Tag archives for new orleans
Sneak Peek: Beyond Katrina
Posted by Intelligent Travel on August 31, 2010 Travelers who missed being in New Orleans to observe the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will have the opportunity to discover what really happened during the storm beginning this October 26, when the Louisiana State Museum opens an exhibit devoted to the hurricane and the wild, wet weather that has influenced the Gulf Coast in…
Putting HBO’s Treme on the Map
Posted by Janelle Nanos on May 11, 2010 Fans of the new HBO series, Treme, which takes place in New Orleans during the aftermath of Katrina, can now learn more about the historic neighborhood with a new interactive map created by National Geographic. In it, G.K. Darby, a local blogger who wrote for us here on Intelligent Travel about places to watch the…
Photo Postcard from Jazz Fest
Posted by Krista Rossow on May 4, 2010 After shooting the magazine’s Mardi Gras feature for Traveler’s January/February issue, I found myself officially smitten with NOLA, so I went back last year to experience another of the city’s great events: The annual Jazz & Heritage Festival. I couldn’t make it to this year’s festival, but here are a few photos which offer a…
New Bites in New Orleans
Posted by Janelle Nanos on April 20, 2010 It was a mere five minutes after we’d situated ourselves in the leafy backyard of Bacchanal, a wine bar in New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood, when we started to see smoke: A cigarette butt had fallen into a center hole of a makeshift table and had started to smolder. A few people came over to give…
Mardi Gras Moments: Mardi Gras Morning
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 16, 2010 Staffers Krista Rossow and Susanne Hackett are in New Orleans with writer Andrew Nelson this week. Below they check in with us bright and early on Mardi Gras morning. It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans this morning and the city is awaking to clear skies and King Cake, the iconic, high-sugar carb cake that fuels…
Who Dat? Watching the Super Bowl in New Orleans
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 5, 2010 With Carnival season in full swing and the Saints heading to the Super Bowl this Sunday, New Orleans is ready to party. We asked local blogger G.K. Darby to share some of the best spots for watching the game. New Orleans native Corey Woods of the Nine Times Social and Pleasure Club* has a phrase…
Tangled Up in Blue…Arms
Posted by Janelle Nanos on January 6, 2010 As Meg noted earlier, today marks the day when the Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, is celebrated around the world. And in New Orleans, it’s also the official kick-off to the Mardi Gras season. It was this time last year that I first went down to the Big Easy to begin reporting the Mardi Gras Moments…
Chatting with Tom Hanks
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on November 3, 2009 Last week, National Geographic Traveler assistant editor Janelle Nanos got to chat with legendary actor and World War II enthusiast Tom Hanks, who has “perhaps done more than anyone in Hollywood today to help tell the stories of the war with the film Saving Private Ryan and HBO series Band of Brothers” and who just…
The Krewe of Boo
Posted by Janelle Nanos on October 15, 2009 Mardi Gras has been synonymous with New Orleans for over 150 years, but the man behind some of the most stalwart traditions of Fat Tuesday is trying to change his city from a one-holiday town. Blaine Kern, the owner of Kern Studios, which produces 80 percent of the floats that zigzag through the city throughout…
Cultural Recovery in New Orleans
Posted by shackett on July 7, 2009 At this year’s annual Jazz Fest in New Orleans, representatives from the four main industries of Louisiana’s cultural economy–music, food, art, and film–gathered for a roundtable discussion on how their unique cultural heritage holds the key to economic recovery and growth in the region. With Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu as the host, local luminaries such…
D.C.’s Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
Posted by Janelle Nanos on June 11, 2009 The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival is in full swing here in D.C. this week, with over 100 performances in 35 venues around the city. This year’s festival celebrates the music of New Orleans, and has a roster of artists — Harry Connick Jr., Buckwheat Zydeco, Trombone Shorty — that would make any jazz-hound swoon. While…
Preview: The WWII Museum’s New Wing
Posted by Intelligent Travel on June 5, 2009 In recognition of the anniversary of D-Day Amelia Mularz offers a glimpse of the new wing of the National World War II museum in New Orleans. Tomorrow marks the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and while most thoughts will be directed towards the shores of Normandy, I can’t help but set my sights on…
The House of Dance and Feathers
