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GoNOLA Top 5: Why New Orleans is America’s Favorite City

by Sally Tunmer December 21, 2011 Arts & Culture

New Orleans is America’s favorite city. Well, according to the nation’s premier travel publication, anyway. In Travel and Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities poll, New Orleans was voted #1 by both visitors and locals in several categories, and that’s enough to cement the distinguished honor for us. Of course the locals never questioned the distinction – this accolade is just a …

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

by Sally Tunmer November 30, 2011 Arts & Culture

The beginning of December in New Orleans means it’s time to completely immerse yourself in holiday events and activities. Don’t try to escape, because Christmas New Orleans Style won’t allow you, so there’s nothing to do but just embrace it. Always diverse, New Orleans welcomes an all-male dance troupe sharing the weekend with youth theater and the Crescent City’s official …

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Merriment on Magazine: Shop Local for the Holidays

by Nikki Carter November 24, 2011 Events

‘Tis the season … to shop long, and shop hard!  With Merriment on Magazine kicking off next Saturday, December 3, you will now get your chance to visit shops at later-than-usual hours.  Every Saturday between December 3 and Christmas Eve, merchants on Magazine are strongly encouraged to extend their business hours until at least 7:00 p.m.  This event is organized …

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The Best Oysters in New Orleans: Casamento’s Restaurant

by Will Woldenberg October 21, 2011 Food

There are few cities in the United States that zealously defend the concepts of “tradition” and “heritage” as much as New Orleans. That attention to convention is mainly attributable to the Carnival “Krewes” whom ironically were partially established to mock the propriety of the French royal court. In this town, restaurants and hotels proudly state the year of their birth …

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

by Sally Tunmer September 28, 2011 Arts & Culture

Fall is in the New Orleans air, which means there’s a plethora of awesomeness to choose from every weekend, this weekend being no exception. An electronic dance-rock show, two beer-centered afternoons, a Tony Award winning play and fall’s premier art event all headline the weekend. Which one – or ones if you’re socially ambitious like we are – will you …

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Defend New Orleans: Your Shop For Authentic New Orleans Mementos

by Nikki Carter September 15, 2011 Shopping

If you’re anything like me, you can’t come home from a vacation without a bag full of souvenirs and goodies for your family and friends. Picking up original and appreciated items can be pretty challenging, but please, forget about the over-the-top Bourbon Street shops or buying yet another shot glass for your best friend from college. Take a trip to …

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Mahony’s Po-Boys: The New (Orleans) Taste of Quality Sandwiches

by Will Woldenberg August 26, 2011 Food

Inside Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop, a single framed photograph adorns a thin wall behind the cash register. As customers enter the restaurant and grab a laminated menu, they place their order at the counter, and then move to an open table or stool at the bar. Few, if any, notice that a picture of the legendary New Orleans restaurant Uglesich’s hangs …

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New Orleans’ New Super(food) Bar

by Lauren McCabe August 25, 2011 Food

When I say superfood, you probably imagine spooning big gobs of gumbo down your throat while watching the Mardi Gras Indians strut their stuff on Super Sunday. Gumbo is totally the superfood of Super Sunday. But there’s a new Superfood Bar in New Orleans that serves some seriously powerful all-natural smoothies, snacks, sorbets, and teas, all sugar free, and all …

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Top 5 Mexican Restaurants in New Orleans

by Nikki Carter August 18, 2011 Cocktail Culture

As a native Texan, I have an innate love and appreciation of Mexican food. Within the first few months of living in New Orleans, I took it upon myself to seek out the best local options, because, let’s face it: Cinco de Mayo doesn’t come around nearly as often as it should. After more than my share of hit or …

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The Top 5 French Antiques Shop on Magazine Street: #1 Karla Katz

by Valorie July 14, 2011 Shopping

I have been doing a series on the Top Five French Antiques Shops on Magazine Street. It has been an amazing task choosing from the dozens that line what has become the shopping street for design and decor. Picking #1 was a careful and considered choice.

Karla Katz is my pick for the number one French antiques shop. Karla …

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French Quarter Shopping: Tommy’s Flowers

by Valorie June 16, 2011 Shopping

Whether one comes to New Orleans for the first time with a list of shops found online, or with recommendations from friends who have been here before, visitors to New Orleans know what the locals know: we can shop ’til we drop in the Big Easy. One place that has been a favorite shopping stop since the 1970s is Tommy’s …

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Plum on Magazine Street: An Offbeat Shop On the Beaten Path

by Christy May 9, 2011 Shopping

Plum is a fun little store located on New Orleans‘ famed Magazine Street that carries “cool stuff for stylish living.” Owner Dannal Perry stocks items that she herself  likes which gives her store a very personal and whimsical feel. They have it all — from kitschy kitchen items such as fun and funky print towels to whimsical cocktail shakers that …

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The Top 5 French Antiques Shops on Magazine Street: #3 Bush Antiques

by Valorie May 5, 2011 Shopping

Allain Bush has operated Bush Antiques at 2109 Magazine Street since 1979. Allain goes on annual buying trips to Europe, and always brings back beautiful and unique items. Like many stores in New Orleans, Bush Antiques has set up shop in an old house. There are twelve fabulously styled rooms with French and continental furniture, religious art, textiles, lighting and …

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Coquette: Differently Delicious Daily

by The Red Streetcar April 15, 2011 Food

On the corner of Magazine and Washington in the New Orleans Garden District is a beautiful building from the 1880′s. Over its history, it has been many different things, a private home, a grocery store, a car parts store and more. In more recent times, it was one of those seemingly cursed buildings. You know, a building in a great …

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Top 5 Breakfast Spots in New Orleans for Festival Goers

by Sunny Dawn Summers April 7, 2011 Food

If you believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then you are right. And isn’t it nice to be right? When you’re waking up in the morning, mid-morning, or afternoon after spending all day at one of the many festivals in New Orleans this festival season, these are the places that will make you know just …

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The Best French Antiques Shops on Magazine Street: Petricia Thompson Antiques

by Valorie April 7, 2011 Shopping

This is the second in a series the Visual Vamp is doing about the five best shops that sell French antiques on Magazine Street. New Orleans is a city known for its fabulous shopping and for the incredible stock of French antiques it has for both locals and visitors to buy.

Coming in at #4 of the best French …

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