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Letter from the Publisher WhoDat! Another season of Saints football is here with dreams of a trip to Super Bowl LVII. Andrew Alexander digs deep as he profiles the team and new head coach, Dennis Allen.

Archie Manning put the Saints on the map with his years of great playmaking while taking hits from all angles. He’s also the patriarch of the greatest football family and a valuable member of the local community. Enjoy our interview with this local legend.

Other great features in this issue include ways to take care of yourself during Natural Wellness Month, a look at the next generation of local musicians, and the history of croissants.

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MR. NEW ORLEANS Archie Manning’s Mark on the Crescent City

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Archie Manning can be identified by many monikers: husband to Olivia; father to Cooper, Peyton, and Eli; quarterback of the Ole Miss Rebels and New Orleans Saints; ambassador of Louisiana sports; high school quarterback mentor; and restaurateur.

As the former top pick of the New Orleans Saints, Manning’s career as quarterback of the black and gold was filled with more valleys than peaks, but it was a journey filled with fulfilling connections with teammates, coaches, opponents, friends, and, most importantly, family.

“I thank the Good Lord for the experiences I’ve had, and I wouldn’t turn back on anything,” Manning says. “I look at it all as a real, fun adventure.”

Growing up 80 miles from Ole Miss, the Drew, Mississippi native rose to national prominence as the quarterback of the Rebels in the late 1960s.

“I’ve been blessed in a lot of ways, but, personally, my greatest thrill in football was to be the starting quarterback at Ole Miss,” Manning says. “Through that period, we played a lot of big games. We didn’t win an SEC Championship, but we were contenders. Everybody knew who we were.

They had to come to play when they played us.

We lost some heartbreakers, but we won some big games.”

In 1971, Manning was selected second overall in the NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.

Heading into its fifth season, the fledgling franchise was still searching for its identity and success.

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Began his NFL career as the New Orleans Saints starting quarterback

The Manning QBs (from left): Peyton Manning (Colts, Broncos), Archie Manning (Saints, Oilers, Vikings), Eli Manning (Giants)

The Next Generation (right): Newman High School graduate and QB Arch Manning (son of Cooper) heading to the University of Texas

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“I came in the second wave,” Manning reflects. “After the first four years, they kind of changed gears a little bit. Most of the expansion players were gone, and the older guys that had played on other teams that came here were gone. It was kind of a start over, and I was part of that start over. It was tough. I got thrown right in as a young player. I’m not sure I was ready for that. I’m not sure whoever is, but that’s the way it was. You kind of learn on the go. But the fans were always great. I will forever, forever be indebted to the fans of the New Orleans Saints.”

Amid a culture of persistent change in the front office and on the sidelines, the Saints never found much success during Manning’s tenure. The franchise peaked with an 8-8 record in 1979, the team’s first non-losing season in its history.

“Even though I didn’t see the brightest side of pro football, I thoroughly enjoyed the journey,” Manning recalls. “I loved being the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints. We had a lot of changes. We kept changing in the front office. We changed coaches, we changed players, and we didn’t win many games, and we had a lot of disappointments, but, when it was all said and done, I enjoyed the journey.”

Though his team continued to struggle on the field, Manning’s role as patriarch of one of America’s great football families was just beginning in the 1970s. Manning married his college sweetheart Olivia the same week he was drafted, and, by 1976, they were raising two sons, Cooper and Peyton, in New Orleans. The trio of sons would be completed in 1981 with the arrival of Eli, and the seeds were planted for the development of the next generation of Manning football players.

Having experienced the journey of collegiate and professional football, Manning admits he was hesitant to label his sons as special football players too early.

“My kids were playing in their

sophomore year of high school, and somebody would say, ‘Oh, he’s going to be a college football player,’” Manning says. “And I’d say, ‘Who are you? Are you a scout? What do you know?’ I didn’t go there. I wanted them to enjoy the high school experience and then you worry about the next phase—maybe about your junior or senior year—if and when it’s presented to you. I was later than a lot of people in recognizing or talking about that.”

Manning says that he and his wife just tried to raise kids, not necessarily football players but was happy they found that path.

“It was fun to go and support them, carpool them, be there for them and let them learn a few lessons along the way.”

Manning’s father instilled competitive balance in him growing up—never getting too high or too low, regardless of the outcome of a game—a trait he passed along to his sons, who collectively experienced varying highs and lows during their football careers.

Cooper, Manning’s eldest son, saw his football career cut short in the summer before his freshman year at Ole Miss after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis.

“We were disappointed that Cooper kind of got cheated out of his career with a spinal cord problem,” Manning says.

“Cooper was a great inspiration for the rest of the family the way he handled that. He handled it unbelievably.”

Manning’s second and third sons, Peyton and Eli, followed in their father’s footsteps, playing quarterback at Southeastern Conference schools collegiately before embarking on successful careers in the NFL—both winning two Super Bowls. Yet, despite all of the accolades Peyton and Eli earned over their illustrious careers, Manning is most proud of the way his sons conducted themselves off the field.

“They established themselves as good players and good teammates,” Manning says. “Both of them won the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. They gave back in their communities.”

While he and his wife Olivia have called New Orleans home for over 50 years, they have produced more than just three talented offspring, as the family founded the Manning Passing Academy over a quarter century ago, where, each summer at Nicholls State University, the elder Manning and his three sons teach high schoolers the finer points of passing and catching a football.

He adapted his gridiron prowess for the restaurant industry as well, partnering with Harrah’s New Orleans to create Manning’s Sports Bar & Grill in the Warehouse District. Manning’s go-to order is a cup of gumbo, half order of catfish, and a half order of wings, legs only, but he says to not sleep on the hamburger.

“It looks too good to eat. It looks so good,” he states.

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Retooled and Rejuvenated Saints Prepping for a Postseason Return

By Andrew Alexander

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The transition from the Sean Payton/Drew Brees era is officially complete. A year after the franchise quarterback hung up his cleats, New Orleans’ longtime head coach retired as well, paving the way for defensive coordinator Dennis Allen to be promoted.

In two stints, Allen has been a member of the Saints coaching staff for 12 years.

The 49-year-old was a defensive coach from 2006-10, a period which included the team’s lone Super Bowl run. Allen returned to the Saints in 2015 as a senior defensive assistant and was promoted to defensive coordinator mid-season, after his predecessor, Rob Ryan, was fired. The promotion marks the second head coaching job Allen has held. Allen was the head coach of the dumpster fire known as the Oakland Raiders from 2012-2014, where his teams posted an 8-28 record. He was fired four games into his third season after the team started off winless. Let’s hope the second time’s the charm for his head coaching résumé.

After four years of winning the NFC South, the Saints slipped to 9-8 last season, finished second in the division, and missed the playoffs. Some fans would consider that a miraculous finish given the circumstances.

The Saints lost starting quarterback Jameis Winston to an ACL injury in Week 8, then endured a five-game losing streak, and started an NFL-record 58 different players (including four quarterbacks) during the season due to injuries and COVID. Yet, they closed the year out by winning four of five games, finished with a winning record, and

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were a tiebreaker away from making the playoffs. Resiliency is part of the fabric of this franchise’s DNA. The 2022 season brings renewed hope for a team that was put through the wringer a year ago. Key returns of Winston, injured wide receiver Michael Thomas, and fresh faces in free agency have fans buzzing about what this new era under Allen may bring.

OFFENSE The return of quarterback Jameis Winston could spell big things for a Saints offense which sputtered following Winston’s midseason injury last season. Before going down, Winston had thrown 14 touchdowns to just three interceptions in an offense lacking in playmakers, especially in the receiving corps.

Winston should have a bevy of talented options to throw to this season, with the return of All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas from ankle injuries, the free agent signing of Pro-Bowler Jarvis Landry, and new first round draft pick Chris Olave. To put into

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LSU alum Jarvis Landry is a fivetime Pro Bowler returning to his home state

Tyrann Mathieu made headlines at LSU

finish with a shot at the postseason. If fellow D-Linemen Marcus Davenport, Payton Turner, and David Onyemata can consistently stay on the field, the sky's the limit for this group.

PREDICTION Linebacker Demario Davis Everything that could go wrong, is still the heartbeat of the did for the Saints last season. defense, but there needs to That can’t possibly happen be progression from the rest again. Right? Regardless of of the group, including Pete how football karma bounces Werner, Kaden Elliss, and for New Orleans this year, the Zack Baun. The secondary biggest reason to believe has the potential to be very this team will be back special. Shutdown corner in the playoffs is the Marshon Lattimore is one return of so many key of the best at his position, pieces. Winston is a C.J. Gardner-Johnson solid quarterback, is one of the fiercest Thomas is one of the competitors, blessed with best receivers in the the uncanny ability to get league, and Lutz has under opponents’ skin, and swung many tight second-year corner Paulson games in his career.

Adebo has the makings How first year head of a special player. Two coach Dennis Allen new safeties join that adapts to being back trio in the defensive as the top dog on backfield: Marcus Maye the sidelines remains and Tyrann Mathieu. the biggest question The latter addition mark. What did he made headlines as learn as a Payton the former LSU and Linebacker disciple, and how did his St. Augustine star Demario Davis past unsuccessful head is returning to is still the coaching experience his hometown, heartbeat of shape the way he bringing operates this time leadership, the defense around? If we Super Bowl learned anything experience, from the Payton/ and an unrivaled Brees era, it’s this: A playmaking ability to the Saints good coach plus a good defense. Needless to say, quarterback generally equals it’s great to see the positive results. Time to get Honey Badger some W’s. repping a Louisiana New Orleans: 10-7, NFC team once Wild Card Game again.

