Anthony Bourdain hits Uptown bars, burgers and tacos

 Posted by at 12:55 pm  film and television, food and drink
Jul 312012
 

Anthony Bourdain talks to Jessie Wightkin through the window of the Taceaux Loceaux truck, parked in front of the Kingpin bar. (photo by Joe Gelini via Jessie Wightkin’s Facebook page)

Punk music enthusiast and TV food personality Anthony Bourdain swept through Uptown New Orleans for an episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” tweeting praise and random thoughts (between discussions of mob trivia) about institutions such as the Kingpin bar, Taceaux Loceaux, Company Burger and, somehow fittingly, Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge. Bourdain also stopped in at the R Bar in the Marigny, where NOLA Defender ran into him.

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Self-professed “media manipulator” to sign books at Octavia

 Posted by at 12:30 pm  arts, books and music, events
Jul 312012
 

Ryan Holiday, the perpetrator of recent journalism hoaxes that led to his being quoted as an expert on numerous topics he knew nothing about (but who insists he was telling the truth to Times Picayune about his alleged $1,000 in speeding tickets from the Jackson Avenue traffic camera), will sign his new book “Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator” at 6 p.m. tonight at Octavia Books. Holiday also discussed his dark view of a click-driven journalism culture with Alex Rawls of MySpiltMilk.com in an article published Monday.

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District B candidate pays off fine from 2004 campaign

 Posted by at 12:09 pm  city government, elections, politics, state government
Jul 312012
 

LaToya Cantrell loaned her school-board campaign $20,000 in 2004, triggering a requirement to keep filing campaign-finance reports that she overlooked for several years, she told Richard Rainey of the Times-Picayune. The state Board of Ethics agreed to suspend $7,600 of the resulting fines, and she paid off $5,600 in June, leaving only $2,750 in court costs remaining to be paid, Rainey reported.

Police investigating crashed car, reports of fights and possible gunfire on Forshey Street

 Posted by at 9:57 pm  crime, public safety
Jul 302012
 

A gray Honda sedan was badly damaged in a crash on Forshey Street on Monday. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)

Investigators look for shell casings in tall grass along Forshey Street. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)

Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in front of a small neighborhood cafe at the edge of a Gert Town park, amid conflicting reports that it may have been related to a fight or possibly even a shooting. Continue reading »

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Lusher teachers, administrators receive salary bonuses

 Posted by at 1:56 pm  schools
Jul 302012
 

The board of Lusher charter school approved a one-time $600 salary increase for teachers and administrators, including CEO Kathy Riedlinger, for a total cost of $72,000 next year, according to a report on Saturday’s board meeting by Yomi Akinyemi of The Lens. The school is also discussing the OneApp common enrollment process with the Recovery School District, Akinyemi reports.

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Pigeontown Steppers to lead anti-crime march through Carrollton

 Posted by at 11:30 am  crime, events, neighborhood groups, public safety
Jul 302012
 

The Original Pigeon Town Steppers dance down the streets to the music of the Stooges Brass Band during the 17th annual Easter Sunday second line. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

After Broadmoor decided to “stomp” against crime in June, west Carrollton will show off its own fancy anti-crime footwork Wednesday with the help of the Pigeontown Steppers. Continue reading »

Owen Courreges: Dare to be the best New Orleans yet

 Posted by at 5:30 am  blight and demolition, city government, crime, opinion, recovery
Jul 302012
 

Owen Courreges

Frank Lloyd Wright, the legendary architect, was blunt in his hatred of cities. Wright described city-dwellers as “human beings, all crawling on hard pavements like ants to hole somewhere or find their way to this or that cubicle.” They were, he believed, “herd-struck morons our present sky-scraperism has cultivated.” Continue reading »

New Korean restaurant on South Claiborne; new details on Rocky’s closing on Magazine; questions about neon signs on Oak

 Posted by at 1:22 pm  business, city government, food and drink
Jul 292012
 

A new Korean restaurant has opened on South Claiborne Avenue; it appears that the Rocky’s Pizzeria on Magazine may be replaced with another pizza place; and serious questions are being raised about the serious neon signage at a new Oak Street burger joint. Continue reading »

Audubon Charter to begin exploring possible high school

 Posted by at 12:18 pm  neighborhood groups, schools
Jul 282012
 

Audubon Charter School plans to begin taking concrete steps this fall toward the possibility of creating a new high school, officials said Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, Orleans Parish school officials are hoping to find a way to start renovations on the school’s Broadway campus even as negotiations continue with neighbors over a pending lawsuit. Continue reading »

Craig Giesecke: The many ways of making groceries

 Posted by at 9:36 am  food and drink, opinion
Jul 282012
 

Craig Giesecke

I went over to the grand opening of the new Fresh Market on St. Charles this week and the first thing that hit me about this very nice and very, well, fresh place is that everyone in there was seeing it differently.

Few things are more personal than makin’ groceries, particularly in a city as food-centric as New Orleans in a region as food-centric as South Louisiana. But the avid home cook sees things differently from the professional chef, who doesn’t look for the same things as the young, married-no-kids couple or the veteran parents or the retired, low-salt folks. Add to this our own experiences of going with mom when we were kids to, say, adult experiences of making $15 buy food for a week and each of us is going to have a different take on where and who does what better. Continue reading »

Christy Lorio: New Orleans artist paints on the national stage

 Posted by at 5:30 am  arts, books and music, opinion
Jul 272012
 

(all images courtesy of Rebecca Rebouche)

Christy Lorio (photo by Leslie Almeida)

At first glance, New Orleans resident and artist Rebecca Rebouche is sweet, slightly shy, and unassumingly pretty. She’s also down to Earth, a noble trait considering she graces this month’s issue of Garden and Gun Magazine as one of 15 featured artisans “shaping the look of the South.”  

Inspired by nature, Rebouche utilizes elements from the natural world to form the basis of her whimsical paintings, but she always draws from human nature to tell her stories. Her paintings are sweet, but not saccharine; they’re whimsical, dreamy and often surprisingly dark but never in a macabre way, more like a soul drenching thunderstorm. Trees are a common theme, as well as textiles, bunnies (she has a pet rabbit), birds, umbrellas, and sail boats. Continue reading »

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