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Jazz Fest Like A Local: Seven Survival Secrets

by Andy April 17, 2012 Arts & Culture

If you’re coming to New Orleans for the annual Jazz and Heritage Festival and looking for tips from locals, you’ve come to the right place for advice. I’ve been festin’ my whole life, at least as long as I can remember. Jazz Fest, to locals, is a celebration not just of music but of everything we are: food, music, art, …

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We Asked, You Answered: Top 15 Tips for Mardi Gras Virgins

by Andy February 17, 2012 Arts & Culture

Over the course of the last couple of weeks, we’ve been telling you what the best Mardi Gras parades are, where to catch the parades, the history of Mardi Gras and more. But, yesterday we asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers what their #1 Pro Tip for Mardi Gras in New Orleans was. We’ve picked our favorite 15 and …

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GoNOLA Top 5: Mardi Gras Shirts

by Andy February 15, 2012 Shopping

If you can’t be in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, at least you can represent with your favorite NOLA Carnival tee. There are tons of Mardi Gras themed t-shirts from a variety of locally owned stores throughout the city, but these are my top five favorites. Don’t be caught without a Mardi Gras ensemble this season – add these to …

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We Asked, You Answered: Favorite New Orleans Dishes

by Andy December 27, 2011 Food

When you tell someone you’ve been to New Orleans, chances are they ask you about what you ate. In New Orleans, food is taken very seriously. We discuss what we’re doing for lunch while we’re eating breakfast, and what we’re doing for dinner while we’re eating lunch. Food is just a way of life here. A week ago we asked …

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We Asked, You Answered: What Would You Bring to New Orleans?

by Andy December 26, 2011 Arts & Culture

About a week ago we asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers this question: If you could only bring one thing to NOLA, what would it be? Needless to say, we got quite a few interesting – and some very funny – responses. Many people said the only thing they’d bring would be themselves (good answer) and a lot of …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Halloween on Frenchmen

by Andy October 22, 2011 Fan Photo

If you haven’t been to Frenchmen Street during your New Orleans Halloween experience, you haven’t experienced Halloween in New Orleans. Frenchmen Street, which I liken to the locals’ Bourbon Street, is the heart of the NOLA Halloween scene. The street gets packed with people in costumes and, as you may have noticed, we in New Orleans take our costumes very …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Christmas New Orleans Style

by Andy October 8, 2011 Arts & Culture

I don’t know about you, but after Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, Christmas in New Orleans is my favorite “festival.” I know it may come as a shock, but we don’t have snow or even really cold weather but what we lack in frost we make up for in fest. Christmas New Orleans Style is a month long celebration of …

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We Asked, You Answered: 10 Reasons New Orleans is the Best City

by Andy October 1, 2011 Arts & Culture

This Thursday, we asked our Facebook Fans and Twitter Followers to finish this sentence: New Orleans is the best city in the world because… As you can imagine, the response was overwhelming. There was a flood of reactions on both Facebook and Twitter and we thought, why keep these reasons to ourselves? After all, it isn’t us that makes New …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Enter Mardi Gras

by Andy October 1, 2011 Fan Photo

I once read a quote that said something like, “you know you’re from New Orleans when you think Purple, Green and Gold look good together.” And, at first read I was slightly offended because those colors look great together. And, after some thought, I realized that, in fact, they don’t really look all that great together but, as a native …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Girl Talk at House of Blues

by Andy September 24, 2011 Fan Photo

It’s never too early to start planning a trip to New Orleans. And, with Voodoo Music Experience right around the corner, now seems as good a time as any! Playing Voodoo this year, in addition to dozens of other amazing artists, is Girl Talk. That’s right, the one-man mash-up dance party artist extraordinaire. If you’ve never seen Girl Talk, …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Muffaletta at Central Grocery

by Andy September 17, 2011 Fan Photo

Yum is really the best way to describe a muffaletta, especially when it’s from Central Grocery. Central Grocery is credited as being the home of the original muffaletta and offers several variances of the delicious sandwich, including a vegetarian muffaletta. Traditional muffalettas are made with olive salad and layers of capicola, salami, pepperoni, emmentaler, ham and provolone; it’s basically a …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: The Sazerac

by Andy September 10, 2011 Cocktail Culture

Ahh, the sazerac. America’s first cocktail (and one of the tastiest). Not surprisingly, the sazerac was invented in New Orleans by Antoine Peychaud in the 1800′s and was named for his favorite French Brandy. Did you know, though, that in 1870, the drink was changed by a bartender named Leon Lamothe who substituted American Rye whiskey for Cognac, and added …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Lazy Lester at Ponderosa Stomp

by Andy September 3, 2011 Fan Photo

In case you hadn’t noticed, much of life in New Orleans revolves around music. Here, music runs through us; it’s who we are and it’s what we celebrate. The Ponderosa Stomp is just one example of how we celebrate one of our city’s greatest contributions to American culture. The Ponderosa Stomp is an American roots music festival dedicated to recognizing …

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We Asked, You Answered: 10 Reasons You Love New Orleans

by Andy August 27, 2011 About

Last week we asked our Facebook Fans and Twitter Followers why they loved New Orleans. As you can imagine, the response was overwhelming. We had more than 70 comments in less than 12 hours. We quickly realized what we had already suspected — there is an endless list of reasons to love New Orleans. While it’s simply impossible to …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Beignets at Cafe du Monde

by Andy August 27, 2011 Fan Photo

If you’ve ever visited New Orleans and not had a beignet at Cafe du Monde, you did something wrong. Truly one of my greatest guilty pleasures is a plate of beignets and an iced cafe au lait from Cafe du Monde. These people have the right idea! Here’s a locals tip: if you get the beignets to go, they will …

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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: Mint Julep

by Andy August 20, 2011 Cocktail Culture

I don’t know how many times I’ve written this, but here’s one more: if there is one thing we know how to do in New Orleans, it’s make a tasty drink. Oh, and we’re pretty good at drinking them, too. One of the classic New Orleans cocktails is the Mint Julep. I’ve actually had Mint Juleps in a lot of …

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