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SPECIAL TEAMS The most underrated hit to last season’s roster was kicker Wil Lutz missing the entire season. The week-to-week margin for error any given Sunday is razor thin and having a reliable kicker can sometimes mean the difference between contending for a division title and watching the playoffs at home. Lutz is as consistent as they come in the kicking world.

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perspective how lackluster New Orleans’ receiving game was last season, running back Alvin Kamara led the team in receptions with 47. Michael Thomas had 40 catches in only seven games in 2020, and caught an NFL record 149 passes in 2019, his last full season.

Winston had Thomas is joined by thrown 14 fellow veteran Landry, a touchdowns five-time Pro Bowler, who signed with the Saints this to just three offseason. Landry spent interceptions in an the last four seasons offense lacking in in Cleveland and is playmakers coming off his worst year statistically but battled injuries to both himself (he missed five games) and his quarterback.

Yet, the former LSU and Lutcher High School standout returning to his home state could be the jolt of energy the eightyear veteran needs to rejuvenate his career.

DEFENSE Rounding out the The Saints defensive unit has been one Saints talented trio of wide receivers is the anchors of this team the past few Chris Olave, the Saints first round draft years. As Brees’ play declined in his final pick. Olave, who like Thomas hails from seasons and when Winston was sidelined Ohio State, posted over 930 yards, 65 midway through 2021, Payton relied on receptions, and 13 touchdowns in his final Allen’s unit to carry the team, punish the season as a Buckeye. Toss in last season’s opponent and help squeak out victories to key contributors including Marquez keep the playoff hopes alive in the midst of Callaway, Deonte Harty (formerly Harris), offensive woes. and Tre’Quan Smith, and this group has the With Allen now serving as head coach, potential to be one of the most fearsome the Saints promoted defensive assistants receiving corps in the NFL this season.

Ryan Nielsen and Kris Richard as coA worrisome x-factor for the offense defensive coordinators, a title that should is the potential loss of star running back make any Saints fan nervous. Although the Alvin Kamara for an extended period.

Who Dat Nation can hope for the best, the Following an offseason arrest, the idea of co-anything in football is usually possibility of a multi-game suspension a disaster. Fortunately, with Allen still in still looms large. Kamara’s production house to oversee things and a solid core of decreased last season amid the chaos veteran talent, New Orleans may avoid the surrounding the offensive unit, but the dreaded co-coordinator curse. return of a prominent passing game would The defensive line is talented but open some lanes for the All-Pro back. not entirely reliable. Defensive end Cam Kamara faced defenses with eight or more Jordan closed out the 2021 season on defenders in the box more frequently than fire, recording 8.5 sacks in the ever last season, as teams sold out to final quarter of the stop New Orleans’ most potent weapon. regular season to An injury (and suspension) free season help the team promises magic for the Saints’ offense.

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BACK TO SCHOOL

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Higher Learning in The Big Easy

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Beyond that fun, “Big Easy” atmosphere, let’s not forget: New Orleans is one heck of a place to go to college.

New Orleans is known for a lot of things: its food, culture, music, high crime rate, and high heat index. With more than 130 festivals annually offering everything from cocktails to Caribbean cuisine, there’s always something happening in New Orleans.

New Orleans is also home to at least nine colleges and universities in the city proper, with even more in the Greater New Orleans area. And where else but in New Orleans can you have a crawfish boil on your campus quad, drink a daiquiri in your dorm room, or do your homework while camped out at a music festival—and still get a top-rated education?

With the following list of fun facts, here’s a quick study of New Orleans’ many institutions of higher learning.

Delgado is the largest of NOLA’s colleges/universities

DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1. The only two-year college on this list, Delgado is the oldest and largest community college in the state.

2. With seven different campuses in the city—the largest of which covers 57 acres—it’s also the largest of all New Orleans’ colleges/universities.

3. Delgado’s official mascot is Izzy the Dolphin. This seemingly odd choice for a New Orleans school (ignore the rumors—there are no dolphins swimming in Lake Pontchartrain) was selected by student election in 1972 when the former mascot, a turtle, was deemed not robust and feisty enough for the role. The dolphin was likely selected due to alliteration (the “Delgado Dolphins”) and because the Miami Dolphins were having a particularly good season that year.

4. Delgado’s School of Nursing is among the top 25 nursing schools in the U.S. 5. The school was named for 19th-century Jamaican immigrant and New Orleans businessman, sugar planter, and philanthropist Isaac Delgado, who ponied up the cash to start the school in 1921 as a boys’ vocational trade school.

NOTE: There are many colleges and universities in the area. For the sake of conciseness and nothing else, this list excludes any institutions that are a branch of another university whose main campus is located outside of New Orleans (such as Southern University at New Orleans and the LSU Health Sciences Center).

DILLARD UNIVERSITY 1. Founded in 1935 in Gentilly, Dillard is Louisiana’s oldest historically Black university.

2. Dillard was the first college or university in the state to offer an accredited four-year nursing degree.

3. What do Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama, Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson, Denzel Washington, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall have in common? They’ve all spoken at or visited Dillard University.

4. Dillard president Dr. Walter Kimbrough succeeded in getting $160 million in Hurricane Katrina loans pardoned by the federal government in 2018.

5. Dillard was voted the 8th most beautiful college campus by Intelligent.com.

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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY 1. The land that Loyola was built on was purchased by a Jesuit priest for just $75,000 in 1884 and now covers 24 acres.

2. Loyola’s massive library is 150,000 square feet (that’s about one and a half times the size of an entire New York City block).

3. Loyola was voted the 196th Best National University (out of 4,000) by U.S. News & World Report.

4. The university offers study abroad programs in over 50 countries around the world.

5. Over half of undergraduates belong to an ethnic minority.

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TULANE UNIVERSITY 1. Tulane University was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven doctors who wanted to help fight yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, and other disease epidemics prevalent at the time.

2. Tulane offers 70 different majors, five schools, and 1,700 options of classes.

3. Depending on which school you attend, Tulane’s tuition ranges from $37,472 to $67,472 per year.

4. Tulane’s mascot, Gumby the Green Wave (aka the “Angry Wave”), was almost a pelican named Pecker.

5. While on campus, Tulane’s students—who hail from all 50 states and 58 countries—are an average of 923 miles from home.

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UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS 1. Holy Cross is the only four-year university in New Orleans located on the Westbank.

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#3 CLEAR OUT THE CLUTTER AND GET ORGANIZED Do you let things pile up and collect around your house? Although you may not admit that you are messy, eliminating clutter in your life is crucial for your health.

“Cluttered surroundings mean a cluttered mind,” said Kay Morrison, owner of the Occasional Wife, a local professional organizer in New Orleans. “When a person’s space is cluttered, they feel weighed down and stuck. But when they get organized, it is beneficial for their mental health, enhances their social life, and can even save them money.”

According to Morrison, the first step in the organization process is a commitment to purge. “The client must be ready to let things go,” added Morrison. “They have to be ready to make a change and purge. Then, we can help them with their goals, getting their home organized and decluttered.”

Morrison’s business of organization is a “personal matter” because everything has a place and there is a place for everything. “It’s important to be organized for your mental health and happiness.”

EASY WAYS to Practice Self-care

Although the month of August signals the end of summer, it’s the perfect time for self-care.

In between the busy days of carpooling and long hours at the office, caring for yourself tends to drop to the bottom of your priority list. But taking a few moments every day for self-care may help relieve stress and make you more productive.

“Self-care is important because we are creating an awareness of self,” said Kellie Petrou, a local mental health counselor with a private practice in Metairie called Inspiring the Individual. “Everyone should take time to refuel and recharge so you can continue to take care of others.”

As a certified care support and addiction specialist, Petrou, focuses on the emotional self. “We look inside and teach the individuals to love themselves. My motto is ‘we feel and deal together so that individuals can heal.’ That is part of developing a relationship with yourself.”

A daily self-care practice can reduce or eliminate stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as improve energy, mood, and physical health. When focusing on building your selfcare plan, consider these recommendations.

#1 PAMPER YOURSELF Whether you indulge yourself with an hour of massage, a facial, or a “float,” be sure to recharge yourself back to health.

“Floating is 90 minutes of deep relaxation and healing,” said Cecil Roebuck, co-owner of Float NOLA, a local state-ofthe-art floatation spa and wellness center located in the Central Business District. “Individuals decompress on all levels. Floating is good for everyone from athletes to chemo patients, pregnant women, students, etc. It takes all the secrets of time away from your mind.”

Roebuck explained, the Epsom salt solution is clean and sulfur-free, which helps to keep the thermal temperatures warm for a heavenly floatation session. “I add magnesium to the solution and heat it to 94 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes the solution hyper-buoyant. The magnesium, which is absorbed in your skin, helps to get rid of inflammation. ”Whether you take a weekly bubble bath or enjoy a session of floatation therapy, taking care of yourself is necessary.

#2 EXERCISE REGULARLY In our ever-changing, fast-paced world, adopting an exercise routine can improve your heart health, lower your blood pressure, and protect against chronic diseases. Also, exercise is good for weight loss. It also helps brain function and memory. Recent research suggests that adults who increase their exercise to at least 15 minutes per day can cut their risk of stroke by a whopping 40%.

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#4 SEEK THE RECOMMENDED SLEEP “Sleep is an integral part of our lives,” said Mohammad Cheema, MD, who’s treated the adult and pediatric population since 2015 at his private practice, the Sleep Center of New Orleans. “On the average, the National Institute of Health recommends that adults get between 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Any deviations from that create health concerns and cause a person not to perform at their optimal capacity.”

