Dallas apparently has a huge population of hotblooded Who Dats, former New Orleans residents who stayed after the Hurricane Katrina evacuation in 2005, or relocated there for job opportunities.
Doug MacCash
Walter “Buddy” Blakesley is a Saints superfan. He's one of those crazies who costumes for games and act as volunteer cheerleaders, keeping fellow fans whipped up on Sundays in the Superdome.
According to lore, the charming old Falstaff sign that has towered over Central City for as long as almost anyone can remember was more than a spectacular beer promotion. In its heyday, the sign was supposedly a high-tech instrument, able to predict the weather.
It’s never too hot to trot for the participants in the Red Dress Run, an annual beer-fueled, 2-mile jog in the French Quarter that takes place at 10:15 a.m. on the second Saturday in August — which this year is Aug. 10. The average high temperature that day is 86.2 degrees, though it probably feels a bit warmer considering the steam bathlike south Louisiana humidity.
It isn’t Maui. You don’t see those big blue barrels at Grand Isle, surfer Keegan McGuire says.
At least two New Orleans area parading groups have emerged as contenders for an opening on Wednesday night before Mardi Gras, a spot left vacant when the Krewe of Nyx was cut from the schedule. The question is, who should claim the spot?
David Lingle wants his great-grandfather’s historic memorabilia back. A letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, documents from the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, an 1856 portfolio of Audubon prints and other treasures are worth something like $2 million, Lingle claims.
Paper confetti cannons should be banned, parade horses should be immunized and private portable toilets should be kept off public property. Those were a few of the recommendations that the New Orleans City Council’s Carnival Legislative Advisory Committee made on Tuesday morning.
Asked if she considers herself a feminist icon, Stormy Daniels says no.