Darlings,
I hope you are enjoying your extended 4th of July Weekend. As you will see below you will have several great ways to celebrate this very historic holiday!
With the exception of two wonderful events, I really took it easy and just enjoyed being with my brother Lorenzo and Chiquita.
Darlings, after reading how much dogs hate the sound of fireworks, i ventured out yesterday without Duchess Chiquita to City Park where I enjoyed tremendously the spectacular free Happy 3rd of July Celebrations at City Park. I dressed in my red, white, and blue and enjoyed patriotic music from The Marine Corps Band New Orleans on the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn and fireworks from the top of the Peristyle. The Marine Corps Band New Orleans played patriotic music including the 1812 Overture, America the Beautiful, and other favorites.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154470304860870.1073742879.581200869&type=1&l=eb07a1e8d0
I did enjoy very much inviting talented choreographer/dancer Brazil-born Diogo de Lima at Fogo de Chão. OMG, it was a gastronomical experience! Lyn Morein, assistant manager of Fogo de Chão treated us royally. I started my evening by drinking the fabulous Mango with Habanero Caipirinha and then the incredible delicious Ginger Carrot Soup. The salads and the cold-cuts were outstanding, as well as heart of palms, the delicious fried banana, the polenta, the mashed potatoes etc. The Fogo Feijoada was delicious, as well as the candied bacon. Now it was time to start enjoying the array of delicious meat that included filet mignon wrapped in bacon, sirloin steak, lamb shops, sausages and pork ribs. YOU NAME THEY HAD IT! The desserts were so yummy that I had to leave before exploring every one of them. I SHALL RETURN!
On Thursday, I enjoyed so much covering the press conference announcing that the New Orleans Mission is doing some major improvements for its main building on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. These developments will not only help the Mission better serve local homeless, but also give them a safe place to go during the daytime. As the Mission is the largest homeless shelter in the Gulf South, this will help reduce the number of homeless individuals on the streets during the day and give them a safe place where they can seek help and healing.
We met Brian North, President and CEO of Fifth District Saving Bank who donated $1,000,000 to the renovation project. Brian was introduced by Julius Feltus, representing Hon. Councilmember Latoya Cantrell and he presented a lovely proclamation to Brian North. Everyone was invited to tour the facilities led by David Bottner, CEO of New Orleans Mission, and a lunch afterwards.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154456943055870.1073742878.581200869&type=1&l=a259a22b9b
I skipped their luncheon because I was invited to meet my friends at the weekly luncheon of The Club of New Orleans. It featured as a speaker Chris McMahon of Passages Center which will be opening an additional help center in Abita Springs.
I hope you are enjoying your extended 4th of July Weekend. As you will see below you will have several great ways to celebrate this very historic holiday!
With the exception of two wonderful events, I really took it easy and just enjoyed being with my brother Lorenzo and Chiquita.
Darlings, after reading how much dogs hate the sound of fireworks, i ventured out yesterday without Duchess Chiquita to City Park where I enjoyed tremendously the spectacular free Happy 3rd of July Celebrations at City Park. I dressed in my red, white, and blue and enjoyed patriotic music from The Marine Corps Band New Orleans on the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn and fireworks from the top of the Peristyle. The Marine Corps Band New Orleans played patriotic music including the 1812 Overture, America the Beautiful, and other favorites.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154470304860870.1073742879.581200869&type=1&l=eb07a1e8d0
I did enjoy very much inviting talented choreographer/dancer Brazil-born Diogo de Lima at Fogo de Chão. OMG, it was a gastronomical experience! Lyn Morein, assistant manager of Fogo de Chão treated us royally. I started my evening by drinking the fabulous Mango with Habanero Caipirinha and then the incredible delicious Ginger Carrot Soup. The salads and the cold-cuts were outstanding, as well as heart of palms, the delicious fried banana, the polenta, the mashed potatoes etc. The Fogo Feijoada was delicious, as well as the candied bacon. Now it was time to start enjoying the array of delicious meat that included filet mignon wrapped in bacon, sirloin steak, lamb shops, sausages and pork ribs. YOU NAME THEY HAD IT! The desserts were so yummy that I had to leave before exploring every one of them. I SHALL RETURN!
On Thursday, I enjoyed so much covering the press conference announcing that the New Orleans Mission is doing some major improvements for its main building on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. These developments will not only help the Mission better serve local homeless, but also give them a safe place to go during the daytime. As the Mission is the largest homeless shelter in the Gulf South, this will help reduce the number of homeless individuals on the streets during the day and give them a safe place where they can seek help and healing.
