Well, the end of an era. Simply the best courtyard to sit and relax in the Quarter. Coffee-passable, food pretty good. Service usually excellent.
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The Anxiety of Paris, Captured in a Single Department Store
Sounds like the Canal Street Maison Blanche building:
“Feelings are strong because La Samaritaine isn’t just a regular store. With its central position in the city extending over several blocks, the building is a sight in itself, a Belle Époque/art deco hybrid that’s somehow halfway between a late Victorian casino and a 1930s ocean liner. The shop was a Parisian institution (think Macy’s, not Barney’s) until its building’s failure to meet current safety codes saw it closed in 2005. “You could buy something better at La Samaritaine” used to be a common Parisian put-down for people who were too proud of a new possession. The makeover always planned to keep the main, most recognizable façade intact, but this was never a building with which you could mess with impunity.”
The Anxiety of Paris, Captured in a Single Department Store – CityLab.
Wink’s opens on Decatur Street
“In the morning, Wink’s also serves hot items, such as grits, eggs and hash brown. At lunch, there are po-boys and daily specials.
Wink’s is open Sunday through Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday from 6 a.m. to midnight.”
Wink’s Buttermilk Drop Bakery and Bistro: 1218 Decatur St., New Orleans, 504.309.2481
King Creole: Free showing this Saturday at Williams Research Center
From Cameo to Close-up Monthly Film Series
THNOC will present a monthly film series in conjunction with the exhibition From Cameo to Close-up: Louisiana in Film one Saturday each month through November 2014.
All screenings will be held at the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, and will begin at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free.
June 28
King Creole (1958), starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, and Walter Matthau, followed by a walk-through of Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere with photographer Richard Sexton
The movie is loosely based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins, which follows a young Brooklyn man as he becomes involved in an underground boxing ring to support his family. Presley plays 19-year-old Danny Fisher in the film version, which is set in the French Quarter, as he spirals downward into the seedy world of local crooks and thieves. Fisher’s fists and his voice help him out of numerous situations, but harsh consequences escalate throughout the film.
Spring back in New Orleans
French Quarter block by block 
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