I just love it how New Orleanians come together when faced with disaster. Natural disasters like hurricanes. Man-made disasters like our state legislature. And apocalyptic disasters like last night's termite swarm. Truly, the swarm of May 22 was [...]

To hear Brett Will Taylor's New Orleans take on mental health on WWNO radio, click here. Today's Love NOLA is a little different.  Rather than my words, it contains mainly the words of Eleanor Chapman. Eleanor is the [...]

Editor's Note: Love: NOLA usually runs on Thursday. But it appears here today because columnist Brett Will Taylor had something important and heartfelt to say. Please take a moment to read it, and then add your prayers to [...]

I was in the best mood on Monday. Part of it was because I was still riding the mystical high of seeing Patti Smith at Jazz Fest. Part of it was because of the weather (sunny, dry, high [...]

Was it four shots? Eight? Ten? I’m not sure. It all happened so fast … and so terrifyingly, paralyzingly slow. There was a gunfight outside my house yesterday afternoon. Not gunfire. A gunfight. At 3 p.m. on a [...]

Today's column is for those who live in or have lived in New Orleans. It's a story of one night. If you don't live here, you'll read the words and, perhaps, say "that's cool," or even, "I wish [...]