She has been around for as long as I can remember – today is her final news broadcast on WWL TV – we wish you good fortune in the next chapter of your life and hope to see you grace the airwaves on occasion in the future All the best to you Angela Hill, you […]
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Top Chef is coming!
Finally!!! After 11 seasons, Top Chef is coming to New Orleans!!!
I for one, can’t wait to see where they film and the challenges they devise to run the chefs through the gauntlet. It promises to be a good season. I hope they plan accordingly and avoid the summer heat and the August-September hurricane watch.
Mold by John Biguenet
Mar 21
Southern Rep Theater, in conjunction with the CAC presents now through April 14 the latest play by John Biguenet in his Rising Water trilogy, Mold. His previous two installments, Rising Waters and Shotgun received critical acclaim, and this third installment also rises to the occasion. Be informed, there are spoilers to follow. I knew this would […]
azaleas
Mar 13
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Nothing heralds the arrival of spring in New Orleans quite like the explosion of color that azaleas provide. It is a sign of warmer days ahead and fun times in the crescent city. Even though the shrubs are evergreen throughout the year, they certainly put on a display as the days begin to get longer. […]
Morgus the Magnificent
Mar 1
Anyone who grew up here in New Orleans should remember watching our beloved Morgus the Magnificent. For over half a century, Morgus prefaced the weekend horror movies with his own New Orleans style horror vignettes. Morgus, along with his sidekick Chopsley would entertain us with his weekly scientific experiments gone wrong, dissecting and poking and prodding […]
Downton Abbey – week 7 finale
Feb 17
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please don’t read further if you have not seen Season 3 finale yet I knew this was coming. I read that another character wanted to leave the series several months ago, knew who it was, but did not know how the character would exit. The final scenes cast a shroud over the entire […]
Downton Abbey – week 6 synopsis
Feb 13
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Please don’t read anymore if you haven’t seen this week’s installment. This week’s episode turned out to be a 2 hour movie – it was a pleasant surprise to have a longer night of drama to savor. The biggest story line of the evening was Thomas Barrow the valet taking a chance on […]
happy mardi gras
Feb 12
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Here are some pictures from early this morning – what better way to start the day than with some Irish coffee from Johnny White’s The Quarter was all decked out in purple green and gold finery Despite the fact that the Quarters were shrouded in fog and mist… …revelers were fueling up and getting their […]
Downton Abbey week 5 review
Feb 5
Please stop here if you do not want to read any spoilers in week #5 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This is the week of grrrrrrl power and greener pastures. The pall of Lady Sybil’s death hung over the first part of this episode, but as life at the Abbey carried on, her passing began to lift. Of […]
house of cards
Feb 1
While I was at work today, I kept thinking about wanting to go out into the Super Bowl crowds and mingling with the locals, tourists and celebrities in town gearing up for the huge event on Sunday. But the traffic and parking and walking and all the money it would cost to fund all those […]
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