15 months ago – we visited New Orleans to celebrate the opening of a friends new home – I hadn ... the size of Beth Israel in New York – everything looks OK – then you realize that there are no cars – anywhere – there is a Rent-A-Fence around the perimeter of the New Orleans Cancer Center ... to be pouring in – but what’s the plan – when – View New Orleans as half empty or half full...

Dinner with ten at Ralph and Kacoos - Its been voted best seafood in New Orleans - its large (seats 600) - its a chain (one of five) - its in the French Quarter - its a limited wine list - its a great wait-staff - its good for what it is - i.e.. - its just different...

Bluebird Cafe came highly recommended via nola.com - up in the Garden District - very basic - tables spread out - packed full - line out the door - definitely local -  Eggs with Corn Beef Hash - (coulda been crisper) - Omlettes - anyway - everyway - anything in ...

A fun article  - An Amusing Wine - from the Times Picayune on naming and label graphics - all in the name of marketing - I'm a big fan of "the hand sell" - there are over 20,000 wine labels in the US alone - if you can get a ...

... on the New Orleans doggie bag - My main - New Orleans style Bouillabaisse with fresh gulf seafood...

From a NY Times blog - (see full posting at bottom) - a New Orleans resident - wiped out by Katrina ... recommendation for the first night in post-Katrina New Orleans - Called The Pelican Club and asked ... back - Enjoy HBH New York Times - DIning - New Orleans - Comments - 08/23/06 - I was a resident of New Orleans at the time the levees broke. My home in Lakeview was destroyed and among...

... from your local Mom/Pop is the same as Dominos - Practically the entire population of New Orleans ... - a bit of beans - a bit of potato salad - and because it was "new" - a bit of corn instead ... - chicken is not my thing - but everyone loved it - they were trying a new corn with tomato side...

... were in the dining room of his home – Last week – in New Orleans – I had a similar experience ... bones – Its that unexpcted familarity that turns dining on its ass in New Orleans - taking food ... . Charles Tavern) or at Upperline - which screams real New Orleans dining the moment you walk ... – she was in New Orleans – the land of fish and seafood – but the Duck was so inviting – actually...

At a Black Tie dinner in DC - luck put a New Orleanian in the next seat - "How's the city ? - What restaurants have reopened ? - What restaurants  - off the beaten track - do you recommend ?" - "Alberta's - up on Magazine - its really small - only ten tables - - - worth it" - And it was - We ate – Crab Salad – lump crab meat – a green salad cube – lettuce - bacon – dressing...