Without the recommended hours of sleep, a person can wake up groggy, agitated, and feel less productive. “Sleep is built into our system,” said Dr. Cheema, who is also President of the Louisiana Academy of Sleep Medicine.

“Sleep provides the opportunity for our bodies to heal and to grow.”

Dr. Cheema said, good sleep hygiene is imperative as is keeping the same nightly routine. He suggested these tips: ● Relax in a comfortable environment before going to sleep. “Temperature is a big factor. The recommended temperature is between 69 and 70 degrees. If it is too hot or too cold, you’ll wake up during the night and disturb your sleep.” ● Avoid screen time. “This is a tough one for people to put down their cell phones,” he added. “Limit cell phone usage before bed as well as avoid watching television one half hour before bed. Read a book or do some relaxation or breathing techniques.” ● Keep your wake up time consistent. “Going to sleep is not in our control,” Dr. Cheema emphasized. “What we do control is the time we wake up.

Consistent waking times are important. We advise a sleeping pattern of going to bed at 10:00 p.m. and waking up at 6:00 a.m. or 7:00 a.m.

These are the things we can do for self care.”

#5 PRACTICE POSITIVITY Making positive strides in your life like nature walks, daily affirmations, and social interaction with friends can help fulfill the entire spectrum of self-care needs. Schedule a playdate with friends or write down daily affirmations. These simple acts of self-care can improve your mental and physical health. Performing daily chores like making your bed in the morning can be a labor of self-care, as well as a sense of accomplishment to start your day on a positive note. As Andre Gide, French author and Nobel Prize winner, said, “Loving yourself isn’t vanity—it’s sanity.”

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Bacchanal Wine Carl James Keith, Noah Young Trio, Tangiers Combo Bullet’s Sports Bar Just Right Band Felix’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar Will Wesley Fillmore New Orleans Three Days Grace Gasa Gasa Ryan of Lynn Harrah’s New Orleans Zero 9:36, Three Days Grace, Wage War Mahogany Jazz Hall Mahogany Jazz Hall All Stars Marigny Brasserie Nanci Zee, Dinosaurchestra Mid-City Lanes Rock n Bowl School of Rock Snug Harbor Leon Kid Chocolate Quartet St. Pat’s Irish Coffeehouse The Celtic Music Session The Jazz Playhouse James River Movement Twelve Mile Limit Jason Davey MONDAY, AUGUST 8 DMACS Bar & Grill Monday Blues Jam Gasa Gasa Grace Gardener Mahogany Jazz Hall The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Silk Road No Quarter Shanty Krewe Zony Mash Beer Project Nigel Hall TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 Gasa Gasa Teenage Halloween with Nana Grizol & Pope Mahogany Jazz Hall Paul Longstreth’s Bad Trad Republic NOLA Pinegrove WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

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The Helis Foundation, a group dedicated to connecting individuals in the community to the arts, is helping New Orleans residents to beat the heat this summer.

For the month of August, if the temperature on Saturdays is at or above 95 degrees, New Orleans residents can gain free admission to three of New Orleans’ top art museums: the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect the community to local art experiences.

On August 6, join Fidelity Bank and Art District New Orleans (ADNO) for White Linen Night on Julia Street. For this event, participants dress in all white attire and stroll through several blocks of works from galleries, museums, and institutions in the surrounding area. There will be food and drinks from local vendors, as well as art-centric activities.

White Linen Night will take place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., with more information available on their website.

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Visit select New Orleans restaurants for a summer of food, culture, and fun. For all of August, participating restaurants will serve dining deals to guests, so that everyone can enjoy a Big Easy culinary experience.

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This year’s lineup features 20 music acts performing on two stages with swing, brass, funk, R&B, jazz fusion, and jazz among the music genres included.

Preservation Brass and Kermit Ruffins are notable performers that will be returning this year. In addition to the music, festival goers can experience New Orleans’ fare from several of the city’s most infamous restaurants, listen to speakers among the likes of Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi and vocalist Jewel Brown, as well as see engaging art exhibitions in the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

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Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas form the cast of How Did This Get Made? which is featured on the Earwolf network.

In each episode, the cast gathers and engages in the deconstruction and ridicule of bad, unconventional films. On August 12, the group will kick off their seven-city tour at Mahalia Jackson Theater for Performing Arts. The live episodes provide a unique experience for the audience, in which they can pose questions to the hosts, view neverbefore-seen clips, and create improvised songs for podcast segments.

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Every year, on the second Saturday of August, locals and visitors alike put on their brightest red dresses and gather for the annual Red Dress Run. The event takes place at Crescent City Park and is a two-mile run for charity. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and you must be 21 or older to register. Tickets can be purchased on their website, or you can pay cash on the day of the race. This event is truly a must-see to close out your New Orleans summer.

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NEXTGEN NOLA ARTISTS

By Emily Hingle

It’s easier than ever to get your name out as a musical artist with free tools for event promotion, music sharing, and merch selling in the palm of your hand.

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Your music can be heard by people in the farthest corners of the planet unlike before the digital age, when music was only heard on the radio, at a live show you learned about from a flier, or on an album bought at a record store.

Our digital world is changing the music business, but it’s not all good news. Social media can be daunting, and making money from music sales has decreased for many musicians because of streaming. Locally, young artists are feeling the pinch of the digital age while also finding real-world fans on stages near and far. Three next-gen artists in hip hop, jazz, and pop would like listeners to know the ever-changing nature of their craft and how people can support their favorite bands.

Alfred Banks summarized the digital age by stating, “Social media is ridiculously important.

It’s unfortunate, too.” Alfred is a rapper who infuses his bars with messages about mental health and positivity.

As a solo artist and half of the band SaxKixAve, his real-world accolades hold a heavier

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India or South America who can’t come to New Orleans can discover me on YouTube, which is beautiful. The downside is I don’t get paid.”

Playing live shows is how many artists make the bulk of their livelihood, but even that is changing, as people may not want to see a band in a crowded venue, and a number of venues have shuttered since the pandemic.

Newer to the scene, pop artist LeTrainiump is a radiant bolt of positivity.

Hailing from Mamou, LeTrainiump dreamed of becoming a well-known musician in his dream city of New Orleans with his signature sound derived from upbeat pop music of the 1980s and 1990s. “The 80s/90s influence came from the clothes I was wearing. I was always thrifting. I like my music to be nostalgic,” he said smiling.

“You get a chance to relive your childhood or feel something you haven’t felt in a long time.”

Unlike the 80s and 90s, musicians rely on live performance rather than music sales

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weight than his social media presence.

“I don’t really live for social media. It’s important because that’s how people judge you now. If your follower count ain’t high enough, your music sucks. I feed into it as much as I feel is healthy, but I’m still passing out flyers, doing live shows— building my fan base that way.”

Sasha Masakowski is not unknown in New Orleans music. She has performed alongside her father Steve Masakowski, the Coca-Cola Endowed Chair of Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans and a highly accomplished jazz guitarist, since she was a child. Her desire to write new music has taken her all over, and this is the same reason that makes her want to limit social media use. “I think it’s really toxic for artists to be consuming social media. It stifles your creativity or shortens your attention span. Whenever I can get away from it for a few weeks, I feel like I’m able to focus on writing and get into a productive and positive headspace,” she mused. “I wonder how other artists balance the two.”

Streaming apps allow you to play pretty much any song that has ever been recorded or performed live and filmed. The revenue that comes to the artists doesn’t add up to much; they are making fractions of pennies per stream.

Sasha explained the change that she’s experienced in just the last 15 years, saying, “I would sell 75 CDs on a Tuesday night at Balcony Music Club. Now everyone looks at you like you’re crazy. I try to push people towards Bandcamp because at least we get a little money from that. People in

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to make a living. “I’m fortunate enough to do just this for a living, but I hustle. You have to take a lot less in life than your peers which sucks because it lowers the quality of your life. But it’s for the dream. If this was 15 years ago, I could have sold CDs. I’m hoping to see a change in the near future.

You can’t even sit in a coffee shop right now without listening to music. It’s pretty unfair that things you bare with your soul just get given away for free.”

Needing to play live shows to be a fulltime musician likely means that you’ll have to get out of town, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing if fans in other cities dig your sound more than the hometown crowd.

“There’s a difference [between] being successful in New Orleans and coming out of New Orleans. I’m local in the sense that I’m from here, but I’m not a local rapper at all,” stated Alfred Banks. “To be successful in New Orleans, you have to make bounce music or street music. There’s a new energy coming around, and we’re not rapping about guns. We are the children of those people who were unfortunately addicted to substances and were involved in those things. Those were our big brothers, our uncles, our mothers and fathers. Some of us did follow that path, some of us did step back from it and realize that ain’t the only way, and some of us rejected it 100%,” he continued. “That’s the music you’re hearing now. I don’t know a person alive who doesn’t want their hometown’s appreciation. I learned a long time ago that wasn’t going to happen for me. Now that I got up out of here, I came back, and now

I’m getting love.”

Sasha also felt the need to break away to broaden her musical horizon. She moved to New York in 2015. After traveling throughout Europe and Thailand for a year during the pandemic, she’s living in New Orleans again, at least for now. “I felt like I hit a ceiling and I couldn’t grow artistically.

I’ve played with every musician and played every club. To be able to live in New York, make music with artists who inspired me, was so special. It helps you grow artistically to be surrounded by people that are better than you so that the bar gets set higher and you constantly have to be pushing yourself.”

Her hometown does have some advantages over other cities though. “New Orleans is a great city to work things out.

Whereas [in] New York or L.A., you don’t have that freedom if you bomb. The stakes are a bit higher.”

