Archive for June, 2009

New 'Princess and the Frog' photos released by Disney – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

June 30th, 2009

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

New 'Princess and the Frog' photos released by Disney
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Princess Tiana hitches a ride on a New Orleans streetcar in 'The Princess and the Frog. ...

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Some like it hot – The National

June 30th, 2009

Some like it hot
The National
It was here in 1865, on Avery Island two hours west of New Orleans, that Edmund McIlhenny, a banker who had lost everything in the American Civil War, ...

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The "Help Is Here Express Bus" to provide prescription medicine … – Examiner.com

June 30th, 2009

Examiner.com

The "Help Is Here Express Bus" to provide prescription medicine ...
Examiner.com
The New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway still in operation today? The St. Charles streetcar line is one of two national moving ...

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New Orleans Nagin, Fielkow On City-Chevron Deal – Bayou Buzz

June 29th, 2009

New Orleans Nagin, Fielkow On City-Chevron Deal
Bayou Buzz
There are pros and cons of the New Orleans purchase of the Chevron building for its New City Hall . Last week, both Council-At-Large Arnie Fielkow and Mayor ...

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Broadway Bound – New Orleans CityBusiness

June 29th, 2009

Broadway Bound
New Orleans CityBusiness
If it proves to be a success, it could open the floodgates for dozens of Broadway-bound musicals to make their debut in New Orleans, said Mitchell Maxwell, ...

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Travel briefs – Dubuque Telegraph Herald

June 28th, 2009

Travel briefs
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Ore., was founded in 1905 as a "trolley park," a park built by a streetcar line to attract disembarking riders. ...

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Travel briefs – San Mateo Daily Journal

June 27th, 2009

Travel briefs
San Mateo Daily Journal
Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Ore., was founded in 1905 as a “trolley park,” a park built by a streetcar line to attract disembarking riders. ...

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'Streetcar' still powerful, 50 years later – The Herald-Times (subscription)

June 26th, 2009

'Streetcar' still powerful, 50 years later
The Herald-Times (subscription)
Tennessee Williams' powerful summer drama, set in New Orleans, was a part of Shawnee's summer season 50 years ago. “Streetcar” is a heady dramatic cocktail ...

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RTA may seek federal aid for new streetcar lines – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

June 25th, 2009

RTA may seek federal aid for new streetcar lines
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
"The stars may have aligned for us, " said Justin Augustine, the RTA's chief executive officer and a vice president at Veolia Transportation, the French transit conglomerate that runs New Orleans' bus and streetcar system. "All three of these streetcar ...

Travel briefs – The Daily News Online

June 25th, 2009

Travel briefs
The Daily News Online, NY
They are: Stacy's Smokehouse BBQ in Phoenix at 1650 E. Indian School Road; Bulldog Barbecue in North Miami at 15400 Biscayne Blvd.; Rolling Bones BBQ in Atlanta at 377 Edgewood Ave., SE; The Joint in New Orleans at 801 Poland Ave.; ...

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