‘Street Cars & Buses’

Julia Street with Poydras the Parrot – My New Orleans

February 1st, 2012

Julia Street with Poydras the Parrot
My New Orleans
We came to your town from Chicago via the Illinois Central RR on the City of New Orleans, the delightful overnight excursion. We stayed at the LaFitte Guest House on Bourbon Street and the streetcar named Desire still ran beneath our window.

Freret Funnies: New Orleans Comedy and Arts Festival Starts Wednesday – NOLA Defender

January 31st, 2012

Freret Funnies: New Orleans Comedy and Arts Festival Starts Wednesday
NOLA Defender
by Brad Rhines If the hilarity of city council meetings and NOPD press conferences is starting to wear thin, get ready for some new jokes this week as La Nuit Theater hosts its 5th Annual New Orleans Comedy and Arts Festival.

Gambit’s 2012 Winter Restaurant Guide: Neighborhood – bestofneworleans.com

January 31st, 2012

Gambit's 2012 Winter Restaurant Guide: Neighborhood
bestofneworleans.com
THE COUNTRY CLUB 634 Louisa St., 945-0742; www.thecountryclub- neworleans.com Almond and pecan crusted flounder is served with sauteed spinach, almond puree and candied cranberries. The black-eyed pea hummus sandwich comes with spinach, ...

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Southern Rep Sets New Location And Time For A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – Broadway World

January 31st, 2012

NOLA.com

Southern Rep Sets New Location And Time For A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Broadway World
One hour prior to each performance, join Southern Rep for STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE-themed walking tour. Enter Tennessee William's world and discover where Stanley and Stella Kowalski lived, worked and played in 1947 New Orleans.
Southern Rep will stage "A Streetcar Named Desire" at an Elysian Fields Avenue ...NOLA.com

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Road Scholar Adventures (First Person) – Berkeley Daily Planet

January 31st, 2012

Berkeley Daily Planet

Road Scholar Adventures (First Person)
Berkeley Daily Planet
Another memorable program was the one in New Orleans, where I saw the Street Car Named Desire and Tennessee Williams' home. Of the International programs, I would have to say the one in Italy was the most thrilling -- Milan, Verona and Venice.

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Southern Rep Presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – Broadway World

January 30th, 2012

NOLA.com

Southern Rep Presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Broadway World
We hope you join us for this historic production, and continue to support Southern Rep as we re-invent ourselves and find a new home for our next 25 years." The first production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to be performed in New Orleans in more than a ...
Southern Rep will stage "A Streetcar Named Desire" at an Elysian Fields Avenue ...NOLA.com

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Descend on Sardinia’s sandy shores – Toronto Sun

January 29th, 2012

Descend on Sardinia's sandy shores
Toronto Sun
In addition, construction started in 2011 on the first new streetcar line since 2004 and, in November, the city welcomed several major cruise ships, including Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas, the largest and latest liner to make New Orleans its ...

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Tennessee Williams: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history – NOLA.com

January 29th, 2012

NOLA.com

Tennessee Williams: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history
NOLA.com
... 623 St. Peters St., where Williams finished “A Streetcar Named Desire”; and 1014 Dumaine St., a house he purchased in the early 1960s. In a personal journal entry written Dec. 28, 1938, the playwright wrote of New Orleans: “I am delighted, in fact, ...

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New Orleans boutiques battle through recession – Daily Comet

January 28th, 2012

New Orleans boutiques battle through recession
Daily Comet
By JENNIFER LARINO NEW ORLEANS - After the lights were turned off at other storefronts near the intersection of Magazine and State streets on a recent evening, Patricia Steere stood inside the bright glow of her boutique picking out retro evening ...

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Mardi Gras madness on its way to New Orleans – Toronto Star

January 27th, 2012

Mardi Gras madness on its way to New Orleans
Toronto Star
Becca Hensley Special to the Star NEW ORLEANS—“Throw me something, mister.” That's what you'll hear from masked children balanced atop ladders amid teeming crowds during Mardi Gras. And as the floats pass by and jazzy tunes waft through the air, ...

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