New Orleans Magazine June 2009

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Who's spending where?

Retailers take the pulse of the local economy

A Voodoo Glossary

When the New Orleans Saints organization sought a name for its arena football team...

Cheap dates

A benefit of living in a cultural preservationist city like New Orleans is that...

Best of Design

Our Annual Survey of the Most Innovative New Architecture

The Gumbo of Vodou

Manbo Sallie Ann Glassman's Story

Voodoo to do

A spirited look at its meaning and practitioners
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Pops and progeny

Few words carry more pride with them than “This is my son.” Lucky indeed is the boy whose father mixes love and discipline in equal measure. A boy usually appreciates his father most when he becomes one. Then he joins that society of men called “Dad,” who quietly dedicate their lives to taking care of their families. Here is a look at some local fathers and the sons who take a lot of pride in one another.

Herbsaint – a New Orleans invention

After absinthe was made illegal, just before World War I, which was followed by...

NOLA by the Numbers

49Games won by LSU’s Baseball Team in the 2007-’08 season.14Number of New Orleans Hornets...

Etc.

Beaches of BlissFifteen beach communities comprise the Beaches of South Walton, a convenient vacation...

Dining Features

Satisfying hunger at House of BluesWhile House of Blues is certainly known more for...

Eight days a week

A drink special per day, plus one
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Page turner

Elements of a plantation and a London pied-à-terre are combined in Ruth and Michael Burke’s French Quarter home.

A couple of clowns

 “A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast!”– Groucho MarxAfter spending...

Tuition and TOPS

The debate continues

The Language of storms

4 ways to redefine the hurricane season

James Perdigao

The confession doesn’t always end the mystery

Health beat

Last year, the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu partnered in...
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Katrina vs. the heart

To the list of unwelcome and long-lingering Hurricane Katrina legacies, researchers from Tulane University...

Read and Spin

This band started out at as the “love-child” of two couples, Michael Stephens and...

One more time

The title of the CD to my left  this morning is quite a run-on,...

Rebuilding the Latin American link

Thanks to new flight services set to begin next month, the Louis Armstrong New...

Restaurant Insider

New Orleans hasn’t, until fairly recently, been the kind of place where you’d find...

Exploring Esplanade

Each year at Jazz Fest I’m reminded again of the beauty of Faubourg St....
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Doing the blue

I don’t know who planted the first blueberry bush in Louisiana, but I sure...

Liberty’s Kitchen reconciled

There is more than coffee, breakfast and lunch going on at Liberty’s Kitchen, a...

Marquee

Our top picks of the month’s events

The Gunches Florida vacation

My mother-in-law says the Gunches are taking an X-vacation this year. I got to...

Julia Street

A monthly pursuit of answers eternal questions

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