New Orleans, a city dipped in gumbo and garlic butter whose essential culinary canon has not varied much since the late 1700s.
From the first days after the hurricane hit in 2005, food has played a central role in the recovery of New Orleans.
On July 25, 2008, In /, By dno
On July 24, 2008, In /, By dno
They must all be here for Huey Lewis and the News.
On July 24, 2008, In Quote, By dno
New Orleans officials say the water is safe to drink despite a huge oil spill in the Mississippi River which feeds at least four systems that provide water to area residents.
On July 24, 2008, In /, By dno
It seemed like a great way to counter Obamamania.Sen. John McCain would board a helicopter in New Orleans today, skim quickly over the Gulf of Mexico and land on an oil rig — a made-for-TV moment to highlight his call for offshore drilling, an issue that Republicans believe will be a big winner in November.
Then came Hurricane Dolly, a Category 2 storm that made a helicopter ride impossible. And then, improbably, a 600-foot oil tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and causing diesel fumes to waft over the city’s French Quarter. The trip was off.
On July 23, 2008, In Video, By dno
On July 23, 2008, In Video, By dno