As Alfred Banks, Sasha Masakowski, and LeTrainiump work on performing and creating new music, their goal is the same—quality. “I want to make something that when I look back ten years from now, I can say that I’m proud of that. I want it to turn heads,” Letrainiump stated. “If you put in the work for it, and you put in the genuine effort of building something, people will show up.”

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CRESCENT BREAD IN THE CRESCENT CITY The History of Croissants

By Burke Bischoff

While New Orleans, aka America’s most European city, has the famous and delicious pairing of café au lait and beignets, the Big Easy wouldn’t even have that claim to fame if not for France and the country’s obsession with baked goods. In addition to beignets, baguettes, and so much more, nothing quite screams française quite like the iconic croissant.

A croissant, easily recognized by its distinctive crescent shape, is bread that is made from French yeast-leavened laminated dough, which is layered with butter and then rolled and folded multiple times to make it fluffy and flaky. Despite looking relatively simple, croissants are internationally renowned and can be found in most any bakery, patisserie, and café around the world.

For something so synonymous with France, croissants are actually heavily inspired by an Austrian baked good called a kipferl kipferl,, which has the same crescent shape but is made using heavier wheat flour dough. This version of the pastry has been made in Austria since the 13th century and can be found all over Central Europe in countries including Hungary, Croatia, and Slovakia, most likely due to Austria’s influence as a former major European empire.

The kipferl’s crescent shape actually has a few interesting origin myths surrounding it. Pastries and breads made to look like crescents have been served as far back as Ancient Greece to honor Selene, who was the

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goddess of the moon in Greek myth.

For the kipferl specifically, it’s claimed that the shape was made to honor Christian forces who were able to fend off an army of invading Ottoman Turks from capturing Vienna in 1683. According to legend, a baker who was working throughout the night heard faint rumbling noises coming from underground his shop. When he went to investigate, he discovered it was actually Turks who were tunneling under the city’s walls to invade it from the inside. Once the word got out, the tunnel was blown up to trap the Turks inside. As a reward for his actions, the baker asked for exclusive rights to bake a crescent-shaped pastry to commemorate the incident, basing it off the Islamic star and crescent symbol that appeared on the Ottoman Empire’s flag.

This story is pretty dubious since the kipferl had been present in Austria for a few centuries before the story supposedly took place, and there’s also a Hungarian version of the legend that claims that same exact version of events happened in 1686, when the Turks attacked Budapest. However, the legend remains popular and widespread enough so that, in 2013, Syrian rebels banned croissants and other related pastries in Aleppo on the supposed basis that they celebrate European victory over Muslims.

How the kipferl came to become the croissant is far less fantastical. In either 1838 or 1839, an Austrian artillery officer named August Zang opened a Viennese

bakery, named Boulangerie Viennoise, in Paris. Specializing in not only kipferls but also Vienna loaves and more, the bakery quickly became a hit with Parisians. It became so popular that imitators started doing their own style of kipferls kipferls,, thus officially giving birth to French-style croissants.

With France’s long and storied presence on the world stage, as well as developing chains that sell factory-made, massproduced croissants in the 1970s, the French version of this pastry has become the most immediately recognizable around the world.

So it makes sense that a deeply Frenchrooted city like New Orleans has plenty of locations where folks can pick up different varieties of croissants.

One of the best places around NOLA to grab some croissants and baked goods in general, is La Boulangerie on Magazine Street. This bakery serves a truly large variety of both sweet croissants like cinnamon walnut churro and bread pudding to savory croissants such as the quiche Lorraine and cheese straws. For anyone on or traveling to the Westbank, you’ll find very good croissant options at both Hi Do Bakery in Terrytown and Amore Bakery and Café in Old Gretna.

There are so many great places in the city for croissants that it’s almost impossible to list them all.

With a cup of coffee in one hand and a croissant in the other, you can easily experience the Parisian, or even Austrian, way of life right here in the Crescent City.

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By Kim Ranjbar

Where to find the best frappes in the Big Easy.

Even for aficionados, a piping hot cup of coffee on a sweltering summer day in New Orleans is about as appealing as running a 10k in a goose down parka. Though many folks can be found sheltering inside well air-conditioned spaces where a steaming cuppa Joe can be had in relative comfort, it’s altogether easier, more portable, and infinitely more fun to go frozen with a frappe.

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Describing drinks chilled with ice, the name frappé is French in origin and goes as far back as the late 1800s. The French were enjoying café frappé, or iced coffee, which was sometimes served like slushes. Then, in 1957 Giannis Dristas, a representative of Nestlé, created the Greek version of café frappé, by mixing instant coffee, cold water, and ice cubes in a cocktail shaker—an invention that has forever linked Nescafé to frappé.

Fast-forward to the ‘90s when George Howell’s Massachusetts coffee shop chain, the Coffee Connection, developed and trademarked the frappuccino, made with ice cream and cappuccino. The Coffee Connection was purchased by the Seattlebased java giant Starbucks in 1994 and the rest, as they say, is history.

These days, it seems coffee shops use the terms frappe (sounds like slap), frappé, frozen coffee, and frappuccino interchangeably to mean the same thing, though if your shop isn’t Starbucks, you’re likely to get slapped with a lawsuit for formally using the latter. Whatever you call it, it’s a sweet, cooling delivery method for that daily caffeine injection we all adore, and, as a bonus, you don’t have to go to Starbucks to get it.

Though Coast Roast Coffee started

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in Long Beach, Mississippi, it has quickly become a beloved New Orleans brand with a café inside St. Roch Market and CR Coffee Shop on Magazine Street.

Using high-quality arabica, they roast the beans in a restored, century-old roaster, resulting in a smooth, rich flavor you have to taste to appreciate. Though they do offer a regular frozen coffee, it is more than worth it to try their chocolatecovered espresso bean flavor to add an extra sweet jolt to your day.

Away over there in Arabi, there’s a cool little café dubbed, most appropriately, the Coffee House. This community café started life as a drive-thru in 2015 and has now grown into a full-fledged shop, offering java brewed from Coast Roast beans as well as free WiFi, friendly faces, and handmade croissants and breakfast burritos. Their frosty frappe flavors, replete with whipped cream, are constantly changing, but they’ve been known to offer everything from white chocolate and cheesecake to lavender maple and (a Star Wars fan favorite) “Darth Frappe,” or mocha and almond with chocolate whipped cream.

Way down in Metairie, in a busy strip mall on W. Esplanade Avenue, Evolve Coffee is mixing it up serving specialty coffees and teas, including the healthful and oh-so popular matcha. Using beans roasted by Mojo Coffee, Evolve makes not only a creamy, frozen latte, but a cool matcha-licious fusion dubbed the “frozen Evolution”—a mashup of freshly brewed espresso and ceremonial-grade matcha sourced from Japan. One day perhaps we’ll see them slushify their signature rose matcha latte.

Speaking of Mojo, as one of the first coffee shops in town featuring “handcrafted pour over methods” to the GNO, it should come as no surprise that at least one of their locations offers a fabulous frappe. In the Lower Garden District, on the corner of Magazine and Race streets, Mojo serves frozen coffees with a slew of syrups added for flavor, from salted caramel and Bananas Foster to miel (honey), Milky Way, and king cake.

Coffee giant PJ’s Coffee has locations all over the country, but it calls New Orleans home as it was founded here in 1978 by Phyllis Jordan. Sourcing only “the best quality arabica beans,” which are then small-batch roasted, PJ’s features their own frappes, though they’re called granitas (traditionally an Italian sno-balllike dessert) and “velvet ice.” Though the two are generally only offered mocha and latte-flavored, the company will occasionally release seasonal versions like Southern wedding cake with vanilla and almond or honey macadamia.

Finally, one of the most famous frappes to be had in the Crescent City would have to be the frozen cafe au lait at Cafe Du Monde. Whether you’re at Lakeside Mall, on Williams Boulevard in Kenner (brah), or standing in line at their iconic, green and white-awninged stand on Decatur Street in the French Quarter, it’s pretty hard to beat this frozen coffee and chicory treat. Grab one to slurp while gaping at the Mighty Mississippi, and, perhaps, this summer won’t seem quite so hot.

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RESTAURANT GUIDE Crescent City Steaks offers steaks made of prime-aged beef and cooked the New Orleans’ way—sizzled in butter.

Louisiana’s oldest family-owned steakhouse consistently includes steaks like filets wrapped in bacon to cowboy ribeyes. 1001 N. Broad St., 504-821-3271, crescentcitysteaks.com Curio is your ideal French Quarter eatery with a menu including Creole favorites such as shrimp and grits and a tasty crawfish cavatappi pasta. They also offer an extensive beer and wine list. 301 Royal St., 504-7174198, curionola.com Daisy Dukes is committed to providing you the best Southern fixins in the city 24/7, such as blackened alligator sausage, shrimp po-boys, gumbo, and fried green tomatoes. Pair your food with their awardwinning Cajun Bloody Mary. Multiple Locations, daisydukesrestaurant.com

Parkway Bakery and Tavern has been proudly serving Bayou St. John with po-boys, beer, and baked goods since 1911. Its menu boasts some of the best sandwiches in the city, and its classic neighborhood feel just can’t be beat. 538 Hagan Ave, parkwaypoorboys.com Spudly’s Super Spuds has the best baked potatoes in town. They specialize in unique baked potato dishes like the pizza spud, shrimply put, and chicken delight.

