New Orleans Magazine January 2023

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Best Bars: The Toasted of the Town

Intoxicating in every way, the Crescent City has been known to leave us shaken, stirred...

From the Editor

This month is all about continued celebration, not only winding down the holidays and...

Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan Spicer

It was just another ordinary day when Susan Spicer was coordinating a photo shoot...

2023 Tops of the Town

As always, New Orleans has so many great things to shout out loud about....

Jennifer Samuels

Each January 6, revelers rejoice as the first day of the Carnival is marked by...

Closet Mainstays

Porter Lyon’s timeless Beetle necklace is a chunky, 14k gold panther-style chain studded with...

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Throw Me Something

I’m really not a Christmas person. I’m not a total Scrooge or anything –...

Back from the Dead

Back before Christmas, my mother-in-law Ms. Larda started getting weird text messages. The first one...

Creole Classic

Named for Jean de Baptiste-le-Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who founded New Orleans in 1718,...

1919

Did New Orleans have its own Bastille? No, but some newspaper reporters joked about...

Beachy Keen

Got the winter blues now that the holidays are over and those cold, rainy...

The Year of the Cat

With many of us ringing in the January 1st New Year with our resolutions...

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Family Style

Saba’s Lounge, the newly opened space that connects with Chef Alon Shaya’s Saba restaurant,...

Johnny Altobello III

The start of a new year is a good time to take stock of...

New + Notes

“Jesus Christ Superstar” The legendary musical from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating...

A Day in January

Never has a simple, innocent date developed such diverse meanings. That date is January...

Manhattan State of Mind

In the last few years, Barrel Proof managing partner Liam Deegan has watched Manhattan...

Love Letter

A hillock of crabmeat and black-eyed peas presents an island within ruddy sauce piquant. Fragrant...

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Java Jolt

Addis NOLA has opened the Coffee Ceremony Stage, a dedicated larger space that serves...

Bivian “Sonny” Lee, III

While Sonny Lee navigated growing up following the death of his father, it wasn’t...

Christian S. Galvin

Attending open houses every weekend as a child, what was Christian Galvin’s budding interest...

Jatavian L. Williams, Esq.

A millennial attorney already partner at a premier law firm, Jatavian’s “why” is rooted...

Michael G. Ferguson, DDS, MD

Serving the country as an army medic for over a decade equipped Dr. Michael...

Tommy J. Badeaux, Esq.

Deciding on a career in law from a young age, Tommy’s own catastrophic car...

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Deacon Martin O. Gutierrez

Martin Gutierrez had been putting his faith into action working with the Catholic Charities...

Ryan D. Mayer

His construction career spurred by a desire to meaningfully contribute to his hometown, Ryan...

New Orleans Magazine January 2023

Best Bars: The Toasted of the Town

From the Editor

Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan Spicer

2023 Tops of the Town

Jennifer Samuels

Closet Mainstays

Throw Me Something

Back from the Dead

Creole Classic

1919

Beachy Keen

The Year of the Cat

Family Style

Johnny Altobello III

New + Notes

A Day in January

Manhattan State of Mind

Love Letter

Java Jolt

Bivian “Sonny” Lee, III

Christian S. Galvin

Jatavian L. Williams, Esq.

Michael G. Ferguson, DDS, MD

Tommy J. Badeaux, Esq.

Deacon Martin O. Gutierrez

Ryan D. Mayer

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