I admitted to you last week that I was already feeling a little nostalgic for New York and the weather down here today is not helping. We are under our 2nd day of lockdown for Sneauxgate here in New Orleans. Schools, roads and government offices...
Tick. Tock. In two very short weeks we will have another addition to our family (unless you ask the gate attendants of the flight I am currently on, in which case we have six weeks to go). Having a third child has a lot of repercussions....
This is a hard sell. I totally get it. Who looks at a fish and greens dish and thinks, "MMMMM! Delicious! I think I'll make this for my next dinner party!" No, when there is a Polar Vortex knocking at your door and recipes of...
Okay, I'll say it: I am ready for the summer. I know we have six months to go. I know that there is a bounty of delicious stews, root vegetables and citrus fruits to be had at the moment, but I still miss strawberries, apricots,...
The Huffington Post ran an article last week entitled "30 Recipes You Should Know How To Cook By The Time You're 30." It immediately drew me in because A. I love lists and B. I love recipes. I have to say, though, I think the...
This is how it happens: Martine and I post every Tuesday and Thursday. There was no complicated matrix behind the decision and no advisors who weighed in on the best day to write. No stars aligned for the days of the week. We just figured we...
Every year the art world descends upon Miami for a city-wide art extravaganza called, collectively, Art Basel. My third favorite thing about visiting (first being the beach, second being the art) is reading what snarky comments writers have to say about the event. Usually lots...
The origin of the term "Black Friday" is up for debate. Some say it hails from 1961 shoppers in Philadelphia who were so thick on the sidewalk the police (in black) were called out to patrol. Some say it is a retail term because...
When my daughter, Grace, was two years old, she and her brother would race up the stairs of our old house in New Orleans. Teddy, having two years on Grace, usually won by a margin of five steps, but upon reaching the top, no matter...
This past Sunday, as Martine loaded the last of her things into a taxi and headed to the airport, two thoughts hit me simultaneously. One, Time flies. Didn't she just get here? Two, I hope she has a good liver doctor in San Francisco. Maybe it...
New Orleans is different, but we've discussed that already. And although there are a few things that probably pop into your mind that make it different, at this moment the big difference is the temperature. Today is November 6th (where DID the year go???)...
There used to be a statistic floating around that New Orleans hosts more house guests than any other city with a Convention & Visitors Bureau (because that is who tracks these things). Chalk it up to high hotel rates at Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest...