
Looks like our temporary Congressman is still basking in his 15 minutes media of extra exposure (And also the above-pictured extremely low-budget local "thank you" campaign) stemming from his vote on Health Care Reform in [...]

Serve your friends and family a Thanksgiving meal without the stress of cooking — and help Second Harvest Food Bank at the same time with Toulouse Gourmet’s (3811 Toulouse St., 488-4466; www.toulousegourmet.com) Everything But the Bird program. The menu includes dozens of customary Southern holiday dishes, including several types of dressing, [...]
Or dismay, depending on your views: [...] I have not been at this blog forever but something really freaky just happened:
I have been trying to sell Ashley's Rhodes piano for almost a year (on and off). A few people came but nobody could find the cables for it so they did not buy it.
Now - Ashley, as [...]
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New Orleans continues to amaze me. Already riding a buzz from an exciting NBA game and a few post-game drinks last night, my intrepid photographer and I went to Le Bon Temps to catch the Soul Rebels last night. We caught them just as they finished their [...]
The advocacy thrust of this Sunday’s third annual New Orleans Po-boy Preservation Festival is pretty obvious. The festival motto is “Save Our Sandwich,” and the word “preservation” is written into its very name. From its start in 2007, the festival founders [...]
The New York Times‘ Deborah Solomon (who’s drawn her own questions for her questioning style), sits down for a Q&A with Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao in this Sunday’s Times Magazine. Naturally, his health-care vote is top of the agenda. A couple (actually, three) highlights:
A first-term congressman from New [...]

Gambit walks the red carpet at the Blind Side premier.
The Prytania Theater
Thursday, November 19
A few celeb snap shots from last night’s event.
We keep hearing that state government in Louisiana is on the brink of going off of a financial “cliff.” Yet, The Rhodes Scholar-in-chief remains disengaged from the efforts to address what we are being told is looming budgetary revenue shortfall of $1 Billion for the fiscal [...]
The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
Q: Have you heard about McDonalds new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay [...]
Erick Eriskson at Red State has a must read post this morning. I'm going to copy more of it than I usually like to do because I want to be sure everyone knows how important Saturday's vote on HarryCare is:Lots of good stuff to talk about this week – DO NOT MISS!
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The Kiss my Gumbo radio show [...]
1620 – Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. The present administration would like to retract a few of them now.
1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling [...]
