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Johnny White’s

As someone who had a family member who was associated almost daily with JW’s bar, I have a hard time understanding the confusion over WHICH Johnny White’s were talking about, when people read stories like the current one on the “closing” of the Sports Bar.

Closing Sports Bar
The one on St. Peter is the “real” one for lots of full-time Quarterites, and not just for motorcycle riders. It exists as a home away from home for many, and are treated as family like when the fine folks on St. Peter gave my family member an honored send off when he died last year. Those who frequent the St. Peter one (and probably hung out at Johnny’s Annex too) usually also believe that the “Sports Bar’ on Orleans is pretty bad and not one to hang out in with friends. It, like a lot of things directly on Bourbon, is too full of, well lets just say there’s too much potential for a bad time.

there are 4 places with Johnny White’s name on them in the Quarter and the ones managed by the family of Johnny White are the three BESIDES the Sports Bar. The family is taking control of that space again and probably reopening it slightly altered, which is fine with lots of us.
JW website

There. hope that helps. Now, let’s get a drink.

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Homemade Fruit Wine Demonstration

This Sunday: French Market Fare – Homemade Fruit Wine with Brewstock

Sunday, June 17 at 2 PM
Free and Open to the Public

French Market Fare Demonstration Stage (located between Ursulines and Governor Nicholls Streets)

Aaron Hyde of Brewstock will demonstrate how to make a delicious and relatively easy blackberry wine in your own home. Doing the Locavore challenge and feeling thirsty? This is a great way to bulk up your liquor cabinet! Brewstock is one of the only brewing supply shops in New Orleans, covering everything from beer and wine to soda and cheese.

For more information:
SOFab

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King Creole Returns

Dust off your blue suede shoes and head down to the Quarter, as the New Orleans Film Society, the Louisiana State Museum, and the Louisiana Museum Foundation present an outdoor screening of the classic Elvis film King Creole. The film, which takes place in and around the Vieux Carre, will be shown on our new inflatable screen set up on the grounds of the Old US Mint.

About the film: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, and Walter Matthau star in this 1958 film that tells the story of a nineteen-year-old who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women. The film was critically and commercially successful and included the song “Hard-Headed Woman,” which became a number one hit for Elvis. He later said that King Creole was his favorite acting role.

Old U.S. Mint
(400 Esplanade Avenue)
Thursday, June 28
Screening starts at 8:15 p.m./sundown

Tickets: Admission is $3 for NOFS members, members of the Louisiana Museum Foundation, and members of the Friends of the Cabildo. General admission tickets are $6.

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French Quarter Business Association invites all to “Get Away in the Vieux Carre” this summer


New Orleans, LA – The French Quarter Business Association is promoting its fourth annual “Get Away in the Vieux Carre” campaign, starting June 1st and continuing throughout the summer. French Quarter businesses are offering summer discounts and specials. You’ll be able to dine at a discount, get in 2 for 1 at attractions, and shop till you drop with one of the “Get Away” fans to keep the breeze going.
The association will also give away a complimentary “Get Away to the Vieux Carre” package to three lucky winners at the end of June, July & August. Each package will include a hotel stay, dining gift certificates, retail & attraction vouchers and more. To register for the get-away and to view which businesses are offering specials to guests throughout the summer months visit the FQBA website: http://www.fqba.org

The purpose of this annual campaign is to inspire locals and those close enough to drive in for the day or two to be French Quarter tourists. It’s the perfect time to be reminded why New Orleans and the French Quarter are one of the world’s most famous locales.

To register to win or to get more details on special offers go to http://www.fqba.org/contest. Registrants will also be able to sign up to receive weekly emails with “Get Away” specials and events though out the summer campaign. FQBA posts specials and events through Facebook & Twitter for this campaign as well as throughout the year. It’s a great way to stay in the know about the French Quarter!

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More Roy Guste photography

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“Egg on French please”

I enjoy going to the French Quarter around 7 a.m., so I can beat the groups and characters that wake up and crowd the streets by 11 a.m.
Recently, I started to catalogue the places that one could find decent cheap coffee and/or food before 9 am.

Here’s my partial list, destined to grow:
Cafe Envie
CC’s Coffeehouse, 2 locations
Croissant d’Or
Nelly Deli (Quartermaster Deli)
Matassa’s Grocery
Verti Marte (egg on French masters)
Royal Blend Coffeehouse
A&P (aka Rouse’s Grocery)

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Take a hint from the High Line

One area we need to spend a little more time throughout the city, but to me especially in the Quarter, is green space. With millions of tourists walking and spending money in that neighborhood, some beautiful AVAILABLE green space is quite overdue. Public landscaping, short paths in the parks, more tiny green spaces would all help make the Quarter seem like the paradise it should be.
The High Line was a kee-razy idea that a few people put together over a period of years, and now is one of the most admired projects in the city among the NYC residents that I know.
I challenge my fellow activists and citizens to come up with ideas about how we make the Quarter a lush garden. Feel free to contact me about the FQ tree inventory project I am still working on if you want to help.

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/globe-to/robert-hammond-executive-director-friends-of-the-high-line/article2430310/?service=mobile