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a new orleans local’s spring calendar

i’m gonna admit right now that this blog entry is as much for me as it is for you. those who know me well know how much i love “decorating” my calendar and making lists. it gives me ridiculous pleasure to map out my near future…especially during my favorite season, which is spring! i’ve had it up to here with this crappy weather. i am ready for warmth and sun rays and margaritas and floral dresses and music festivals and the smell of a crawfish boil for crying out loud! i know you’re with me on this, so feel free to take a few minutes to whip out your calendar and daydream about the warmer days ahead.

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Food + Drink, Nola

St. Joe’s Bar: A local fave

everyone should have a neighborhood bar. st. joe’s is mine. it’s not the most popular or swankiest bar, but it’s got three essentials: a signature drink, friendly & divey atmosphere and a nice back patio area. other pros are that it’s just a few blocks away from my home and has a pool table & juke box. i also heard through the grapevine that ryan gosling stayed here til 3am this one time, sooooo i’m pretty sure he’ll be back one day. reason enough to pop in a few times a week, right? just in case.

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Music

mumford and (house of the rising) sons

so basically, i’ve been wanting to see mumford live for 3 years. it was worth the wait! and seeing them in nola, on what is now considered their last tour for a while, was very sweet. sadly, once they finished the tour the next week, they announced that they are taking a break indefinitely. i refuse to take this as a break up. i think they’ve just been though a hurricane the last 3 years and need a serious break, especially with their bass player getting hospitalized this summer.

the show was at mardi gras world, and the venue is basically just a giant slab of concrete in between the mardi gras world warehouse and the mississippi river. it was a particularly warm september summer night. and when i say warm, i mean hellish hot.

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Food + Drink, Nola

brunch much

brunch. it really is the most loveliest of meals. wouldn’t you agree? mimosas, bacon, waffles, eggs benedict, and of course, good company. nola takes brunch to a whole other level. it’s bottomless mimosas, praline bacon, a poached egg atop a waffle and boudin in your benedict. are your taste buds stretching yet? a weekend in […] Read more…

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Food + Drink, Nola

sno-ballin’

people are serious about their sno-balls here…and i fit right in! i like to consider myself a sno-cone ball (if you live in nola you have to set your default setting to sno-ball, not sno-cone) connoisseur, if you will. my credentials, you ask? well, my very first job was at a sno-ball stand. that summer, i ate free sno-balls every single day. it was basically the best summer ever. i did lots of experimenting with flavors, but once mr. fred, the owner, introduced me to “the triple,” it was all over. the triple is an off-the-menu flavor consisting of half ice cream flavor, half nectar flavor with cream (evaporated milk) on top…only the most loyal & experienced palettes knew about it. when someone ordered it, i’d give ‘em a wink like we were in a secret club.

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