We met Brian North, President and CEO of Fifth District Saving Bank who donated $1,000,000 to the renovation project. Brian was introduced by Julius Feltus, representing Hon. Councilmember Latoya Cantrell and he presented a lovely proclamation to Brian North. Everyone was invited to tour the facilities led by David Bottner, CEO of New Orleans Mission, and a lunch afterwards.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154456943055870.1073742878.581200869&type=1&l=a259a22b9b
I skipped their luncheon because I was invited to meet my friends at the weekly luncheon of The Club of New Orleans. It featured as a speaker Chris McMahon of Passages Center which will be opening an additional help center in Abita Springs.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Come on out to Crescent Park on the Mississippi River to the best party in New Orleans. By the way the absolute best place to watch the fireworks show.
DJ Eagle and DJ Majik Mike will be the DJs along with two bands. Revival takes the stage around 5 pm, then DJ Eagle and DJ Majik Mike is back on until the super hot band Category 6 takes the stage till 9 pm, followed up again by DJ Eagle and DJ Majik Mike till 10 pm.
GO 4TH ON THE RIVER -Tuesday, July 4, 2017
The Independence Day celebration features dueling fireworks barges on the Mississippi River staging a pyrotechnic display to Patriotic Music at 9 p.m. To commemorate their 27th anniversary, the Port of New Orleans will bring out the General Roy S. Kelley fireboat and make a return appearance along the river, with its famed water show with plumes tred, white, and blue fountains beginning at 6 pm The General Kelley was used to fight fires, give tours, and conduct search-and-rescue missions on the Mississippi River. Free and open to the public on the New Orleans Riverfront.
The Independence Day celebration features dueling fireworks barges on the Mississippi River staging a pyrotechnic display to Patriotic Music at 9 p.m. To commemorate their 27th anniversary, the Port of New Orleans will bring out the General Roy S. Kelley fireboat and make a return appearance along the river, with its famed water show with plumes tred, white, and blue fountains beginning at 6 pm The General Kelley was used to fight fires, give tours, and conduct search-and-rescue missions on the Mississippi River. Free and open to the public on the New Orleans Riverfront.
Jambalaya the Musical
Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Address: 1118 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, LA 70001
Times: Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm; Sunday 2:00 pm
Phone: 504-885-2000
Thu, July 6, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Daily, 4 times
‘JAMBALAYA, the MUSICAL’ a musical by award-winning creator Nancy Gregory that draws on her talents and those of other Emmy, Grammy and theater award winners, is a rollicking 90 minute musical set on the shores of the lush Louisiana Bayou.
Set on the banks of the lush Louisiana bayou in contemporary times, Jambalaya, the Musical touches two very different generations, each with its own dreams. Boudreaux, an enthusiastic Cajun, guides the story as he introduces the audience to the uniqueness of his Cajun world and the beauty of its people. Most importantly, he hopes that his beloved Cajun culture will not be lost, and dreams that the younger generation will secure the culture's future.
San Fermin en Nueva Orleans
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Ole! It’s time to swarm the streets of downtown New Orleans at the 11th Annual Running of the Bulls! Set to coincide with the world-famous Encierro (Running of the Bulls) at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, the New Orleans version of the event is uniquely its own. (see calendar below for complete details)
Wine Lovers the Musical
Fri, July 7, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday, 6 times
Please put in your calendar and make reservation now!
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Round Table Luncheon Saluting Tales of the Cocktail -Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at noon at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel
Mrs and Mr Cocktail- Ted Breaux- Elizabeth Pearce, Ivan Griffin & Jim Walpole | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Running of the Bulls – San Fermin in New Orleans!
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When: July 7-9, 2017
Ole! It’s time to swarm the streets of downtown New Orleans at the 11th Annual Running of the Bulls! Set to coincide with the world-famous Encierro (Running of the Bulls) at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, the New Orleans version of the event is uniquely it’s own.
El Txupinazo
The festival kicks off on Friday, July 7th with El Txupinazo, the official kickoff party for San Fermin in Nueva Orleans. Festivities will take place at Little Gem Saloon from 5p.m. – 9 p.m., and for one ticket price, you can enjoy live music, an open bar and food from Commander’s Palace, SoBou, Little Gem, Appoline and Bayona.
