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My New Orleans After nearly a year of Zoom happy hours and small shindigs on someone’s back porch, you and your best gals are probably ready for a proper “Girls Night Out.” You know, one that entails getting dressed up in a new outfit that no one has seen, and ordering an Über (because you are nothing if not responsible!) Perhaps table service at a restaurant you’ve all been eager to try, followed by out-of-the-ordinary – but safe – shenanigans, or merely a slice of respite from th...

On approach, the Troubadour Hotel looks like what it once was: a rather bland 1960s office building. A discreet awning is the only real sign that a hotel lurks beyond the prosaic exterior. Its a misleading impression, though, and the ruse ends as you step through the doors and gives way to a whimsical and colorful interior.  I was immediately hit by retro-looking, geometric patterns and striking vintage furniture. Three-dimensional murals that represent parts of guitars and other instruments c...

My New Orleans 12/17/2020   I have been relieved on late to note brisk traffic on Magazine Street, my neighborhood Main Street, as holiday shoppers and celebrants have been turning out to keep their business local. a special holiday cocktail promotion with several of the association’s hospitality partners.  Priding itself on distilling “spirits with a sense of place,” Seven Three produces rum, gin, whiskey, vodka and moonshine from its flagship on North Claiborne Avenue and the name Sev...