New Orleans Short Stories (6): Seven Favorite Moments
Writer’s Note: Eighteen days and nights in New Orleans have ended. Looking back, here are some of of my fondest memories from this most recent stay: Visiting “the Spotted Cat” on Frenchmen Street...
View ArticleFavorite Music: Lenny Kravitz with Trombone Shorty
If I had to to pick a single favorite artist over the last twenty years of poplar music, that would have to be Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz brings it all to the stage and to the studio — raw talent,...
View ArticleBefore I die I want to ____________.
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Candy Chang. She lives in New Orleans, in an area many would consider a rough part of town. A few years ago, Chang unexpectedly lost someone who was very dear to...
View ArticleWhy Ross Leitz is an Inspiration
If every journey begins with a single step forward, then Ross Leitz has run an incontrovertible marathon. That’s not an easy thing to do when you’re a 6-foot, 4-inch grizzly bear of a man who once...
View ArticlePaul Prudhomme (1940-2015)
The story goes, about 40 years ago chef Paul Prudhomme was cooking one afternoon in the kitchen of his New Orleans restaurant, when the phone rang. Prudhomme accepted the interruption and had no...
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