They also serve sandwiches, po-boys, and salads. 2609 Harvard Ave., 504-455-3250, spudlys.com The Steakhouse at Harrah’s uses local, regional ingredients to make savory steakhouse classics such as ribeye, blackened strip, and filet mignon. They also serve fresh seafood, decadent desserts, and handcrafted cocktails. 228 Poydras St., 504-533-6111, caesars. com/ harrahsnew-orleans

Gattuso’s Neighborhood Restaurant is a great spot on the Westbank offering delicious choices such as grilled shrimp wraps, catfish bites, and sweet chili wings.

And if you have a puppo, outdoor seating is available.

435 Huey P. Long Ave., Gretna, 504-368-1114, gattusos.net

Taste of Memphis BBQ Joint is a barbecue restaurant and caterer that has Houmas House & Gardens is perfect for a day trip. authentic Visit the Carriage House and enjoy Louisiana ribs or Memphisturtle soup, or head to Latil’s Landing for more upscale offerings and a diverse wine menu. Dixie Café offers a full style BBQ breakfast and lunch buffet. 401336 LA-942, Darrow, such as classic 225-473-9380, houmashouse.com pulled pork sandwiches, Jimmy J’s Café is the funkiest diner to have a cup smoked of joe or a Bloody Mary, eggs rancho, Monte Cristo French toast, or poached eggs Tuscan style, 24/7. Not a ribs, or hot breakfast fan? Jimmy J’s po-boys, soups, and salads will wings. You satisfy your palate. 115 Chartres St., 504-309-9360, can also get your BBQ bologna or BBQ spaghetti fix here. 135 S. jimmyjscafe.com Dorgenois St., 504-596-8227, facebook.com/ tasteofmemphisbbqjoint Lakeview Harbor Restaurant & Bar is a cozy spot right by the lake that is perfect to watch the sun set.

Ugly Dog Saloon is a great New Orleans’ spot to catch They make good po-boys, wings, steaks, and fried the big game and get tangy, smoky BBQ. The menu pickles. 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 504-486-4887, features classic smoked meats like ribs, burnt ends, lakeviewharbor.us and even sampling platters, along with inventive house Legacy Kitchen Craft Tavern is a great place to enjoy favorites, such as the Lafitte Pig. 401 Andrew Higgins Blvd., 504-569-8459, delicious beignets, avocado toast, or chicken & waffles. theuglydogsaloon.com Coming for dinner? Try their shrimp tacos, pan-roasted salmon, and redfish Pontchartrain. 700 Tchoupitoulas St. #3612, 504-613-2350, legacykitchen.com

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scallops and foie gras. 544 Carondelet St., 504-8147711, barmarilou.com

quick and tasty lunch, with local favorites being the grilled caesar pita and the Caffe! Caffe! take on the muffuletta.

They have breakfast options like the classic egg, cheese, Down the Hatch is a bar and grill, boasting delicious and bacon biscuit. and unique plates, such as their alligator po-boy or Multiple Locations, caffecaffe.com quesadilla rolls. Along with great food, they are open for 1000 Magazine St., 504-528-1941, late night grub and offer an outdoor patio. 1921 Sophie higginshotelnola.com Wright Pl., 504-522-0909, downthehatchnola.com Café Normandie at the Higgins Hotel is next door to Ernst Café is the oldest continually operating bar in the the National World War II Museum. The newly opened Warehouse District. Aside from their craft cocktails like restaurant features French-influenced dishes, such as the Fulton 75 or Ernst Cup, they also have tasty creole crab beignets and snapper almondine, among many dishes and sandwiches to choose from. 600 S. Peters other delicious options. 1000 Magazine St., St., 504-525-8544, ernstcafe.com 504-528-1941, higginshotelnola.com Flamingo A-Go-Go is a prime outdoor spot for New Orleanians with on-tap “flocktails” paired with appetizers including the garlic parmesan chicken bites or pepper jack boudin bombers. Stop in for fun day drinking and bottomless mimosa brunching.

869 Magazine St., 504-577-2202, flamingonola. com

Carmo is a unique café and bar blending flavors from the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and beyond. They cater to vegan customers and anyone who loves global cuisine, offering selections like vegan ceviche and Burmese tea leaf salad. 527 Julia St., 504-875-4132, cafecarmo.com

JB’s Fuel Dock, on the waterfront of the New Basin Canal, fires up cheesy, delicious pizzas. This dockside property offers an intimate experience and if pizza isn’t your style, the kitchen whips up a daily selection of rotating specials to satiate your appetite. 128 S Roadway St., 504-510-2260, jbsfueldock.com

The Vintage is one of the best places on Magazine Street to grab a bite and people watch. Their traditional beignets and mouthwatering sandwiches are a wonderful accompaniment to their extensive wine list. 3121 Magazine St., 504-324-7144, thevintagenola.com

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Le Bon Temps Roule is an iconic Uptown bar featuring live music and is known for their tasty Bloody Mary's.

Their menu features the traditional bar food selections of hamburgers, sandwiches, and satisfying sides. 801 Magazine St., 504-897-3448, lbtrnola.com Peacock Room, located in the Kimpton Hotel Fontenot, offers crawtator crushed oysters and cheewee fries, which put a fancy twist on the usual bar food staples.

Bartenders are experts at making tasty cocktails.

501 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-571-1818, peacockroomnola.com

Asia is a great place to take a break from the slots in Boomtown Casino. The menu features Chinese dishes such as szechuan beef and lo mein noodles. You can also The Tasting Room, in New Orleans’ Lower Garden order one of their Vietnamese classics like a hot bowl District, offers wine and cocktails alongside decadent of pho. 4132 Peters Rd., Harvey, 504-366-7711, dishes. Enjoy a charcuterie or cheese board with wine boomtownneworleans.com or have a full meal, with choices like pasta, filets, and garlicky shrimp. 1906 Magazine St., 504-766-6390, Cho Thai serves delicious Thai food by Thailand native Luke is a Creole-inspired brasserie offering French and ttrneworleans.com Chef Jimmy Cho. The menu features classics including German cuisines. The restaurant’s raw bar offers Gulf seafood and oysters, fresh-caught mussels with fries, and pad thai, pork laab, and short rib khao soi noodle Stumpy’s Hatchet House pairs alcohol and hatchet pork schnitzel. 333 St. Charles Ave., 504-378-2840, soup. They blend elements of Thai street food and throwing. They offer throwing pits to hone your home cooking. 3218 Magazine St., 504-381-4264, lukeneworleans.com tomahawk chucking abilities, along with beer and wine. chothairestaurant.com Manning’s Sports Bar & Grill is the ultimate living Enjoy their tasty bar snacks for the perfect night out.

Mikimoto Japanese Restaurant has been a favorite room for watching the big game. You’ll enjoy traditional 1200 Poydras St., 504-577-2937, stumpyshh. for sushi in New Orleans since 1999. This locally owned pub fare such as nachos, chicken tenders, and jalapeño com/neworleansla poppers. Order a warm plate of beignets with powdered restaurant offers freshly made sushi including sashimi and specialty rolls like the Nola Roll (baked), the Mango sugar and a caramel drizzle. 228 Poydras St., 504CAFÉ Mania Roll, and the South Carrollton Roll.

593-8118, caesars.com/harrahs-new-orleans Bearcat Café offers quality breakfast and lunch cuisine 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans Vampire Café is a dining experience to for health enthusiasts and culinary gluttons alike.

504-488-1881,mikimotosushi.com die for. Sink your fangs into tempting dishes including They have two New Orleans’ locations, with its spinoff, fried deviled eggs, vampire burgers, and braised pork Bearcat CBD, including a dinner menu of locally-sourced BARSWITHGREATFOOD bellies. Enjoy spiked snowballs, doberge cake, death by ingredients and seasonal dishes. Multiple Locations, Bar Marilou is a classic French-style spot tucked chocolate cake, or a “blood” cocktail. 801 Royal St., bearcatcafe.com secretively along the side of the new Maison de la Luz 504-581-0801, nolavampirecafe.com hotel. They offer delicious cocktails, wines, and small Caffe! Caffe! has a welcoming atmosphere to enjoy a plates to pair with them, including sumptuous seared Legacy Kitchen Steak & Chop cooks some mean steaks. Whether you prefer filets, ribeyes, or tomahawk, know that your taste buds will thank you. You’ll also love the chicken & waffles, south beach shrimp tacos, and crawfish cornbread skillet. 91 Westbank Expy. #51, Gretna, 504-513-2603, legacykitchen.com

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The Ruby Slipper Café is known for delicious breakfast/brunch options such as fried green tomatoes and Bananas Foster pain perdu. Start your morning off right with their award-winning Bloody Mary. Multiple Locations, therubyslippercafe.net

Willa Jean is a lovely retro-chic spot, and their avocado toast and biscuit station, in particular, sets them apart from the competition. They offer toasts and sandwiches along with sweet treats like southern coconut cake.

611 O’Keefe Ave., 504-509-7334, willajean.com

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Alto Rooftop Bar at the Ace Hotel is a great location to vibe poolside in the heart of downtown New Orleans.

The bar offers a selection of canned alcoholic beverages, draughts, and classic signature cocktails along with pizzas and wings. 600 Carondelet St., 504-900-1180, acehotel.com A Tavola Restaurant and Wine Bar is a modern take on traditional Italian cuisine. They offer delicious woodfired pizzas and savory antipasti alongside soups, salads, paninis, and a wide range of other Italian staples. 3413 Veterans Blvd., 504-577-2235, atavo.la Domenica, located in the Roosevelt Hotel, is firmly rooted in Italian traditions. They have amazing handmade pastas and Napolitano style pizzas which are complemented well by their Italian wine and seasonal craft cocktail selections. 123 Baronne St., 504-648-6020, domenicarestaurant.com Josephine Estelle focuses on seasonal ingredients that help blend classic Italian recipes with Southern flavors.

