The Internet had much to report on New Orleans once again this week. Updates on the New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, major national survey results and celebrities’ escapades in New Orleans are just a few of the highlights in this week’s NOLA Around the Web. Go ahead and get up to date on all of the wonderful happenings in and about New Orleans from the past week.
The results are in! With many travel resources revealing reader polls and annual U.S. city superlatives, New Orleans is topping many lists. We already announced that New Orleans is Trip Advisor’s #1 Food and Wine Destination (duh) and now the Crescent City is voted the best in several categories for Travel + Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities 2011 survey.
It seems @eileenlouise has been having a great NOLA vacation! This photo was taken at the Honey Island Swamp Tour - one of the many unique tours in New Orleans!
Sean Payton is itching to come back down to the sidelines, planning to get back on his feet two weeks earlier than he was advised after being injured in a collision during the Tampa Bay game three weeks ago. He’ll be back to ground level in time for the game against the New York Giants.
New Orleans film, bands and discussions will be featured at the Mondavi Center performance series in Davis, California.
Beware of this mouth watering blog post from 30aeats on dining fine, dining on the dime and everything in between in New Orleans.
A great local blog supporting independent business, The Vinyl District, highlights two wonderful events this weekend: the modest Bywater festival with character to spare, The Mirliton Festival and the female monopolized parade, YeMaYa.
In Andrew Evans’ last week in New Orleans, the National Geographic travel writer better known as Where’s Andrew?, managed to make it to one of those secret local restaurants with charm that only a mother could love and food that everyone upon tasting not only loves but completely devours. He also had the special chance to see one of New Orleans’ distinct cultural treasures: a second line.
A New Orleans educational leader ranks number five (!) on Forbes’ list of the “World’s 7 Most Powerful Educators” for her post-Katrina improvement accomplishments.
Tweet from My Name is Earl actor @ethansuplee: “I’m in desperate need of some Americana with no conceptual connection to strip-malls. Weekend in New Orleans.” Our sentiments, exactly.
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