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2018 has been quite a year for the city of New Orleans. With lit “300s” filling the city, packed festivals, and a new mayor, New Orleans spent its tricentennial year...

A melting pot, besides being a fondue restaurant on Saint Charles Avenue which is sadly now closed, is a term used to describe a society of many different cultures coming...

"Can I Crash at Your Place for Mardi Gras?" : How to Say No, and What to Do After You Say Yes Disclaimer: This article is geared toward young professionals who have a full-time job, a small dwelling, and have been participating in Mardi Gras activities for years.  Unless you go out of your way to invite family and friends to Mardi Gras festivities, chances are you aren’t planning to have guests. And...

Where Y’at Chat Questions (January 2019): Ho! Ho! Ho! St. Nick needs a ride. What are you picking him up in? What's naughty about you? It's Sugar Bowl time! What's your favorite movie about football? Happy New Year, baby! What's in your bottle? January 2019 is Bath Safety Month! Who or what is in the bathtub with you?
Anna Tusa
Owner, Cajun Cookery My...

What comes to mind when you hear the word coconut? Is it peaceful tropical beaches, coconut-scented tanning oil, and palm trees blowing in the wind? Or, is it the chaos—the noise, the color, the excitement—of thousands of festive parade-goers, all of them elbowing, shoving, and screaming, while vying for the coveted trophy of decorated coconuts distributed by festively costumed krewe members atop 30-ton floats? In New...

You’ve seen them in the streets of the French Quarter—anywhere from two to 200. They’ve got a band, stilt walkers, jugglers, clowns, drinks, smiles; they’re dancing, throwing beads, and waving handkerchiefs to the astonished onlookers who wonder at the banner that reads, “Welcome Home, Sonny!” or whatever you can imagine as something that a person would want to have a parade for: birth, graduation,...