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Shooting in New Orleans (At Ranges, You Twits)

October 11, 2011 Nola

This is my first contribution to New Orleans Adventure, a blog dedicated to chronicling activities such as hiking, cycling, triathlons, geocaching, exploring ruins, weekend getaway spots, fishing, scuba diving, skydiving, and lots of other adventures in Nola. There are more people who shoot guns legally in New Orleans than illegally. You just can’t tell from the news [...]

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Finding Beignets

August 23, 2011 Nola

I just wanted a simple beignet. To get one, enduring the traffic of Metairie was only a slightly more appealing option than enduring the tourists of the French Quarter. I live Uptown, so I don’t think asking for our own beignet place is outrageous. Why is it that touristville, malls, and the suburbs can have [...]

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Not The Best of New Orleans

September 8, 2010 Nola

I love reading The Gambit, but every year I avoid the arrival of the Best of N.O. issue because most of the categories sound like tourists voted on them. I’m guessing the readers who actually vote must be university students or yuppies who are new to the city. It’s the only reason I can come [...]

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A Season in the Treme

July 2, 2010 Nola

Warning: This post contains spoilers. I trudged through Treme. The first episode made me crawl and squirm inside so badly I wanted to rip open my old leather sofa and get inside with the decomposing cheerios and wine stains. At first I thought it was the forced dialogue – overt references to red beans on [...]

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