“We thought the U.S. had been attacked. No one knew it was planes flying into buildings that caused the explosions. It sounded like bombs. "We looked out the window of the restaurant, and saw pieces of concrete and [...]

Launchpad Ignition portfolio company Badger Media has just launched a photo-sharing iPhone app, which allows you to create location-based badges for your interests, share them with a community and develop commentary around them. It’s a tool that allows users to share [...]

William Faulkner, describing Jackson Square in  Sartoris:  Jackson Square was now a green and quiet lake in which abode lights round as jellyfish, feathering with silver mimosa and pomegranate and hibiscus beneath which lantana and cannas bled and [...]

Two blocks off Canal on Decatur Street across from the House of Blues is an unassuming bookshop called Beckham's.  From the street, it looks like a quaint little bookstore, but it is so much more than that.  Past the tall [...]

A summer series spotlighting standing gigs around New Orleans By Molly Reid THE GIG: Jon Cleary, Mondays at 8 p.m. $8 cover; two sets THE VENUE: Chickie Wah Wah, 2828 Canal St. THE SCENE: Part locals, part tourists; [...]

By June Brandt The one thing I remember clearly about New Orleans, as a young girl in the late 1930s, is the sound of the streetcars. It was a sound I associated with excitement and mystery. It was [...]