The seared scallops and the 48-hour braised beef short ribs are absolutely to die for.

600 Carondelet St., 504-930-3070, josephineestelle.com Mosca’s Restaurant has been the favorite Italian restaurant on the Westbank for over 60 years. Mosca’s entrée dishes are made from scratch, and standouts include their signature oysters Mosca or the chicken cacciatore. 4137 US-90 W., Westwego, 504-436-8950, moscasrestaurant.com Nephew’s Ristorante has been serving authentic Sicilian and Italian creole dishes to the New Orleans people for decades. Their menu features entrees like eggplant parmigiana and grilled rosemary chicken, with side items such as frog legs, stuffed shrimp, and soft-

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shell crabs. 4445 W. Metairie Ave., 504-533-9998, nephewsristorante.com Pascal’s Manale’s claim to fame is being the birthplace of the world-famous BBQ shrimp, prepared in the shell with a tangy, spicy sauce. They also have delicious, savory steak entrees available. Grab some oysters before your meal and see why Pascal’s has long been an Uptown staple. 1838 Napoleon Ave., 504895 4877, pascalsmanale.com

a Latin inspired king cake with Guava cream cheese. Multiple Locations, 504-582-9378, empanolaempanadas.com

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Lebanon’s Café is one of the top Middle Eastern restaurants in New Orleans. Expect to enjoy traditional Mediterranean classics like tabbouleh salad and chicken shawarma, with their famous Lebanese tea to wash it all down. 1500 S. Carrollton Ave., 504862-6200, lebanonscafe.com

Pizza Domenica is the best place to enjoy as close to authentic Italian pizza as you’ll find. Pizza Domenica has both white and red pizzas with a thin, delicious crust. Try their savory pies with an order of garlic knots and finish with lemon pound cake. Multiple Locations, pizzadomenica.com Tavolino Pizza & Lounge is the go-to spot for pizza and fun on the West Bank. Located in picturesque Algiers Point, Tavolino specializes in thin crust pizzas like the Behrman Hwy and That’s a Spicy Meatball.

141 Delaronde St., Algiers, 504-605-3365, tavolinonola.com Venezia specializes in home-style Italian cooking with a New Orleans’ flair. Their original stone oven pizza and other authentic cuisines, such as chicken marsala, are a hit for the entire family. 134 N. Carrollton Ave., 504488-7991, venezianeworleans.net

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Empanola is a home to New Orleans’ tastiest empanadas. There are plenty of Latin-inspired and Louisiana-influenced plates as well as vegetarian options. During Mardi Gras, they feature

Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco has authentic Peruvian cuisine, with the ceviche being an easy stand out.

They also have an extensive beer and pisco list to go alongside the menu. Get a taste of South America right here in New Orleans. 5015 Magazine St., 504-2677612, titoscevichepisco.com

Shaya Felipe’s Mexican Taqueria is home to some of the best margaritas and tacos in town. If you want great tacos, choose from either the Mexico City tacos, Baja style, or the gringos tacos. They also offer quesadillas, bowls, and burritos. Multiple Locations, felipestaqueria.com Mr. Tequila Bar & Grill located on Freret Street, dishes up Mexican cuisine with a Tex-Mex twist.

Enjoy a refreshing tequila and choose from fajitas, tacos, quesadillas, or enchiladas. Don’t forget to order a side of chips with the dip trio. 5018 Freret St., 504-766-9660, mrtequilanola.com

Shaya is a James Beard award-winning restaurant serving modern Israeli cuisine. They offer amazing hummus options paired with fresh baked pita, and they also serve craft cocktails or quality wines imported from Israel and Lebanon. 4213 Magazine St., 504-891-4213, shayarestaurant.com

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Annunciation Restaurant is a Warehouse District gem offering modern takes on traditional Creole dishes. Try some of their creative dishes amidst an atmosphere of flickering candles for an elegant evening in the bistro. 1016 Annunciation St, 504-568-0245, annunciationrestaurant.com Café Amelie in the French Quarter is named after the building’s former resident, Amelie Miltenberger— mother to the first American princess of Monaco. The spirit of the Vieux Carré can be felt in this cozy spot, complete with excellent coffee, pastries, plates, and

NOLA charm. 900 Royal Street, cafeamelie.com Crescent City Brewhouse is a premier French Quarter destination for freshly brewed craft beers– all of the brewing done in-house. Order a flight to enjoy samples of their pilsner, wheat beer, and other brews, accompanied with a delicious and refreshing oyster platter. 527 Decatur St., 504-522-0571, crescentcitybrewhouse.com Desire Oyster Bar is located in the iconic Royal Sonesta Hotel. Featuring delicious Creole food and seafood, they are best known for their oysters. They have a raw oyster bar where you can get a dozen freshly shucked oysters or order them chargrilled. 300 Bourbon St., 504-553-2281, sonesta.com Evangeline offers classics like gumbo and etouffee, with a separate weekend brunch menu featuring specials including fried alligator and waffles and crab cake benedict. They source ingredients directly from local markets and fishermen. 329 Decatur St., 504373-4852, evangelineneworleans.com House of Blues New Orleans is a good place to eat before a night in the French Quarter. Choose from delicious southern-style options such as fried chicken, Cajun chicken pasta, and shrimp & grits. There’s also live music in the club that’ll keep you tapping your foot. 225 Decatur St., 504-310-4999, houseofblues.com Le Chat Noir is a new restaurant with drink selections that are catered to their entree menu. Their oyster bar offers chargrilled and fresh oysters shucked daily. Le Chat Noir uses locally sourced ingredients and modern open fire techniques. 715 St. Charles Ave., 504381-0045, lechatnoirnola.com

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RESTAURANT GUIDE Mandina’s Restaurant is a New Orleans favorite for both Italian classics and seafood. Filet mignon, shrimp remoulade, crab fingers in wine sauce, and Gulf fish amandine with fries are just a few of their delicious entrees. They’ve been serving the city for eight decades. 3800 Canal St., 504-482-9179, mandinasrestaurant.com Mother’s Restaurant not only has delicious baked ham, but some of the best red beans and rice in the Big Easy. Their menu features all day breakfast, so stop in any time to enjoy a shrimp Creole omelet or crawfish etouffee. Arrive early on the weekends to avoid waiting in line. 401 Poydras St., 504-523-9656, mothersrestaurant.net New Orleans Creole Cookery offers a beautiful indoor and outdoor dining space in the French Quarter.

Try the massive seafood tower, with crab maison, shrimp cocktail, and shrimp remoulade. They also have classic New Orleans dishes like jambalaya, crawfish étouffée, and shrimp Creole. 510 Toulouse St.,504-524-9632, neworleanscreolecookery. com

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Restaurant August is in a beautiful 19th century French-Creole building, so the atmosphere matches the elegant cuisine. They offer contemporary Creole dishes like torchon of foie gras, poached lobster ravioli, and scallop almandine. 301 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-2999777, restaurantaugust.com Short Stop Poboys has been dishing out tasty po-boys in Metairie since 1966. They have over 30 po-boys, with sides ranging from chips to homemade gumbo.

After your po-boy, try their lemon meringue pie or white chocolate bread pudding. 119 Transcontinental Dr., 504-885-4572, shortstoppoboysno.com Trenasse is a contemporary Cajun-Creole restaurant in the InterContinental Hotel. They offer crawfish pie, boudin balls, and Unca Duke’s BBQ shrimp, as well as oysters on the half shell, gratin, Rockefeller, and with smoked gruyere and pancetta. 4444 St. Charles Ave, 504-6807000, trenasse.com

Neyow’s Creole Café is a well known Mid City spot that is renowned for its Creoleinspired dishes. Go for some of their NOLA classics such as char-grilled oysters, southern fried chicken, BBQ shrimp, williemaesnola.com and keep an eye out for their weekly specials. 3332 Bienville St., 504-827-5474, neyows.com

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Willie Mae’s Scotch House has been serving New Orleans fried chicken since 1957. Whether it is fried, baked, or in a sandwich, Willie Mae’s chicken is the best in the city. They also have a nice selection of frozen drinks and beers. Multiple Locations, 504-822-9503,

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Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro offers an intimate atmosphere that is perfect for a date night.

The double-cut pork chop is just one of many delicious entrees to pair with wine from one of the largest wine selections in the city. 720 Orleans Ave., 504-5231930, orleansgrapevine.com

Briquette provides delicious seafood and creole food fare, just blocks from Harrah’s Casino. With an 18-foot display of fresh fish, they offer delicious seafood dishes such as caramelized scallops. 701 S. Peters St., 504302-7496, briquette-nola.com Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop is NOLA’s one-stop-shop for great gumbo. Get your gumbo customized with fried catfish, fried oysters, or crabmeat, along with cheesy mac or potato salad. The food here is made with locally sourced ingredients. 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., 504835-2022, gumbostop.com Felix’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar has been a true French Quarter staple for more than 70 years. Their oysters are the restaurant’s main draw, but Felix’s also has delicious turtle soup alongside other Cajun dishes.

They have Lakefront, Gulfport, and Mandeville locations.

