Archive for April, 2009

Uptown, Lakeview meetings tonight on proposed master plan for NO – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 15th, 2009

Uptown, Lakeview meetings tonight on proposed master plan for NO
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
by The Times-Picayune The first in a series of district meetings to review the first draft of New Orleans' proposed master plan begin today. • Planning District 3 (Uptown and Carrollton) at the Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave. ...

Drainage suit ruling OK’d – 2TheAdvocate

April 15th, 2009

Drainage suit ruling OK’d
2TheAdvocate, LA
NEW ORLEANS — A federal court in New Orleans — recently dubbed the “epicenter” of Hurricane Katrina litigation — has dismissed several claims in a massive flood-control suit that actually predates the 2005 storm. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on ...

French Quarter Festival just one of 28 Louisiana festivals this … – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 14th, 2009

French Quarter Festival just one of 28 Louisiana festivals this ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
Eden Fest April 19, New Orleans, Mid-City on the Canal streetcar line, corner of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street. First Grace United Methodist Church sponsors a celebration of the earth, with music, a drum circle, art, children's area and ...

Public review of NO plan set to begin – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 14th, 2009

Public review of NO plan set to begin
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
By Bruce Eggler A series of 10 district meetings to review the first draft of New Orleans' proposed master plan will begin Wednesday. The draft plan runs several hundred pages, but a 12-page executive summary is available. ...

First of 10 meetings to review New Orleans' master plan will be … – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 13th, 2009

First of 10 meetings to review New Orleans' master plan will be ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
by Bruce Eggler, The Times-Picayune A series of 10 district meetings to review the first draft of New Orleans' proposed master plan will begin Wednesday. The draft plan runs several hundred pages, but a 12-page executive summary is available. ...

Uno(R) Spices Up JazzFest With Special Limited-Time-Only Menu – PR Newswire (press release)

April 13th, 2009

Uno(R) Spices Up JazzFest With Special Limited-Time-Only Menu
PR Newswire (press release), NY
Another suggests that it was N'awlins slang for the free sandwiches fed to striking New Orleans street car workers in the twenties," notes Chris Gatto , executive chef, Uno Chicago Grill. Whatever the etymology, it's a long hoagie roll filled to the ...

Faltins spurred economic progress since Comfort’s early years – West Kerr Current

April 13th, 2009

West Kerr Current

Faltins spurred economic progress since Comfort’s early years
West Kerr Current, TX
After he married Clara von Below (whose family later dropped the title) in 1856, the couple soon headed to a new life. Later that year, they boarded the Weimar in Bremerhaven. They landed in New Orleans, then went on to Galveston, New Braunfels, ...

On His Birthday, Taking The Measure Of Brando – Huffington Post

April 13th, 2009

On His Birthday, Taking The Measure Of Brando
Huffington Post, NY
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)- Frayed Southern belle Blanche dubois (Vivien Leigh) arrives in a seedy quarter of New Orleans, where she's arranged to stay with her pregnant sister Stella (Kim Hunter) and coarse, hulking brother-in-law Stanley ...

New Zealand couple visits local Mustang show – News-Leader.com

April 12th, 2009

New Zealand couple visits local Mustang show
News-Leader.com, MO
The Pony Drive will proceed from Birmingham to New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio and back up the southern states to California, he said. The Marshalls will end their first trip to the US in Las Vegas, where they'll "spend the rest of our Kiwi currency ...

Roasted Mushrooms Make a Mean Po’ Boy – Kansas City infoZine

April 11th, 2009

Roasted Mushrooms Make a Mean Po’ Boy
Kansas City infoZine, MO
By Dana Jacobi - Foodies swoon over po’boys, the overstuffed sandwich associated mainly with oysters and New Orleans. Washington, DC - infoZine - American Institute for Cancer Research - If you live elsewhere, you will recognize this sandwich made on a ...

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