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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 the rigmarole of everyday life. Plain and simple, you need a “Girls Night Out” that involves lots ...

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. It's 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 crept around the walls and bright abstract artworks framed the space.  It was quiet, with just one ...

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 Seven Three represents the 73 neighborhoods of New Orleans. Current participating Magazine Street venue...