Multiple Locations, felixs.com The Galley Seafood offers tasty surf and turf appetizers for your whole party to enjoy. Sit out on their patio and try some of the Cajun house specials such as paneed veal and white beans and rice. 2535 Metairie Rd., 504-832-0955, thegalleyseafood.net Legacy Kitchen’s Tacklebox has a great oyster bar and provides quality southern comfort food. Try their take on the NOLA classic trio of gumbo, jambalaya, and red beans and rice. They also offers a daily brunch with items such as a Bananas Foster waffle. 817 Common St., 504-827-1651, legacykitchen.com

Seaworthy has quality, hand-crafted cocktails with fresh oysters served on the half shell. Mussels, crabmeat dip, Parkway Bakery and Tavern offers sixteen classic and fried gulf shrimp are just a few of the other savory po-boys and a multitude of other sandwiches served on seafood dishes on offer. Top it all off with a rich banana freshly baked bread. Parkway also serves Bloody Mary’s, bread pudding for dessert.

Cajun side dishes, and delicious desserts.

630 Carondelet St., 504-930-3071, 538 Hagan Ave., 504-482-3047, seaworthynola.com parkwaypoorboys.com

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Neyow’s XL offers more Neyow’s flavors in a more formal setting right next door to the original. Some of the restaurant’s authentic Creole dishes include corn and crab bisque and jumbo crab cakes. Neyow’s XL also has an excellent selection of frozen drinks. 3336 Bienville St., 504-503-1081, xl.neyows.com

Bar Guide Alto (Ace Hotel) 600 Carondelet St. 504-900-1180 Banks Street Bar 4401 Banks St. 504-486-0258 Bar Marilou 544 Carondelet St. 504-814-7711 Down the Hatch 1921 Sophie Wright Pl. 504-522-0909 Evangeline 329 Decatur St. 504-373-4852 Fillmore New Orleans 6 Canal St. 504-881-1555 House of Blues 225 Decatur St. 504-310-4999 Jimani 141 Chartres St. 504-524-0493 Jinx Bar and Grill 91 French Market Pl., 504-510-2797 Lots A Luck Tavern 203 Homedale St. 504-483-0978 Manning’s 519 Fulton St. 504-593-8118 Martine’s Lounge 2347 Metairie Rd. 504-831-8637 The Metropolitan 310 Andrew Higgins Blvd.

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This bar and grill is a special spot in the Garden District for delicious and reasonably priced food and drinks. The Hell’s Kitchen Wings are delicious, as well as the many different starters, sandwiches, and burgers.

Evangeline’s courtyard is perfect for sipping on some of the locally craft beers they offer. The Rum Punch and Strawberry Blonde cocktails are also fruity and delicious.

Happy hour is from 3 to 6 p.m. daily.

The Fillmore prides itself in providing legendary experiences to its patrons. Not only is it the perfect setting for live entertainment, the creative food, signature cocktails, and craft beer are all great.

Not only is the live entertainment at House of Blues great, the Southern-inspired food and refreshing drinks are fantastic as well! You can enjoy plenty of different beer and cocktails.

If you want to see all of the hottest sports action, then you need to go to the Jimani. A New Orleans favorite for over 40 years, the bar has over 100 beers that you can choose from!

Across the street from the historic New Orleans Jazz Museum, Jinx Bar & Grill is an ode to pop culture. It boasts handcrafted cocktails, rotating craft beers, and delicious food. Jinx’s casual atmosphere will get the party started.

Lots A Luck Tavern was recently voted as the #1 spot for bar games in New Orleans by Where Y’at Magazine’s readers. Try your hand at mini golf or cornhole or sip a refreshing drink at their outdoor seating area.

If you’d like to see the next Saints or LSU game on over 30 flat screens, then you have to go to Manning’s Sports Bar. Get into a local sports mood by ordering the Manning’s Mardi Gras Punch.

Martine’s provides a very friendly and comfortable atmosphere in Old Metairie. Not only is there darts and video poker, they serve up great wines, tasty cocktails, and a large selection of beer.

Located in Generations Hall, the Metropolitan is a great venue option for anyone looking to party the night away. The space offers two-stories filled with dance floors, spaces for DJs, and multiple bars.

Pal’s Lounge is the perfect place to be if you feel like having a drink at “witching hour.” Stay awake with their house cocktails, beers, and many other different kinds of brews.

Offering an elevated cocktail bar experience, The Peacock Room’s large drink menu has anything you could want.

Perhaps you’d like one of the “Old Birds” like a Sazerac or the Washouko Mary.

Not only does the Pool Club offer great views of the The Pool Club city, you can also relax in their pool or jam to the sounds 550 Baronne St. provided by their resident DJ. Grab an umbrella drink and 833-791-7700 enjoy!

This eclectic venue has all of the amenities needed for a The Rabbit Hole perfect night out. Listen to brass bands and electronic DJs at 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

The Rabbit Hole's downstairs bar and stage or get some fresh 504-354-9709 air at their outdoor stage area.

Rendon Inn has been providing the food, drinks, and good Rendon Inn company in Mid-City for over 85 years. Grab some food while 4501 Eve St. enjoying different domestic and draft beers, as well as wine 504-218-7106 and specialty drinks.

Located in the Higgins Hotel, Rosie’s offers a great spot for Rosie’s on the Roof socializing and snacking with a fantastic rooftop bar and 1000 Magazine St. lounge. Take in breathtaking views of New Orleans while 504-528-1941 you enjoy a craft cocktail and tasty appetizer.

This award-winning bar in the Royal Frenchmen Hotel Royal Frenchmen Hotel has a stylish ambiance, live entertainment, and a beautiful 700 Frenchmen St., #1614 courtyard. The delicious specialty cocktails are truly amazing.

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Alto offers truly great views of New Orleans. After you’re done chilling in the rooftop pool, order yourself some thirst-quenching cocktails like the Paloma or the Great Ulysses.

Banks Street Bar is a true neighborhood bar in Mid-City.

While enjoying their beer, chow down on the different traditional Louisiana dishes that they provide like po-boys, gumbo, and oysters.

Not only is Bar Marilou very trendy, the food and drinks on offer are fantastic. There are all kinds of drinks to choose from, such as the Jardin De Mémé and the Heloïse.

Peacock Room 501 Tchoupitoulas St. 504-324-3073

Stumpy’s Hatchet House 1200 Poydras St., Suite C 504-577-2937

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Stumpy’s is the best place in NOLA to try your hand at throwing a hatchet. After you work up a sweat, you can grab some food and drinks while there. Have a day out with your friends!

Tracey’s is a fantastic place to hang out at and not just for St. Patrick’s Day! Their extensive beer catalog includes hundreds of different bottles and six draught taps.

Tropical Isle helps make Bourbon Street internationally famous. Everyone knows that if you go to Tropical Isle, you gotta get a Hand Grenade, aka New Orleans’ "most powerful drink."

Ugly Dog Saloon is a great place to enjoy a beer and one of the city’s best pulled pork sandwiches. With a full bar and game day platters, it’s the perfect spot to meet up with friends. This place is more than a barbeque joint for sure.

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ore and more, I see my life, even my recent past, as seemingly obsolete. Oh! I am fairly current and more than relevant today, yet much that is near and dear to me has become a thing of the past in the eyes of younger folks. And not just sentimental stuff but simple everyday, commonplace terms, phrases, and references that were second nature to me. I first noticed this a decade ago as my elevator humor caused a “duh” look among the other riders in the lift (there I go again—a term no one uses). Anyway, I thought myself clever with my, “Second floor: ladies’ apparel,” or “Fifth floor: household goods and appliances. Watch your step please.” That’s when I realized I had outgrown my hotel elevator audience— they were too young to have known that lady operators clad in snappy uniforms once controlled the elevator and its etiquette.

A few years back, in my book shop, I often had to take credit card info directly from a customer and when requesting the security code for the card, I would follow with, “And now we will share the secret hand-shake and your decoder ring will be mailed to you.” Then one day my two twenty-something customers paused, a bit confused, until one said to the other, “Oh! I’ll explain it to you later. I saw it in an old movie.” Also, I was beginning to notice a curious look when I would count back a customer’s change—they were now accustomed to a computerized register doing the math and flashing “change due.”

Both ways achieve the same results, but mine required being able to count—a little motor/brain skill no longer widely used.

At this rate adding two and two will soon require a calculator.

Does anybody remember phone numbers anymore? You know—have them stored in your head—your memory. It began with speed dial on my landline, and that was a slippery slope. Now our devices store and remember these for us.

Is this healthy for our brains? Perhaps we shouldn’t overburden our gray matter with mundane stuff; yet, doesn’t our memory need the exercise? Then again, don’t we get enough of a work-out just trying to remember all those damn passwords and user names we are burdened with these days? To protect ourselves from identity theft, we’re told not to use the same ones for everything—screw that. They want my weird-ass identity (and all my neuroses), they can have it, and I say best of luck.

Another rear-view moment recently was the discussion with a young tourist, of my childhood road trips from Mobile (hometown) to New Orleans. They asked how long a drive that was, and I replied, “Well, before the Interstate, it was a four to five hour drive.” They just stared at me. I responded to that look, “Yes, I am that old.” For that look of near pity, just give someone under fifty your AOL email

address—@aol really freaks them out. God, I just wanna slap ‘em with a flip phone.

Okay, with a degree of regret, I must fess up: I no longer have a burner phone (you get more street cred asking the Boost Mobile sales assistant for a burner). Fun fact: Guinness World Records lists Debbie Lindsey as the “Last Person on the Planet to Get a Cell Phone.”

When dinosaurs roamed, we had phones that remained attached to our houses.

They did not fit in your pocket, or your ear, and they only accepted a human voice for communication. No typing notes, no viewing movies or TicToking, no breaking news.

