High-end craft spirit brands, celebrity bartenders, and the hottest lounges from around the globe descend on New Orleans each year for an industry convention unlike any other: Tales of the Cocktail. While much of the week-long event centers on seminars and pro-tips for industry insiders, there are dozens of dinners, parties and tastings we mere […]
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Whether you stay or go, you need to be prepared during Hurricane Season on the Gulf Coast. Here is some information to get you more prepared.
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You may think you know what to expect from the new Queen Nefertari’s Egypt exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. But you are not ready for the glamor, intimacy and sheer drama awaiting you amid the 230 objects that will be on display there through July 17.
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The Tremė Creole Gumbo and Congo Square Rhythms festivals
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At the moment, a handful of Bourbon Street bars are open. On any given day, the riverfront is dotted with joggers, bikers and dog walkers. And infrequent bands of tourists amble through Jackson Square, cameras in hand. Today, New Orleans is a week into reopening under Phase 1. To many of us, the famed French
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If you come to New Orleans and don’t hit one of the city’s genre-defining drag performances, what are you even doing with your life? Lucky for you, we’re the epicenter of Southern drag, so it’s not hard to find the next New Orleans drag show. (Plus, we wrote you this handy calendar.) Incredible performances happen
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Half scavenger hunt, half locals-only guide —The Interactive Field Guide to Mardi Gras 2020 gives grown-up revelers an insider’s POV on the Greatest Free Show on Earth—and a hilarious keepsake to remember the party long after. Local travel personalities the Traveler Broads and the designers at Oh Hi Studio have spent a collective 34 Mardi
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You simply aren’t dressed for a holiday in New Orleans unless you’ve got a headdress. A wig helps. Some sequins? Hell yeah! Pants. Meh, that’s up to you. But whether it’s Mardi Gras or Easter or just Thursday, get something fabulous to put on your head, and you’ll fit right in. Luckily, our New Orleans
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Wondering what to wear to Mardi Gras? The answer is easy: Anything you want! Just make it fun. Costuming is our favorite part of the holiday, and we’ve been at it for a looooong time. (We even teach workshops on making the perfect headdress!) Feathers, sequins, boas and beads. There’s no such thing as “too
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What is Mardi Gras? We’re glad you asked 😉 Maybe you think of a parade or Bourbon Street or have some vague notion of a wild Tuesday sometime in February. (Or is it March?) That barely scratches the surface of this magical ode to utter decadence. But, it’s also a complicated holiday unlike any other
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