El Encierro (The Run)
The official procession of San Fermin in Nueva Orleans begins at 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 8th, followed by the runners taking off at 8:00 a.m. sharp. The run begins and ends at the Sugar Mill (1021 Convention Center Blvd.), and of course there will be parties before and after the main event, where Sangria, tapas, live Latin music and good cheer are presented.
The main requirement is that all who plan to participate wear white clothing and have a red scarf or long red cloth tied around their waists and necks. Of course, this being New Orleans, many of the participants take it even further, showing up in clever and imaginative costumes, especially dressed up as matadors and bulls. There is a $15 registration fee to participate in the run and the event can get quite crowded, so preregistering and arriving early are highly encouraged.
Those who just want to spectate the run from a “safe distance” are advised to stake out their places on the sidewalks along the route well ahead of time. This is a very popular event that grows every year and good viewing positions may well be at a premium come race time.
The Bulls
Though the event is meant to pay homage to the world famous, Encierro of Pamplona, there is one major difference. The "Bulls," for NOLA’s San Fermin are the young ladies from the New Orleans-based all-female flat-track derby team, the Big Easy Rollergirls!
These "RollerBulls" skate behind the runners and, as they catch up with the slowest runners along the 12-block French Quarter route, they are allowed to whack them with soft foam-core wiffle ball bats. Of course this is much less dangerous than the real bulls that run through the streets of Spain.
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Are YOU a WINE LOVER?
You won't want to miss Wine Lovers The Musical at Teatro Wego this July!
When: July 7, 8, 14, 15 at 7:30 PM
July 9, 16 at 2:00 PM
Where: Teatro Wego!
177 Sala Avenue, Westwego, LA
Price: $40 (which includes 6 glasses of wine!)
Special Discount:
$30 discounted tickets for designated drivers. $20 discounted tickets for designated drivers who accompany 3 or more full priced tickets! (For the $20 discounted tickets- you must call 504-885-2000.)
This is a night out at the theatre that you do not want to miss! We want everyone to feel comfortable and safe so we encourage designated drivers to come join in on the fun!
Tickets available at below or by calling 504-885-2000!
Michael Green is Gourmet Magazine's wine and spirits consultant. He's also appeared on a variety of Food Network shows. He's now done something truly new and different -written a musical about wine. Well, wine and love. Wine Lovers tells the story of two mismatched students attending a wine class led by an effervescent teacher and their journey of discovery.
During the show, audience members enjoy SIX delightful wines along with the class, and everyone learns a little about wine... and love.
July 7, 8, 14, 15 at 7:30 PM
July 9, 16 at 2:00 PM
Teatro Wego!
177 Sala Avenue * Westwego, LA
July 7-23
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
July 7-23 | Tulane’s Lupin Theater
Directed by Clare Moncrief
Meet the cast | Meet the creative team
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on…”
Wrongly accused and exiled for twelve years, Prospero sets out for revenge. However, he finds redemption in the process. Both magical and moving, Shakespeare’s masterpiece questions what it means to love and to forgive. It’s a tale that the whole family will enjoy.
Sunday Swing
July 9, 16, 23, and 30
Dance Lessons, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Live Music, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
BB's Stage Door Canteen
Now in its 12th season, Sunday Swing is a popular summer program featuring local swing bands and dance instructors.
Tickets are $10 per person; free for Museum Members.
Tickets can be purchased upon arrival. For more information,
call 504-528-1944 x 267.
Have a blessed and safe week!
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By William Shakespeare
July 7-23 | Tulane’s Lupin Theater
Directed by Clare Moncrief
Meet the cast | Meet the creative team
July 7-23 | Tulane’s Lupin Theater
Directed by Clare Moncrief
Meet the cast | Meet the creative team
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on…”
Wrongly accused and exiled for twelve years, Prospero sets out for revenge. However, he finds redemption in the process. Both magical and moving, Shakespeare’s masterpiece questions what it means to love and to forgive. It’s a tale that the whole family will enjoy.
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Sunday Swing
July 9, 16, 23, and 30
Dance Lessons, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Live Music, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
BB's Stage Door Canteen
Dance Lessons, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Live Music, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
BB's Stage Door Canteen
Now in its 12th season, Sunday Swing is a popular summer program featuring local swing bands and dance instructors.
Tickets are $10 per person; free for Museum Members.
Tickets can be purchased upon arrival. For more information,
Tickets are $10 per person; free for Museum Members.
Tickets can be purchased upon arrival. For more information,
call 504-528-1944 x 267.
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