Our weekly blog on the New Orleans fine dining scene
Sept. 25 was chef Bob Iacovone's last day in the kitchen at Restaurant Cuvee , where he’d been executive chef for the past seven years. Bob’s wife, Julianna, recently gave birth to the couple’s first child –– a son named Witt –– and he decided to forgo...
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Posted by Robert Peyton on 11/05/09 @ 12:00 AM
New Orleans Finest Nightlife
On early visits to the bar d.b.a. , not long after it first opened in New Orleans, I couldn’t decide if I just didn’t fit in or if the bar itself was out of place. The owners operate another bar of the same name in Manhattan, and they replicated many of its features in their New...
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Posted by Ian McNulty on 11/04/09 @ 12:00 AM
Following one bride’s attempt to plan the wedding of her dreams in New Orleans
OK, everyone. The time has come –– we only have one year until we tie the knot! It seems as though I’ve been engaged for a few short months, but almost a year has gone by. I am happy to be sharing this information with all of you. It is certainly a pleasure to share what...
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Posted by Jessica Natal on 10/14/09 @ 12:00 AM
Weekly Commentary with New Orleans Magazine’s Errol Laborde
As LSU prepares to play rival University of Alabama next Saturday, I am reminded of my brush with former LSU coach Nick Saban last year.
My timing was bad. I was driving from New Orleans to Marksville. Heading west along Interstate 10,...
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Posted by Errol Laborde on 11/02/09 @ 12:00 AM
All there is to sip and savor in New Orleans
The recent demise of the Destin, Fla., location of Pat O’Brien’s, which followed the closure of the Memphis, Tenn., location, reminded me of the difficulty of transporting a culture. Just about every town in America with at least one traffic light has a New Orleans-themed...
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Posted by Tim McNally on 11/05/09 @ 12:00 AM
From the Garden State to the Garden District
It seems that days have whizzed by since Mardi Gras. February was a month of revelry and indulgence, and each successive month has brought various festivals, community functions, parties and feasts. And for some reason, this past Halloween weekend seemed like the climax of a nine-month...
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Posted by Marcie Dickson on 11/03/09 @ 11:23 AM
Living, loving, laughing, and learning in the new New Orleans
In mid-July the summer before I went away to college, I got a letter in the mail listing the other freshmen who would be in my Freshman Interest Group, which went by the awkward acronym “FIG.” I looked over the list and noted, with no excitement, that five out of the six people with...
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Posted by Eve Kidd Crawford on 11/06/09 @ 12:00 AM