They still exist and are known as landlines, but their habitat is shrinking. You didn’t talk on them during dinner or when you had company. Only doctors and drug dealers had mobile phones, and they were big and looked like a walkie-talkie, also referred to as “the brick.” And it wasn’t that long ago that cell phones were not allowed and/or frowned upon at work. Now, you damn well better have a cell on you at all times for work related interactions. Times change; rules change.

The Good Ole Days never really existed.

Racism went virtually unchecked, and women were kept in check. There was no LGBTQ, just a lot of lives lived in secret with unnecessary, unwarranted shame.

Therefore, I am relieved for much that is gone and grateful for so many of today’s changes and advances. But much change is careless, profit driven, and cloaked in the disguise of progress. Replacing people (jobs) with self-serve check-outs, gutting the soul of a historic cottage, and placing digital tablets, cell phones, and e-books in the hands of children without at least showing them the beauty of a real book and the pleasures of a library. Change requires thought and care.

Admittedly I’m spoiled by the conveniences our current world provides.

Do I find it easier to write this column from a device that allows me to edit, spellcheck, research, attach, send, and make copies without carbon paper? Heck yeah.

Do I find this piece of equipment to be a mine-field of rabbit holes and mindless distractions? Yes. Did I rail against digital cameras? Vehemently. Do I use my cell phone camera now? Constantly. I feel conflicted, like a sell-out. So I suggest to myself and others: compromise. Stay current, enjoy the perks, but take the time to dust off that vinyl, check-out that library book, get lost in the genius of classic films, and bake a batch of cookies from scratch.

The other day, I saw evidence of roaming dinosaurs. First, there was a young boy content with a real book. Then, a young woman was reading a newspaper.

Later, a twenty-something spoarting a Golden Girls T-shirt was loading film into her Minolta. Maybe we’re not extinct, just endangered.

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wanna learn patience, and I wanna learn it right now.” That’s right, that’s my friggin’ mantra: “Patience: right now.”

I mean, how many things in my/ your/our everyday life conspire—yes conspire—to keep us from obtaining spiritual growth, peace, harmony, and all the other crap that it will take for us to be able to settle damn down and be simply “happy.” It’s like a conspiracy: from your phone alarm thinking that it’s tomorrow (or yesterday), to spell-check thinking you said f**k instead of flock, or your phone fielding a call from someone who wants to give your car “one more chance to renew its service warranty,” or the password that you’ve been using for six years being deemed invalid, so you need a new one with twelve or more letters including, but not limited to: “one upper case, one lower case, one numerical symbol, one weird at the top of the keyboard symbol, one of your pet’s names, the numerical equivalent of the last blood pressure that you had taken, and your mother’s maiden name” (now, “prove that you’re not a robot by picking out the telephone poles in this photo”).

You misplace your car keys, your Amazon package is porch lifted, you get a notice for jury duty, your favorite place to get coffee is closed (suddenly) on Mondays, and your new route to work includes three School Zones and two construction detours. Is the universe really trying to piss you off? Yes, it is.

Listen, the entire universe is locked in a battle of good against evil; it’s beside the point that evil is kicking our asses.

We, as heroes, are being distracted from joining the struggle by forces that continue to distract us from participating in the conflict. Your landlord is selling the house that you’ve been renting, the air conditioning in the car just quit, your coworker just came down with COVID, and/ or your actions at work have now been considered “micro-aggressive” because you called someone an “a-hole” (because they are), and you’ve been sent by HR to a “sensitivity training” seminar.

In the normal, dysfunctional world, the way things work is that the boss gives the man a bad time, the man comes home and gives the wife grief, she then takes it out on the kid, the kid kicks the dog, and the dog bites a neighbor (me). The universe works the same way, but you’re above that—you’ve found a ‘happy place” that helps you to reconnect with your center—your spirit, your calm, your patience.

There’s conflict in the world: there’s war, real people are dying and displaced, and there’s hunger, disease, disruption, and despair. People are hurting, evil rides rampant, children are being gunned down, the government doesn’t care to,

or is just too impotent to act. Hunger, injustice, civil liberties, and so-called rights are being trampled on, and unnatural disasters that are mowing down people’s lives and property have become commonplace—global frickin' warming.

Name it, we got it.

We’ve had a choice, and we’ve taken it. We can take mud up to our chins and, then, either swallow it or spit it out, and we’ve chosen to spit it out. We speak out, we vote, we act out, and we’re vocal in our views. We have values. Evil does not care. Peace, love, and understanding are fodder to be mowed down like the idealists before us, to be worn down, to be tested and bested. What do we do? We recharge and move the needle forward.

Everyone who believes in freedom and justice needs to recharge. My advice is to find your happy place and visit as often as possible. Early on, my happy place was wearing myself out with drugs, alcohol, and rocking ‘n’ rolling until I couldn’t see straight. But one quiet night, in a strange place, I looked up and saw a sky full of stars and found a real “happy place.” Now, when I feel disconnected from my patience and peace, I go to one of my happy places.

I realize that I will never solve the world’s challenges and can only do my small part by being a good person, an example, and a revolution/evolution of one.

A happy place is not a place of distraction; it is a place where you find peace and strength within yourself returning to its normal high functioning level. Here are a few examples: Take a long walk or hike, by yourself; speak to no one. Read a book about some protagonist’s adventures—one who uses wit to overcome malice. Go sit under a tree. Go for a swim. Make a pot of spaghetti sauce (enough for twelve). Go to a big store and peruse the aisles and wonder at the things people buy. Put on some quiet music and listen or sit still, let the crazy horses’ band of thoughts gallop wildly until they’re exhausted. Get down on your hands and knees and visit the small flowers that grow unnoticed. Watch bees and butterflies. Commune with your cat. Roam a museum and don’t analyze the works found there—just enjoy looking.

Go to a coffee house where you know nobody and have a tasty pastry. Take a nap. Recharge.

Sound simple? It’s not. Most times we’re being knocked about like a pinball in an arcade game, and it almost becomes reflex to keep thinking on our feet, nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel, tacking into the wind, racing with the rats, and runnin’ with the devil. Go easy on yourself and everything will get done eventually. Concentrate your energy on the challenge of the moment. Namaste and all that nonsense, and, as Mister Natural says, “keep your sunny side up.”

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By Fritz Esker & David Vicari

Nope

they did in his other films.

Nope has recurring flashbacks to Ricky as a hen the central mystery in Nope is finally child on the set of a sitcom titled Gordy's Home, starring a chimpanzee as Gordy. Needless to revealed, it comes off as a little silly; say, the chimp goes berserk and however, writer and goes on a bloody rampage. This director Jordan Peele plays it is meant to build the character of all straight and is such a strong Ricky and his later motivations, filmmaker that the movie works and it's also meant as subtext to as a good science fiction thriller. the story. The Gordy moments Siblings Emerald (Keke are gruesome and dour and Palmer) and Otis “OJ” Haywood don't really fit with the rest (Daniel Kaluuya) own a ranch of the movie's tone, which is where they train horses for suspenseful and exciting. I think use in movies and television. the mad chimp element may have Business has been drying up since the bizarre death of their father, Otis Sr. (Keith worked better if Peele had taken a page out of David), who was hit with debris falling down from the Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), like having Ricky recount the horrific story in a monologue like sky. To keep Haywood's Hollywood Horses afloat, Quint's Indianapolis story. Quint's speech in Jaws OJ has been selling some of his horses to has-been was effective, and, at the same time, made us former child star Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun), understand the character's motivations. who operates a western-themed amusement park.

Nope, however, does have a strong finale.

When OJ sees an unidentified flying object in Kaluuya and Palmer are great playing siblings who the sky over the ranch, he and his sister decide to are opposites—OJ is the quiet thoughtful type, try and capture video footage of the mysterious and Emerald is the extrovert. The actors make object. They get help from tech salesman, Angel you root for their characters to battle this UFO and Torres (Brandon Perea) and an aging documentary hopefully survive. And elevating the suspense to filmmaker, Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott). Soon, an insane level is the full-blooded music score by it becomes abundantly clear that the object is a Michael Abels. sinister entity.

Both Get Out and Us are better than Nope, Like his previous movies, Get Out (2017) and Us (2019), Peele constructs a smart slow burn to terror but this is a good movie. An imperfect Jordan Peele movie is still way better than most thrillers. with social commentary woven into the story. Nope –David Vicari is good, but not all of its elements work as well as

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Vengeance

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he Office star B.J. Novak makes his writing/directing debut with Vengeance, a darkly comic noir about an aspiring New York podcast host (Novak) who finds himself in search of the perfect podcast story in West Texas.

Ben, the aspiring podcaster, ends up in west Texas after receiving a phone call one night from Ty (Boyd Holbrook). Ty is the brother of Abi, a woman Ben hooked up with but never had strong feelings for. Abi, on the other hand, had apparently been telling her family all about Ben. So, when she dies of an opiate overdose, Ty talks Ben into coming to Texas for the funeral.

In West Texas, Ty tells Ben he thinks Abi was really murdered. He has no proof, just his gut feeling and he wants Ben to help him find vengeance. Ben sees an opportunity

for a podcast about red state conspiracy theorists and how people cling to conspiracies as a way of avoiding life’s mundane but painful truths.

There’s a lot of fish-out-of-water comedy involving the New York journalist learning about West Texas culture. It thankfully avoids leaning too heavily into either painting the Texans as all idiotic yokels or Ben as a completely insufferable New York narcissist. Everyone is flawed here, but in recognizable human ways.

The whodunit aspect of the plot is not terribly difficult to figure out, but the identity of the perpetrator isn’t what matters.

When the film reached its climax, I was genuinely uncertain how it would resolve itself, and that’s a rare feeling in movies these days— most of which are very predictable.

–David Vicari

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