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Work Day 1

nola09 wrote 2 weeks ago: Hi Everyone and greetings from Gentilly! (that’s where our hotel is located, about 10 minutes … more →

Tags: New Orleans, Volunteer, lowernine.org

Late Night Thread or Otter, please Warn me next Time!21 comments

dakinikat wrote 1 month ago: I just got recruited (at the last moment) to help my friends at the Backyard Ballroom Theatre with t … more →

Tags: Cocktails, Only in New Orleans, Burlesque. Backyard Ballroom

Flowered Vines on Decaying Garage at St. Claude and Piety2 comments

Kate wrote 3 months ago: For all the talk of thunderstorms yesterday, today was gray, dreary, and just a little bit wet.  But … more →

Tags: houses, Neighborhoods, Nature, levees and canals, Buildings, New Orleans, Marigny, Katrina, St. Claude

Observations on the flooding in North Dakota

jcrue wrote 3 months ago: From the news on my idiot box at home and all over the web, I have noticed a couple of things in Nor … more →

Tags: News, American Heroes, United States of America, Democrats, Katrina, nagin, blanco, Louisiana, New Orleans

American Citizens Need to Give a Swift Kick to Louisiana State Government

ninemoonjupe wrote 3 months ago: Brad Pitt is working hard to get families back home, this is the site, click here. This week there … more →

Tags: Opinion, housing, fema, displaced families, Families, Canada, Jobs, Louisiana, Germany

New Orleans nostalgia

generationunderrated wrote 5 months ago: After it was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, I figured I should see what all the “Curious Cas … more →

Tags: Alligators, Alternative Spring Break, bayou, Bourbon Street, Cajun music, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, French Quarter, Habitat For Humanity, Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans photo essays

generationunderrated wrote 5 months ago: Here is the first part of the photo essay I did after building Habitat for Humanity homes in New Orl … more →

Tags: Habitat For Humanity, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans

A video tour2 comments

Katie wrote 5 months ago: Four of us — Kathy, Stacey, Michelle and I — went for a walk this afternoon right in the … more →

Tags: Daily Activities, Stories, levees

Art is in the eye of the beholder

Jackie wrote 6 months ago: You can tell a lot about a place by the art it hosts. When I’m in a new city, I like to explor … more →

Tags: Daily Adventures, New Orleans, Art, Hurricane Katrina, prospect1, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art

News: Jermaine Dupri Speaks On Exit From Island Def Jam, "I Never Got A Chance To Put Records Out"

gallicwars wrote 6 months ago: Jermaine Dupri Written by Cyrus Langhorne Jermaine Dupri has come forward to address the recent remo … more →

Tags: hip-hop, Pop / Alternative / R&B, Anthony Hamilton, Dontria, Island Def Jam, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, steve wonder

Nothin' Federal Happened Here2 comments

Mark wrote 6 months ago: “Nothin’ Federal happened here.” — Herbert Gettridge, in the PBS Frontline … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, We Are Not OK, Flood, Sinn Féin, 8-29, Je me souviens, levee

The Queen Of The Night/1 comment

Alberto & Valorie wrote 6 months ago: We recently had another fabulous Bed and Tango weekend. We have bookings open during the whole m … more →

Tags: Bed and tango, Anne Rice, Brad Pitt, Bywater, Commander's Palace, Dick and Jenny, domino magazine, French Quarter, Frenchman Street

Christmas 2008

justjera wrote 6 months ago: It’s Tuesday, December 23rd, and we haven’t even put up a tree yet.  This year our Christmas will b … more →

Tags: Christmas, 2008, Katrina, LePavillon Hotel, New Orleans, padre island, Ritual, Spiritual, Texas

Doing Exactly What You Said2 comments

Mark wrote 8 months ago: I started off the day reading this cheerful piece on the Times-Picayune/NOLA>com site about the N … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Blogger, Blogging, 504ever, Eb Major, Cliff's Crib, Brad Pitt

Just Cast my Puma Vote!175 comments

dakinikat wrote 8 months ago: Those of you that know me, know I live in the ninth ward in New Orleans. I live in the inner city an … more →

Tags: Presidential Election 2008, media, Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, puma, Downticket Democrats, New Orleans, Presidential Election

Banksy Getting Buffed All Over New Orleans1 comment

Rocky wrote 9 months ago: BANKSY’s pre-Hurricane Gustav art run through New Orleans‘ battered Lower Ninth Ward produced a fl … more →

Tags: Art, banksy art disappearing, Banksy In New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, se7enthirty, Street Art

When Katrina Happened, Children Drew: Three Years Later

artchangeslives wrote 10 months ago: By Cathy Malchiodi originally on August 28, 2008 in The Healing Arts, Psychology Today Dr … more →

Tags: Art Therapy, Creativity, Disasters, posttraumatic stress, trauma, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina's Children, Resilience, Laura Belsey

Hurricane Gustav Makes Landfall West of New Orleans

kreuzer33 wrote 10 months ago: Hurricane Gustav has finally made landfall on the Louisiana coast this morning and it appears that t … more →

Tags: New York Times, CNN, Add new tag, Fox News, MSNBC, Miami, New Orleans, Gustav, Katrina

This is what you paid to see, right?

Mark wrote 12 months ago: Big h/t to Oyster for calling out this 2 Cent production. … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Flood, disaster tourism, Disaster Capitalism, 2 cent entertainment


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