Sent to me on this rainy morning by my French Quarter friend, Jonny:
Category Archives: old New Orleans
Save Tujague’s – Please –
If this doesn’t beat all. FQ building owner showing his ignorance for his own family’s legacy and his building by saying he is selling one of the most historic restaurants in the city to a t-shirt shop owner in the Quarter who says it will soon be filled with fried chicken and more t-shirts. This building housed Madame Begue’s which was the most popular pre-Civil War era restaurant in New Orleans (and maybe North America) and was rejuvenated by This guy’s brother, the convivial Steven Latter as an “everybody knows your name” French Quarter place. Now that Steven Latter has passed away, they have barely waited for him to be in the ground before pulling this crap.
Not sure much can be done by regular citizens-this may be up to the money folks who can throw some dollars at this jerk to get him to sell and move the hell away.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: SAVED by the citizens of our city with new menu and cookbook.
Save Tujague's – Please – The Editor's Room – March 2013 – New Orleans, LA.
Tennessee Returns To The Quarter
Ah my favorite weekend is here. Time to head to the Quarter and immerse myself in all things literary and of Tennessee. 4 days of workshops, plays, walking tours, shouting contests and mint juleps.
Hope to see you there, and if not, look for my blogs from the Fest.
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/festival/schedule
Great song, scene from King Creole
Some of the most gorgeous shots of New Orleans ever captured on film. Worth it just for that.
what was old is new again…
Unfortunately, we haven’t seen tracks return to the Quarter, but boy, getting closer and closer…
WPA removing car tracks on Burgundy Street near Dumaine Street, 1937.
what lies beneath
with all of the infernal racket and mess that the Superbowl construction has brought to the old quarter, there are some benefits to it. As I walked to my mother’s house last week, I noticed that St. Louis has been revealed as a flagstone-covered street under that 20th century goop. Lovely bones…
What lies beneath the asphalt of many of the French Quarter streets…
Jazz drummer, popular WWOZ radio host Bob French dies
Bob French, drummer, bandleader and radio host – a direct link to the very beginnings of jazz, has passed away. For those of us that had the pleasure of meeting him, we will remember that cantankerous New Orleanian always, with love and respect.
Mr. French, YOU kept the groove alive. Thank you.
Jazz drummer, popular WWOZ radio host Bob French dies | wwltv.com New Orleans.
French Quarter block by block 
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