WTUL-91.5FM
What every college radio station should be and never quite is. They changed my adolescent life and I'm still listening to the music I never would have discovered if not for their programming late at night on my radio under my pillow. Go listen.
Cafe Du Monde
Now, you'll understand why I'm so picky about coffee. History, photos and an online catalogue of the best caffiene in the world. HINT: If you can see the bottom of the cup, you need a good ass-kickin'. Smell the beans.
New Orleans City Park
They're renovating and cleaning and lighting, but I can still recognize all of the places where this child got up to too much no good and a lot of outdoor sports that have nothing to do with PE. Go play.
Monk.Com: New Orleans
They get it... they really get it and the best part is that they found many of my favorite eateries. Food for all occasions and all of the other bits, too. Go read, read some more, and then meet me there in November.
Scat Magazine
Funny, engaging essays afford rare, true snapshots of the small moments that make life in the real New Orleans bigger than anywhere else. Immerse yourself.
Professor Longhair
This man had so many memorial gigs before his actual death that it took a couple of years for everyone to realize that he was really gone. Feed your ears and mourn the real loss. |
Tipitinas
You can't mention the professor without a nod to Tipitina's [named after a girl in one of his songs]. My best boozing, best dates and some of the best gigs of my life were here along with my well-played youth. Fall in.
9thward
A collective of designers and artists based in the neighborhood my ex-husband and I made a home for a while. More on the neighborhood's politically charged history is available elsewhere.
Neville Brothers
And, from the 9th Ward to the Nevilles. Been loving these men since they were the Meters. They're a part of our history as much as the architecture. Forget about Aaron's sad foray into banality and find yourself inside their music.
Hotel Richard
The homepage of Golden G Richard (no way could I have made up a fabulous name
like that). Too funny to be a computer geek. Too smart to be a run-of-the-mill
academic. And, ain't he cute? Go visit my crazy ass friend.
Pontalba Press
DIY site full of strange and wonderous fiction, non-fiction and art books. I'm in love with The Drag Queen's Cookbook & Guide to Sensible Living, but there is much much more within their pages. Camp out.
Preservation Resource Center
New Orleans' unique architectural blends, sometimes in the same building, are part of the melancholy longing I feel to just buy a place and settle back down there, roaches and all. Stoop-sitting isn't the same anywhere else in the world. |
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