Posted by Janelle Nanos on May 26, 2009 The corrugated tin roof of the House of Dance and Feathers slopes up like a jaunty cap over the glass-paneled building in Ronald K. Lewis’ backyard. “Everything in this building has a story,” says Lewis, as he pushed open the door to the museum he curates behind his Lower Ninth Ward home. Inside, the walls,…
I Heart My City: Erin’s New Orleans
Posted by I Heart My City on March 23, 2009 Hello, city-lovers! Today’s Southern city is New Orleans, which just wrapped up its Mardi Gras celebrations a few weeks ago. Read below to find out Erin Krall’s favorite picks around Crescent City. Want to see your hometown on IT? Copy and paste our list of fill-in-the-blank questions into an e-mail, fill in your answers, and…
Mardi Gras Moments: The Bead Greed Gallery
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 3, 2009 Here at IT, we’re still on a high from our time in New Orleans last week, so we have a few additional Mardi Gras Moments to share before moving onto our next project. Enjoy! Associate Photo Editor Krista Rossow took some time on Bourbon Street to document the “Bead Greed” phenomenon that we described in…
Mardi Gras Moments: Irrational Geographic
Posted by Janelle Nanos on March 2, 2009 IT Editor Janelle Nanos has been blogging about her behind-the-scenes Mardi Gras Moments for the past few weeks, and she and a few other Traveler staffers went down to New Orleans to document the celebration. While wandering the streets of New Orleans with the Societé de Sainte Anne parade, we National Geographic folk stumbled upon…
Mardi Gras Moments: The Societé de Sainte Anne
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 27, 2009 IT Editor Janelle Nanos has been blogging about her behind-the-scenes Mardi Gras Moments for the past few weeks, and this past weekend, she and a few other Traveler staffers went down to New Orleans to document the celebration. After weeks of blogging about Mardi Gras, I set off to see it for myself, along with…
Mardi Gras Moments: Lundi Gras
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 25, 2009 IT Editor Janelle Nanos has been blogging about her behind-the-scenes Mardi Gras Moments for the past few weeks, and this weekend, she and a few other Traveler staffers went down to New Orleans to document the celebration. We’re busy downloading photos and videos to give you a glimpse of the Carnival spirit, but today offer…
Mardi Gras Moments: Handa Wanda’s
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 23, 2009 Last month, IT Editor Janelle Nanos traveled to New Orleans to explore the culture and traditions of Mardi Gras. For four days, she spoke with the people behind the masks — the ones who help make the celebration happen — to get their stories and insider tips. She’s been blogging about her experiences throughout the…
Mardi Gras Moments: The Mother-in-Law Lounge
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 20, 2009 The other day, I wrote about the glorious Mardi Gras Indian costumes on display at the Backstreet Cultural Museum. But while it’s great to see them up close (where you’re able to oogle the beadwork) I’d have to think that it’s even better to watch the Indians live and in person. And there’s perhaps no…
Mardi Gras Moments: The Little Shop of Fantasy
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 18, 2009 Last month, IT Editor Janelle Nanos traveled to New Orleans to explore the culture and traditions of Mardi Gras. For four days, she spoke with the people behind the masks — the ones who help make the celebration happen — to get their stories and insider tips. She’ll be blogging about her experiences through February…
The Mardi Gras Moments Map
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 17, 2009 Those of you who have been enjoying our Mardi Gras Moments, or who are planning a trip to the Big Easy for Fat Tuesday, check out our new interactive map highlighting the ways the locals celebrate in New Orleans. Have your own recommendations? Let us know in the comments, below.
Mardi Gras Moments: Locals Know Best
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 13, 2009 For the past few days, IT editor Janelle Nanos has been blogging about her Mardi Gras Moments. But today she cedes the floor to our photo intern Jenn Blatty, a New Orleans native who has been to more celebrations that she can count. Here’s her take on where to catch the festivities — and stay…
Mardi Gras Moments: The Backstreet Cultural Museum
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 12, 2009 Last month, IT Editor Janelle Nanos traveled to New Orleans to explore the culture and traditions of Mardi Gras. For four days, she spoke with the people behind the masks — the ones who help make the celebration happen — to get their stories and insider tips. She’ll be blogging about her experiences through February…
Mardi Gras Moments: Traipsing Through Tremé
Posted by Janelle Nanos on February 9, 2009 Last month, IT Editor Janelle Nanos traveled to New Orleans to explore the culture and traditions of Mardi Gras. For four days, she spoke with the people behind the masks — the ones who help make the celebration happen — to get their stories and insider tips. She’ll be blogging about her experiences through February…
