In Advocate ad, retired Gen. Russell Honore backs lawsuit against oil and gas companies ~Kevin McGill, AP

Judge: LSU board could face jail if search records not released ~Joe Gyan Jr., The Advocate

Flashback finish gives Saints a leg up in the NFC South ~R.A. Vargas, New Orleans Advocate

Sean Payton post-Falcons Q and A

Saints Defense Rises in 23-17 Win Over Falcons ~NOLA DEFENDER

GAME BALLS VS. NO BALLS: New Orleans Saints Vs Atlanta Falcons ~Brian Beinemy, Nola Rundown

LSU's Odel Beckham Jr. Among SEC Players of the Week

John Barry, On Why The Levee Authority Has Sued The Oil And Gas Companies ~Bob Marshall, WWNO

Frustrated council prepares to take up jail-size question anew ~Claire Galofaro

Tropical Storm Humberto Drenching the Cape Verde Islands ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Wunderblog

2013 hurricane season could be record breaker ~Mary Perez, Sun Herald

New bus service links New Orleans and Baton Rouge ~WWL

Grave Need: City, FEMA Fund Cemetery Renovations for Historic Cottages ~Emma Boyce

Farmer-fisherman exchange ties both ends of the Mississippi River ~Amy Wold

The History Of The Mississippi River ~Tom Ashbrook, On Point Radio

Keeping the Beat Alive: A Clinic Helps New Orleans's Musical Community Stay Strong ~Linda Marsa, Parade

Nativity Cathedral of Biloxi to hold Jazz Mass

Voodoo Music Experience reveals set times ~Tara Hall, SoundSpike

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/09/08/4935081/2013-hurricane-season-could-be.html#storylink=cpy

Vargas: ‘Playoff feel’ awaits Saints’ opener vs. Falcons

Road near sinkhole deformed ~David J. Mitchell, N.O. Advocate

Outdoor Recreation and Transactional Activism ~Library Chronicles
~There's a place on the Parallel Internet you might run into called New Orleans Bum Fest.  It's a collection of photos and anecdotes cataloging, but also making sport of, the foibles of the homeless population of Jackson Square.  I believe it's curated by some of the artists who work down there.
There's some absurdist humor in the posts often coming at the expense of the transients, but just as often aimed at the tourists who swarm the square, or at the city in general.  There are occasions when the observational humor isn't so funny or becomes overly mean-spirited. I suspect there are multiple page administrators which would explain the variance in tone. And the random comments from other internet users don't help matters.  But, for the most part, Bumfest is plain old fashioned workplace angst blogging.  Its main purpose is observational humor put to work as a relief from the grind.

Stormwater plan to use water, not eliminate it ~Chad Caulder, N.O. Advocate

New research: Ancient bayous pull water from the Mississippi, creating ‘missing river’ ~Kari Harden, The Lens

Mark Cave Remembers Dave Dixon: The First Who Dat ~Sharon Litwin, WWNO

Louisiana holds weekend tax holiday for hunting gear ~WVUE

Shrimp Festival set for Sept. 13-15 in St. Bernard Parish ~WDSU

Not hard to be a Saint in this city ~Scott Fujita

New Orleans Advocate to give fans at Sunday's game a commemorative section

Crowds to fill Champions Square for Gleason Gras ~WDSU

Leaders of levee board reform say Jindal's threats violate spirit of 2006 changes ~Jeff Adelson. New Orleans Advocate

Finally, push-back on Bobby Jindal's Koch-sucking opposition to SLFPA-E Lawsuit ~Clancy Dubos, Gambit

Citizens for 1 Greater N.O. backs Doody and Barry for SLFPA-East ~Ruthie Frierson

Latest move toward gas drilling off Mississippi Coast meets with opposition ~Paul Hampton, Sun Herald

Terrebonne raising homes as FEMA raises rates ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE

Update: Assumption Parish Sinkhole Status

Gideon 50 Years Later in New Orleans: A Symposium
~Join Orleans Public Defenders at Tulane Law School, Friday, September 6 as local and national experts explore the history and future of indigent defense reform, community-oriented defense practice, mass incarceration and sentencing reform.

