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From a favorite restaurant for a celebratory dinner, the bookstore that always delivers on binge-worthy reads to the boutique with perfect gifts — independent, local shops and restaurants help make New Orleans unique. On Saturday (Nov. 25), StayLocal and its member businesses — independent, local shops, restaurants and seasonal markets — will celebrate Small Business […]
Local craft brewers abound across the entire state. But did you know Louisiana is also home to several distilleries?
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 ...
Double shooting in Central City leaves one man dead, another man injured Officers responded to a call of a shooting at the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and Jackson Avenue. (Source: WVUE) By Tiffany Baptiste | May 6, 2021 at 5:53 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 7:41 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Police are investigating a double shooting early Thursday morning that has left one man dead and another man injured. NOPD reported the shooting just before 3:30 a.m. Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 700 block of Robert C. Blakes Sr. Drive. When they arrived at the scene t...
(via NOPD) A man was killed in a double shooting early Thursday (May 6) in Central City near St. Charles Avenue, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At about 2:50 a.m., Sixth District officers discovered two victims with gunshot wounds – a male victim transported via private conveyance to a local hospital and a second male victim found at the scene. Medical responders took the second victim to the emergency room. One of the victims died at the hospital, police said, and the shooting was reclassified as a homicide. Police did not know the identity of the victims. They shooting was in...