Author Archive
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The Black & Gold Rising!!
My aunt Adelaide once told me that she read and believed that we each have only 7 minutes (or there abouts) of total joy or bliss in our entire life. I hate that idea. But if there is any truth to it I used up a couple of them in the Superdome when a 5’8” […]
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Madly Entertaining
We’ve always known Bryan as the multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, etc. (etc., etc., and etc.) We’ve seen him countless times on Broadway and doing his one man show in New Orleans (soon to be in New York, too!). He is currently starring on AMC’s hit TV Show Mad Men as Art Director Salvatore Romano who’s […]
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Liquid history Of New Orleans: Chapter Tiki !
Just say Pontchartrain Beach and most people my age who grew up in New Orleans will grin like a overgrown kid.
And there was no “beach” to speak of but an amusement park that rivaled the best we’d ever seen.
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The Secret Is Out!!
02/26/2009
Well, the secret is finally out – the season finale of Top Chef was filmed here at Commander’s Palace. It was quite an experience. After working with the fantastic producers Liz Cook and Nan Strait for several months it all came together beautifully and the restaurant transformed into a Hollywood set overnight. -
3 — 2 –1… We have lift off!
The entrance to Café Adelaide was lined with staff greeting guests with champagne cocktails as the Cocktail Chicks draped them in white boas.
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Punch it Up for Game Day!
We are Saints fans. Our team in the Superbowl is like a far away land seen in a dream sequence. BUT, we believe! And no fans are more faithful.
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The World In My Living Room – On TV & Otherwise
I remember being kept home from school to watch the men walk on the moon. I remember so much footage in New Orleans of Kennedy being shot – over and over – particularly when I was older and local DA Jim Garrison accused Clay Shaw of killing President John F. Kennedy.
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An Old Fashioned Visit
Lu recently mentioned dinner with myself, my mother Ella Brennan, and Dale DeGroff. It was a “spirited” meal…
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SWIZZLE THE VOTE!
Interesting time to launch our latest adventure – Election 2008. No matter your take on things it has been long… very long. And far more interesting than usual. All factors calling for a serious cocktail.
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Boo!
Halloween in New Orleans has taken a decidedly adult turn. I guess we can’t wait all year for Mardi Gras to break out our next clever costume so in the last decade while the kids are at Boo At The Zoo the adults are at the proliferation of parties of all types. Just stroll through the Quarter and you will be sure to get a fright – or a laugh.