Sippin’ in Seersucker 2011!
Sippin’ in Seersucker, an evening filled with seersucker outfits ranging from stuffy to outrageous, returned to Canal Place on May 20, 2011. The event featured food from a number of local restaurants, including Delachaise, Link Restaurant Group, Mahoney’s (our favorite po-boy joint!), La Petit Grocery, Stein’s, Vegas Tapas Cafe, Zea, WINO, and others. Preservation Jazz […]
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2011 (Second Weekend).
All good things must come to an end. Actually, in New Orleans that’s not strictly true, since the end of Jazz Fest simply returns us to the normal firehouse-sized helping of daily music and festivals, but for non-locals, maybe it is a temporary ending. In any event, we recount our best experiences during the last […]
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2011 (First Weekend)!
The first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was held in 1970 and featured, among others, Duke Ellington, Pete Fountain (appearing this year as well, and mighty welcome), Al Hirt, Fats Domino, and The Meters. Organized by George Wein (whom we saw fly by on a golf cart on the festival grounds during weekend # […]