Archive for April, 2009
April 23rd, 2009
Tennessee Williams Lives on Stage in Crystal CityFalls Church News Press, VAWhile the setting is a small, sleazy bar on the Southern California coast, it resembles what many are like in Key West or New Orleans, among Williams' primary homes. I never met Williams, but when visiting New York in 1972, I stayed with a friend who ... |
April 23rd, 2009
BOOK REVIEWS'People Are Unappealing,' 'All the Living'Newsday, NYSaxophone music on a hot night, streetcars and trauma centers, "a man carrying a wire birdcage. New Orleans is full of meanings I haven't learned. I've had many of them explained to me, but the words didn't get through. I still don't understand." |
April 22nd, 2009
Race, Racists, and JournamalismTPMCafé, NYIts culture has provided America with jazz, A Street Car Named Desire, and the great American comic novel of the 20th Century, A Confederacy of Dunces. New Orleans is a nice place to visit. But you wouldn't want to raise your kids there. ... |
April 21st, 2009
Paul Allen's yacht Tatoosh docks along Mississippi RiverThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LASteven Bowen, who works at the New Orleans Visitors Center in the Riverwalk mall, has made himself something of an expert, not only on swamp tours and streetcars, but also on the Tatoosh. He dutifully recites statistics about the craft for the many ... |
April 21st, 2009
 Esquire |
Jesus Out to SeaEsquireTony brought Vietnam back to New Orleans and carried it with him wherever he went. I wished Tony hadn't gotten messed up in the war and I wished he hadn't become a criminal, either. He was a good guy and had a good heart. So did Miles. ... |
April 21st, 2009
New Orleans master plan meetings set tonight for Downtown, Lower ...The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LAby The Times-Picayune The fourth in a series of 10 district meetings to review the first draft of New Orleans' proposed master plan will be held tonight at two downtown locations. • Planning District 7 (Marigny, Bywater, St. Roch and Desire) at Mount ... |
April 20th, 2009
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Goings-on at the Raven Cafe | Week of 4-20-2009Read It Here, AZLast week was Pirate Week in New Orleans which means that pirate reenactors from all over were wandering aimlessly through the streets in pirate gear and their pet parrots. It would seem that every pirate in the world came out except for the real ... |
April 20th, 2009
New Orleans master plan meetings tonight in Gentilly, eastern New ...The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA... 10 and 11 (eastern New Orleans) at St. Mary's Academy, 6905 Chef Menteur Highway. The proposals in the document range from replacing the Interstate 10-Claiborne Avenue expressway with a tree-lined "urban boulevard," to expanding streetcar lines and ... |
April 19th, 2009
Big Easy in Destin: Camellia Grill opens in harborwalk VillageThe Northwest Florida Daily News, FLIn New Orleans, diners can jump off a street car, In Destin, the best parking is in the harbor. "The prices are really good too," said Leeanne's uncle, Karl Willis, after choosing from a menu in which the most expensive meal is the Chef's Special ... |