For the first time in recorded history this magazine has a cover story about oysters at the same time that the city faces a runoff in a mayoral election. Such a cosmic convergence suggests some sort of story about a New Orleans mayor and oysters. Fortunately there is one. In 1936 when the eloquent President […]
Dear Julia and Poydras, On the edge of the green space between Pontchartrain Boulevard and West End, facing Veterans in Lakeview is a square brick/cement block that seems to have had a purpose at one time. I see it every day and wonder. – Peggy Serio (New Orleans, LA) The mysterious platform you photographed […]
The People’s Grocer by David Cappello Like K&B, Maison Blanche, and many of the other “‘Aint Dere No More” New Orleans favorites, Schwegmann’s grocery stores hold a special place in many people’s hearts, minds and those brown paper shopping bags. In The People’s Grocer, writer David Cappello not only investigates the man behind the grocery […]