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Storm flings barge lids into Bollinger security guard building at Algiers Point Share Updated: 12:56 PM CDT May 12, 2021 The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 12:56 PM CDT May 12, 2021 A strong storm flung barge lids into a building at Bollinger in Algiers Point Wednesday. A total of four barge lids were scattered across the property. A security guard was in the building at the time one of the lids hit the building. No injurie...

My New Orleans 04/12/2021   NEW ORLEANS (press release) – For nearly 70 years, sculptor Enrique Alférez helped shape the visual landscape of New Orleans. His figurative sculptures, monuments, fountains and architectural friezes, bas-reliefs and carvings grace dozens of spaces and structures from City Park to the Central Business District, and from Algiers Point to Lakefront Airport.It’s difficult to drive even a few miles around the Crescent City without encountering Alférez’s striking...

The Great River Road has been designated as an "All American Road" by the Federal Highway Administration.  The Great River Road makes it way through 8 states starting in Minnesota and following the Mississippi River all the way to Louisiana.  Anne Lewis is the Pilot for the Mississippi River Parkway Commission.  The Minnesota native joined me on WJON.  She says the Great River Road begins at Itasca State Park in Minnesota and is identified on signs along the roadway by a paddle in Minnesota...

My New Orleans 03/01/2021 An assortment of chips + dips, tacos and fresh margaritas from Barracuda The Mexican and Central American immigrants who came to our aid in rebuilding our shattered region after the Big Bath in 2005 brought their culinary traditions and, in some cases, their taco trucks with them. In doing so they radically elevated the standards by which we regard tacos. Our demand for the fresh little hand-held meals has grown ever since, seemingly ever more so throughout this unwelc...

In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Just because the Mardi Gras parades are canceled, it hasnt stopped peoples creativity. The "Little Shop of 2020 Horrors" house float is in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans. Phoebe Jones / WWNO When Crissy Whalin and her 12-year-old son, Zephyr Cooke, settled in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers Point in 2020, the last thin...

Thanks to the pandemic, there won't be any Mardi Gras parades this year in New Orleans—but what there will be is the Krewe of House Floats. That's the name of the...

In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats

"Last year, I made a bunch of origami flowers that kiddo and I passed out to people while we wandered around the French Quarter," Boudreaux wrote on November 17. "Tempted to continue the theme, turn the whole house into a flower float and pass out flowers to the neighbours while I drink all day." A few hours later, she posted an update: "Its decided. Were doing this. Turn your house into a float and throw all the beads from your attic at your neighbours walking by. #mardigras2021." Boudreau...

New Orleans might be the only place where a pair of giraffes, a velociraptor and Dr. John can co-exist peacefully. The Krewe of House Floats, started by a casual suggestion on the internet to decorate one’s house as a Mardi Gras float, quickly sprang into a full-blown movement. Within a short time, 2,600 homes across New Orleans — as well as homes around the country and as far away as Australia, Europe, and Asia — displayed the creativity, pageantry and joie de vivre of Mardi Gras. Mega...

With Mardi Gras canceled, New Orleans residents are making their homes into floats Cathy Free, The Washington Post Feb. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3The "Mystic Moai and the Escape From Kraken Coven" house float designed by Zac Hobbs and Gail Gainey.Zac Hobbs.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Meghan Daviss "Queen of Hearts" house float.Meghan Davis.Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Megan Boudreaux was feeling down three months ago after she learned that New Orleans wasnt going to issue Mardi Gra...