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Shake a Boa! It’s FestiGals Time!

New Orleans women are always up for a good time – especially when it’s for a good cause. This year, gather your FestiBesties together and make plans to attend FestiGals 2019, Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23 at the Jung Hotel & Residences on Canal Street. Proceeds from the event will benefit the American Heart Association. One Day 1, at the Celebrating Women’s Conference, highlights include sessions with cupcake mogul… Read More »

Discover the heartbeat of New Orleans on Tour Tremé

As New Orleans locals who’ve worked in the hospitality industry most of our lives, we don’t go in for a lot of touristy stuff. Alligator paw backscratchers and hurricane souvenir glasses? Not for us. And when it comes to tours, we’ve heard and seen it all. There’s nothing you can’t tell us we don’t already know. At least we thought that was the case. Until we went on French Quarter… Read More »

Following in the Wake of the Old Man

Matt Dow continues his family’s legacy with the Riverboat CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. Matthew Dow always knew he belonged on the river. You might say the Mississippi runs through his veins. In 1945, his grandfather, maritime lawyer Captain Wilbur Dow, purchased the Lake George Steamboat Company in New York. Founded more than 200 years ago in 1817, it is one of the oldest passenger cruise lines in the world (keep… Read More »

On Super Bowl Sunday, the Real Party Was In New Orleans

  Some Saints Fans Might Be Able to Forgive, But Few Will Ever Forget "Super Bowl LIE!" Photo by Kathy Hirsch After a blown call in the NFC Championship game against the Rams cost the Saints a trip to Super Bowl LIII, New Orleans refused to stay silent. Almost before the crowds had exited the Dome, we began hanging referee voodoo dolls on our front doors and making bejeweled ref… Read More »

Get Jazzed for January in New Orleans

New Orleans’ tricentennial may be over but there’s still plenty of celebrating going on in the Crescent City. Carnival season kicks off on January 6th (Twelfth Night) with four parades. Plus, the Saints are in the play-offs (woo hoo)! And the King Cake Festival (featured) is a great time, baby! Here's what else is happening this month: Allstate Sugar Bowl, January 1 The Superdome will be lit up with excitement as… Read More »

Ghostly Goings-On This Season at Le Petit Theatre

        A Christmas Carol, Playing Through December 23 Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, a notoriously haunted site in the French Quarter, is joined by four more ghosts this holiday season ­– the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet-to-Come. But, wait, didn’t we say four ghosts? We did! There’s Ebenezer’s Scrooge’s old partner Jacob Marley, wrapped in chains and dappled with cemetery dust. Actors Bob… Read More »

Who Needs a Sleigh? Go Sailing with Santa

  When you bring a toy for a good girl or boy, you can sail for free on the Steamboat NATCHEZ on Saturday, November 24. Toys collected during this year's Sailing with Santa Cruise will benefit the St. Bernard Battered Women's Shelter and Crescent House.   Come take a selfie with Santa in the Captain's Salon while sailing down the Mississippi River. Enjoy special onboard activities such as spray-on Christmas tattoos, balloon elves, and a chance… Read More »

Who wants one more day of Jazz Fest?

We do! We do! Jazz Fest marks 50th anniversary by adding an extra day The culturious got great news this week when the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced it will add an extra day in 2019 in celebration of its 50th anniversary. That means the festival will go from seven days to eight days spread out over two weekends (April 25-28 and May 2-5). Locals have another reason to… Read More »

Membership Musts: A guide to New Orleans attractions

With so many exciting things to see and do in New Orleans, choosing can be tricky. So we've put together a helpful guide that could save you some major cash throughout the year. Audubon Nature Institute Membership This membership is a must. The pass gives goers free admissions to Audubon Zoo, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, and the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium for a full calendar year. Plus… Read More »

Bravo, Corteo!

  Cirque du Soleil wowed the crowds at Corteo, March 2-4, 2018, at the Smoothie King Center. Variety promised laughter, chills and all around amazement and they were right on all accounts. Corteo, which means cortège or procession in Italian, is about a clown who watches his own funeral take place in a joyous, festive, carnival-like atmosphere, while being watched over by caring angels. According to a press release, by juxtaposing… Read More »