http://www.whereyat.com/neworleans/articles.sec-23-1-culture.html  It’s everywhere. Plastered across signs, tattooed innocently onto a patch of forgotten skin, on flags, on restaurants; fleur de lis are everywhere. The city is almost overrun with them: fence ]]> Many people set out to make waves in the world, yet often are left wondering if they’ve even made a ripple...We spend our lives, working to the bone, often hoping, praying that we will make a differ]]>  So I woke up to the sound of drumming in the distance.  Being the extravagant morning person that all bartenders are, it took me a second for the epiphany to surmise.  A second line!&n]]>  Though Hollywood is still the undisputed home of the film industry, Louisiana (and New Orleans in particular) has been grabbing a bigger and bigger share of entertainment business since the stat]]>  According to recent industry reports, as of December 2011, Louisiana had received applications from 150 productions with a total anticipated spending of $1.9 billion, including $1.3 billion in t]]>  A diagnosis of a pediatric brain tumor —the deadliest form of childhood cancer—taffects nearly 28,000 children in the United States. This fatal disease slowly robs children of their motor fu]]>  New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan… New Orleans is not the first city that comes to mind when it comes to high fashion. But recently, the local fashion scene has been exploding with both the ]]> As a boy, having two older sisters was the equivalent of having three mothers; but, one thing about them shaped my life and the person that I have become: they taught me to read and in doing so made r]]>  There is a place where the tumbleweeds roll and the wind whistles between boarded-up and abandoned buildings. Long forgotten, it feels freakishly like walking the streets of a ghost town. Howeve]]> Walking along Bourbon Street at any given point during the day, anyone can witness tourists, and sometimes locals alike, in a stand-off competition with revelers from second-story balconies to be ]]>  The colorful and chaotic holiday celebrating justice, faith and power is what so many people think of when New Orleans comes to mind. And it can mean different things to people. Family fun going]]>  While Mardi Gras may be something different to everyone, for many, the gas that this engine of chaos runs on, is the booze. And though the police are highly touted for their ability to control c]]>  Throw me something, missus! Does that sound a bit funny? Probably because floats full of men have traditionally dominated Mardi Gras parades. But then female krewes, such as Muses and Iris,]]>  They’ve walked the streets of New Orleans for hundreds of years. With their heads held high and their sights held steady, the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans have reveled in the Louisiana su]]>  New Orleans Comic Con will be held on the weekend of January 28 – 29, 2012. This will be the second year Wizard World has chosen the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Organizers ]]>  New Orleans has always been a hotbed for creativity and innovation in the arts of every genre. With that artistic territory comes the less traditional forms of art; those that can’t be hung on]]> Nothing in a woman’s imagination quite comes close to the idea of her perfect wedding. In years past, a wedding was something dreamt of by a little girl, planned by her mother, and paid for by her f]]> If you were to tell my kid self I’d be spending an entire summer in Costa Rica, working half the time guiding high school students, and the next month or so traipsing through the country with next-t]]> The stately three-story home on 1140 Royal Street in the French Quarter has been a fixture since the mid 1800s. It currently sits empty and quiet with just a sign hanging outside and crumpled permit p]]>  They’ve been called legendary; they’ve been called brave. Quite frankly, I call them brilliant - and insanely entertaining. Heroes come in all forms - some wear capes, others wear coach’s ]]>