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GoNOLA Flickr Pick of the Week: St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans

by Sally Tunmer March 17, 2012 Arts & Culture

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s going to be one rowdy celebration in New Orleans that any true Irishman would be proud of. The gentlemen dress in traditional kilts and hand out white silk flowers to the ladies as they lightly kiss their cheeks. Ladies rack up some serious loot from both the Irish Channel and the Downtown parades, because in …

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New Orleans International Beer Festival: Party at Champions Square

by The Red Streetcar March 16, 2012 Events

While this may be the first International Beer Festival here in New Orleans, it was a long time coming. New Orleans was once the brewing capital of the South, sporting more than 30 breweries. However, due to prohibition and corporate consolidations, by 2000, only Dixie Brewing Company remained within the city limits. Fortunately, in recent years brewing in Southeast Louisiana …

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Royal Street Musicians: The Soundtrack of the French Quarter

by Sally Tunmer March 16, 2012 Arts & Culture

In New Orleans, you can enjoy all day and all night-long free concerts without the hassle of lines, overpriced drinks or that one seven foot tall guy inevitably blocking your one window of view. All you have to do is take a leisurely stroll through the French Quarter and happen upon local and travelling musicians just doing what they love. …

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GoNOLA Recommends: 5 Things To Do In New Orleans This Weekend

by Sally Tunmer March 15, 2012 Arts & Culture

Americans love to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and New Orleanians love to even more. Who can resist a culture that consists of leprechauns with pots of gold, green beer and bagpipes? So it’s no surprise that the Irish holiday completely dominates this weekend. And since we already told you about all the fun things to do surrounding St. Patrick’s Day …

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GoNOLA Top Five: Best New Orleans Snowball Flavors

by Hartley Casbon March 14, 2012 Food

In case you hadn’t heard, New Orleans does tend to get a little warm in the summer. But fear not, for we New Orleanians are a resourceful people – we’re problem solvers. So as spring sets in, and the temperatures begin their upward climb, we turn to a trusted beacon of hope to cool us down – the snowball stand. …

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A Concert for Every Wednesday of Spring in Lafayette Square

by Sally Tunmer March 9, 2012 Events

Forget Punxsutawney Phil – you know it’s officially spring, and more importantly festival season, when Wednesday at the Square arrives in New Orleans. No matter what happens the rest of the week, you can take solace in the fact that every Wednesday for three months straight, there will be music, food, friends, and escape from life’s triflin’ ways. All you …

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GoNOLA Recommends: 5 Things To Do In New Orleans This Weekend

by Sally Tunmer March 8, 2012 Events

I know I say this just about every weekend, but this weekend presents a pretty spectacular lineup. It’s a great weekend for music in New Orleans with the annual Foburg indie rock festival in the Faubourg Marigny, plus a major touring national band at One Eyed Jack’s. In anticipation of the Tennessee Williams Festival coming up at the end of …

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GoNOLA Top 5: New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day Festivities

by Sally Tunmer March 6, 2012 Arts & Culture

Green-dyed alcoholic beverages, flying produce, bagpipes, kisses from Irishmen – is there anything better than St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans? Irish and New Orleans cultures are one in the same – we value good friends, fun times and strong drinks. So really St. Patrick’s Day is pretty much like any other day in New Orleans but on steroids, and …

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The Odd Couple: New Orleans’ Irish-Italian Phenomenon

by Liz Genest Smith March 5, 2012 Arts & Culture

Chianti/Guinness. Muffaletta/Corned Beef Reuben. Volare/Oh, Danny Boy. What could New Orleans’ Italian and Irish communities possibly have in common, you ask? Answer: the desire to parade and party! Besides the separate celebrations of Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day and Italian heritage on St. Joseph’s Day in New Orleans, they unite for the Irish-Italian parade!

The Irish-Italian Parade …

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Take It Outside: 5 Outdoor Activities in New Orleans

by Nikki Carter March 1, 2012 Sports & Recreation

In keeping with the spirit of Lent, many New Orleanians are using the month of March – or planning to, at least – for detoxing purposes. This is a great time of year to think about implementing healthy habits into your lifestyle, and while perhaps not immediately apparent, this city offers plenty of opportunities to do so. Here are a …

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The Louisiana Music Factory: Overflowing With New Orleans Music and Charm

by Sally Tunmer March 1, 2012 Music

The Louisiana Music Factory is an audiophile’s dream, stocked wall to wall with vinyl, 45s, DVDs and CDs. Fans of New Orleans music will salivate at their extensive collection of Cajun, Zydeco, Jazz and local music, the largest selection of Louisiana and New Orleans music found in the world. It’s possible to spend a whole afternoon sifting through undiscovered treasure …

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GoNOLA Recommends: Top 5 Things to Do In New Orleans This Weekend

by Sally Tunmer March 1, 2012 Arts & Culture

This weekend is as socially diverse as they come. There’s a delightful range of recreations to choose from, including a premature St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the local favorite Irish pub Markey’s, the exciting grand opening of a comedy theater in the Marigny that proves just how much staying power the New Orleans comedy scene has, plus theater, girl fights …

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Eight Ways To Detox After Mardi Gras in New Orleans

by Lauren McCabe February 23, 2012 Sports & Recreation

You’ve boogied your brains out from Basin Street Street to Bienville, caught 100 pounds of beads, glugged a gallon of hurricanes, and now? Lent. Detox. It’s time to get back on track, y’all. Even the locals bow their heads after Carnival season. Here are eight ways that you can squeeze out the Mardi Gras impurities and start fresh in the …

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GoNOLA Recommends: 5 Things To Do In New Orleans This Weekend

by Sally Tunmer February 23, 2012 Arts & Culture

For the past 48 hours, there’ve been two types of people in New Orleans. Those who begin to dry heave at the notion of any more Mardi Gras or those who claim they could do it all over again. For those on the latter side of the post-Mardi Gras spectrum or even those suffering from P.C.D. (Post Carnival Depression), this …

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Revel with the Maskers of the St. Anne Parade on Mardi Gras Day

by Elizabeth Pearce February 18, 2012 Arts & Culture

Most visitors to New Orleans during Carnival stay in or near the French Quarter, make their way to Canal Street to watch the parades go by, catch some throws, have some drinks, raise their eyes at some unexpected (or expected) debauchery and call it a day. But if visitors head home after this kind of trip thinking they have really …

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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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