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New Orleans Anew

By Mark Thompson on May 16, 2019

For anyone who has celebrated in New Orleans, it’s no surprise to learn that a street named Euterpe runs parallel to Terpsichore: the Muse of music flanked by the Muse of dance. After all, this is the city that gave birth to jazz—where $200 and a permit will buy you a personalized parade, complete with police escort. In the Big Easy, celebration is life. … Read More

Open: Easy Luxury in New Orleans

Easy Luxury in New Orleans

By Mark Thompson on May 30, 2018

For decades, residents of New Orleans frequented a 1920s-era building with terrazzo floors and a 21-foot vaulted ceiling to pay their gas and electric bills—and today that building is a luxury hotel known as NOPSI, the acronym for New Orleans Public Service, Inc. whose manhole covers number in the thousands throughout The Big Easy. … Read More