Levee, coastal restoration financing mechanism being built~Mark Schleifstein~Louisiana officials on Monday took a small step toward issuing bonds to help finance the state's share of levee and coastal restoration costs based on money the state will receive from...
"This bill does not control costs,"Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis."especially for a bill that would affect one-sixth of the American economy."Orrin Hatch,Republican senator from Utah.Is there some way to control costs without affecting one-sixth of the American economy?...
NEW ORLEANS — An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found.
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Here’s the official synopsis for Treme:
TREME begins in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina and the massive engineering failure in which flood control failed throughout New Orleans, flooding 80 percent of the city and displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. ...
Many of you know that I had knee surgery some 10 weeks ago, in the first week of January. Well, I haven't spoken about it in a while, so I thought I should give an update.The short of it...
Anybody but Trilby (copying a recent New Orleans council race campaign).
A lot of people, including my husband, have asked who they should be voting for as the next Mayor of Mandeviile. If you dig back in my archives, you will...
OK. I'm going way out on a limb and will predict an all Big East Final Four:Widwest Bracket Champs: GeorgetownWest Bracket Champs: SyracuseEast Bracket Champs: West VirginiaSouth Bracket Champs: VillanovaFinals Matchup: Georgetown and West Virginia -- in a repeat...
I guess it's inevitable that the players who constituted a world champion team would be hot commodities in the open market.But I have to say that I find the casual lack of loyalty to be a bit unseemly. It...
On the sleepy side of hyperactive electronic music, under the horribly named glowave (or chillwave — barf) subgenre, is Washed Out’s dreamy bedroom disco. Washed Out is Enrest Greene, bending minimal, bottom-heavy slow-jam percussion and synth bass into his titular acid-fuzz...
Since 1962, Burma has been under the control of a military junta and has been one of the most isolated nations in the world. During an uprising in fall 2007, foreign press was expelled from the country. A group of ad...
There’s nothing like the first sight of that little orange envelope stuck in your windshield wipers. Everyone can expect to see more of those when the city implements its new parking meter policy. But when does it start? Who knows,...
Green GunsFrom Album3I'm generally a strong supporter of 2nd amendment -- most gun owners ARE responsible, the sheer number of guns out there really makes any meaningful control virtually impossible...and any attempt to institute meaningful control would almost certainly unleash...
Stewart Juneau, owner of the Baton Rouge-based development company LeTriomphe Property Group, was selected last November by Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration to redevelop the Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Municipal Auditorium in Armstrong Park. At the time, the proposed professional services...
National Flood Safety Week~Educate yourself on the risks and impacts of flooding during National Flood Safety Awareness Week so you can protect your family and your property.~Hat Tweet~EDF LouisianaBut the silence will rise to shout~Library Chronicles~Lawsuit: Police harassed...
Jeffrey asks some strong questions of our local fourth estate, such as: "If Frontline didn't want to do the story, would the T-P have just kept quiet?"---Update: And can we eliminate the need to preface all of our discussions about...
I get lots of emails from people visiting from out of town, asking what they should do while they are here. It is always tough to pin that down as everyone is so different. We have lived here for 3...
This weekend I checked one more thing off my bucket list, dining at Antoine’s Restaurant. We had 8:00 reservations for our party of 8 in the Large Annex Room located next to the Hermes Bar (we could hear the music...
Big kudos to my hubby for planning an amazing night in the French Quarter for my birthday. He took care of ALL the details and did a spectacular job. We live about 40 minutes away from New Orleans and the...
The Loss of New Orleans Wasn't Just a Tragedy. It Was a Plan. (?)~Jonathan Rauch, TheAtlantic~Editilla's Brain in a Chinese Finger Trap~We are still working on this one. If this were a fly-by-UFO outfit like Alex*Jones we'd just leave it...
Things were bad in Ciudad Juarez before, but they've only gotten worse. Today, gunmen connected to the region's drug cartels have taken their war against the U.S. by murdering in cold blood two workers for the U.S. consulate.And to...
Andrew Sullivan concludes a lecture at Princeton with a powerful appeal for the conservative case for gay marriage and civil rights. This is Part 7 of his speech, but you really should listen to all 7 of the clips....
Thom Bennett, NOPA's VP of Programming, sent out the list of photographers this weekend who were chosen for the Louisiana Road Trip exhibition at this year's Jazz Fest. The artists selected to exhibit are:Sandra Chen WeinsteinJenny EllerbeMarjorie PiersonMorris BrumRita...
You are invited to the opening reception of Harvey Stern’s photographic exhibition of his travels in Asia and Africa, on Friday, March 19th, 5-7P. Legal Perks—a new coffee shop at 2601 Tulane at Dorgenois (Tulane Towers), is hosting the exhibit. ...
I've been on the hunt for a good history of the offshore industry. So far, I haven't found a really good one. The Prize is probably, overall, the best history of the oil industry. There are some...
1. It's beautiful.2. It's temperate.3. It's visually complex.4. It's flat.5. When you run up Camp Street toward downtown the day after the Irish Channel Parade, you find this (and you leave behind lots more on the street):...
by Brett Berk March 11, 2010, 11:34 AM
You do not need to spend much time in New Orleans to realize that it occupies a unique position within the pantheon of American cities....
Don't park on the parade routeOriginally uploaded by NoladishuRemember, it's for your own good.Man, it's going to take forever to clean up this car. Don't forget about the dents in the hood from people standing on the vehicle. ...
Odd. From today's New York Times wedding announcements:Ms. Gomez and Mr. Crosby met in October 2005 through a mutual friend who had gone to the University of Florida for a semester when Loyola University in New Orleans had temporarily...
Alexandria-area levee alliance to keep pushing for federal help~Bret McCormickNew Orleans - no longer the Big Uneasy?~Le Show live 12 noon (cst) KCRW or Harry's website~Editilla Cotellas~But do please sit back and enjoy this webcast from just last year, of...
The 2010 citywide elections brought a major paradigm shift in local politics as voters ignored racial appeals and voted for experience and competence — most of the time. Some political newbies (like mayoral candidate James Perry) fell short, while others...
Some quick housekeeping: Someone wrote wondering what the music is behind the trailer for Tremé. It’s called “Ring Shout — Peace of Mind,” and it’s the opening cut from the 2007 album Congo Square, featuring Wynton Marsalis, Yacub Addy, Odadaa!...
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