New Orleans Perspectives
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Po-Boy Views: Old Iron or The Duchess
The Duchess of Lincolnshire is 24 years old and has seen a lot in her few years. Of course, if you measured her in human years, she would probably be as old as your new president....
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The Tarnished Silver Linings in the Cloud of 2020
We all know 2020 sucked. Everything that could go wrong pretty much did: global pandemic, racial turmoil, too many hurricanes but not enough toilet paper, unemployment, virtually...
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Tales From the Quarter: Have a Slightly Different Merry Christmas
It goes without saying that this will be a slightly different Christmas. I'm writing this on October 23, and our world is rapidly changing—so fast that I hesitate to write of any...
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Po-Boy Views: Spectrophobia or Accessible Codes
A friend of mine made fashionable cloth facial coverings for the plague and was selling them online. Mentioning them on Facebook, she said that they were available online, but if...
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Po-Boy Views: Cats, Part One or The Art of Herding
Are you one of those naive people who think that they, by virtue of cohabitation, own a cat? Fool. The cat (or cats) own you. Hello, my name is Phil, and I'm a cat beeatch....
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Tales From The Quarter: Escape Plans
Have you felt bored, isolated, and stressed over the past eight months? Of course you have. The pandemic has affected us all, and even before it, we had been living in a world...
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Po-Boy Views: White and Blue or Social Insecurity
A few weeks ago, I made the mistake of posting on social media that I believed that there was no justification for looting, the destroying of private property, and/or violence in...
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Tales from the Quarter: Ageless
"I need three people to ride in the van with me to go pick up the folding tables." I joined in with my fellow food distribution volunteers, and one of the guys said, "Ma'am,...
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October Horoscope for Locals
Recently, the Equinox arrived and led us into fall and Libra season. The Equinox occurs when the sun sits directly above the Earth's equator, and day... -
Po-Boy Views: Parlay-Vous or Waggin’ the Dog
I talked it over with my dog, and I suggested that as soon as we can, we should go to France. Together. She's dubious and underwhelmed, and I can see that I'll have to sell...
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Tales from the Quarter: Lives Intertwined
"Why ya wanna hurt my heart so?" We heard this from the other end of the phone when we asked an employee if the business where she worked was open on a particular holiday. Her...
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Po-Boy Views: Katrina,15 Years
6:10 a.m. Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Southeastern Gulf Coast as a category 3, 4, or 5 storm (depending on your sources), with winds of 127 miles an...
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Tales from the Quarter: Experiences Both Grand and Gritty
Katrina produced many different stories, no two alike. These thousands of experiences, varied as they are, can be grouped into more finite categories. First, there are the...
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Po-Boy Views: La Pura Vida or Time to Go
The headline would read "New Orleans Oldest Working Pot Dealer Turns Himself In," and, indeed, he will. Whitey Jackson, age 84, will take his walker into police headquarters and...
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“Wash Your Hands,” They Say, But Can We Be Too Sanitized?
Ramped-up efforts at public sanitation in response to the coronavirus pandemic have prompted something of a backlash, bordering...
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Po-Boy Views: Food Fixes or Cookbook Junkie
When Moses came down from the mountain with those Ten Commandments to give us, he also brought other written instructions: How to Parallel Park a Feisty Camel, Festive Robes for...
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Tales from the Quarter: Why We Must Support Our Restaurants
Anyone living here—in fact, anyone who has ever vacationed here—knows the economic impact that our restaurants, cafés, food markets, pop-ups, food trucks, breweries, and bars...
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“I Tested Positive”: What It’s Like to Have COVID-19
One college student tells her story of having contracted COVID-19 in the midst of the recent reopenings when many would have us believe that the...
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Of the People
The night of April 4, 1968, I was working as a bartender at The Village Gate in Greenwich Village in New York City, at a show called Jacques...
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The Doctor is In(sane): Dr. Bob Makes Art That’s as Crazy and Fun as He Is
"Didn't your momma ever tell you not to slam the door when she's baking a cake?" - Dr. Bob Whether or not you know Dr. Bob by name, you're surely familiar with his...
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Tales from the Quarter: My Dad
It is not just Father's Day that reminds me of Dad. It's often the smallest of things, like a folded newspaper, that causes me to reflect on my life with him. He was never bored or...
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Who Gives a Fork?
Reminiscing about the joy of dining out through photos of cutlery from some of city's best restaurants … both past and present.
Who gives a fork? I suppose you... -
Louisiana Kids' Stuff and Cookery
"Be proud of where you come from!
Be thankful for what's on your plate.
The grass always seems greener
in another part of the state!" -Chicory & Roux: The... -
Tales From the Quarter: Lessons Learned?
The news, our world, and this city's well-being changes daily. I began writing this column in the hopes that it would end up in a print issue...
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Po-Boy Views: Company Excepted or Together Alone
"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the performance?" Relatively speaking, we are not all in this together, in...
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Po-Boy Views: Roll Over or Buttered Roles
In retrospect, one thing that I've learned from this whole COVID-19 pandemic quarantine isolation "stay home or die" occurrence is the fluid...
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Tales From the Quarter: Thanks, OZ, for Guarding the Groove or the Fest Must Go On!
To quote my friend Gallivan, "We are not letting a little thing like no Jazz Fest get in the way of us celebrating Jazz Fest."...
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Po-Boy Views: The Need to Feed Or Tenement Symphony
There's a place in New York City called Hudson Yards. It's a new development described as a monstrosity. I was raised two blocks from it, in the projects-five kids, single mother,...
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Simple Ways to Beat Boredom
As New Orleans authorities are advising social distancing practices, many of us are spending more time at home than we're used to. What can you do to fight boredom? Here are some...