Identity politics: Gentry cling to go-cups while kids and roosters face extinction ~C.W. Cannon, The Lens

Trout Point Lodge, Vaughn Perret and Charles Leary remain repugnant to the US Constitution ~Slabbed

Shhhhhhush! Saints ticket prices lower than NFL average

Majority in Louisiana favor legalizing marijuana ~Mark Ballard and Michelle Millhollon

DJ Soul Sister spreading the gospel of funk ~Alex Rawls, special to your N.O. Advocate

Best of the Bayou Festival

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/09/05/4928953/latest-move-toward-gas-drilling.html#storylink=cpy

BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill RESTORE Act regulations released by Treasury ~Mark Schleifstein

Children of the Revolution -or- Long Distance Meacharound ~moosedenied

Oil and gas association want Caldwell to reverse lawsuit approval ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Why Jindal is so reluctant to make Big Oil pay for ravaging Louisiana’s coast ~Mark Moseley, The Lens

LT. General Russel Honore to deliver the keynote for Rising Tide 8

More questions raised after developer with ties to Jindal accepts plea deal ~David Hammer, WWLTV

VCC chairman says human ‘trash’ needs to be swept from Quarter ~Jaquetta White

Landrieu says Charity conversion into ‘Civic Center’ dead ~Christopher Tidmore, Louisiana Weekly

Habana Outpost Restaurant Nears Final Approval In French Quarter ~Eileen Flemming, WWNO 

Southern Rep Theater!

Jazz in the Park Returns! ~NOLA DEFENDER

5th Annual St Aug Hamp Fest!

Louisiana ranked Most Corrupt State ~Business Insider

On NOLA and Longing: why I'm not second lining this year. A post for my White people ~Hear the Hurricane Coming

Court asked to uphold BP settlement approval

Robert Meachem re-signs; Jon Vilma begins on IR ~Ramon Antonio Vargas

BGR Report: New Orleans courts bloated with judges ~John Simerman, New Orleans Advocate

Debate over new OPP size reignites

Interview with Former Governor Edwin W. Edwards ~Jim Engster, WWNO

Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at Bayou Corne sinkhole ~Stuart Smith

Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at sinkhole - See more at: http://www.stuarthsmith.com/update-expert-says-louisiana-officials-in-denial-over-radium-risk-at-sinkhole/#sthash.OHMjkAKO.dpuf

Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at sinkhole - See more at: http://www.stuarthsmith.com/update-expert-says-louisiana-officials-in-denial-over-radium-risk-at-sinkhole/#sthash.OHMjkAKO.dpuf

Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at sinkhole - See more at: http://www.stuarthsmith.com/update-expert-says-louisiana-officials-in-denial-over-radium-risk-at-sinkhole/#sthash.OHMjkAKO.dpuf

Amount of BP fines to fund Louisiana’s coastal restoration still a promise, not a certainty ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

 Friends of slain 11-year-old speak out against N.O. violence ~WVUE

Sinkhole fears spur La. 70 realignment plans

Saints linebackers ready to answer questions ~Ramon Antonio Vargas

Steve Gleason Legally Entitled To Concussion Lawsuit Money ~Saints Tailgate

French Quarter Battles Habana Outpost Restaurant Proposal ~Eileen Flemming, WWNO

Frenchmen's Apple Barrel To Close Nov. 1 ~NOLA DEFENDER

Saints final 53-man roster!

Coal terminal gets green light for coastal use permit as residents remain opposed to project ~WDSU

The good times roll for retirees in Louisiana ~WWL

La. tribes look to change in federal recognition rules ~Jordan Blum, New Orleans Advocate

Saenger Theatre to host free community concert

Facing Fire Over Challenge to Louisiana’s Oil Industry ~Campbell Roberts, NYTs

Stephanie Grace: Independence at stake in appointments ~New Orleans Advocate

Entergy labors to reach mark ~Richard Thomas, New Orleans Advocate

Flood insurance costs causing drop in St. Charles property values ~WWLTV

Navy warns its testing could kill whales and dolphins in Gulf of Mexico ~Leada Gore

Levee Board Takes On Oil Industry Over Damage To Delta ~Eve Troeh, WWNO

Huey Long is in “complicated” relationship ~Michelle Mollhollon, New Orleans Advocate

BP expands challenge to Gulf spill settlement

DNR okays permit for coal export terminal in Plaquemines Parish ~Amy Wold

Trombone Shorty to Play National Anthem Before Saints-Falcons Season Opener ~NOLA DEFENDER

How the Dutch are Helping New Orleans Stay Dry ~Marco Werman, The World

Lies of omission ~Library Chronicles

Lucky Dogs ~Anita Yesho, KnowLA

Environmental groups criticize Jindal copious oil donations ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate

Green Groups Spotlight Big Oil Donations to Jindal Amid Coastal Lawsuit Saga ~NOLA DEFENDER

John Barry: We Sued the Oil Industry So New Orleans Can Survive ~National Geographic

An Economic Plan for New Orleans Beyond the Usual Suspects, Tourism and Oil ~Bill Bradley, Next City

Riveting interview: Lt. General Russell Honore

~Aerial view of New Orleans (August 31, 2005).  U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy L. Grisham. 
~Hat Tweet @defendnola

To Katrina: Without Whom We Would Not Be Here Right Now ~Paul Sanchez, offBeat

“I remember the next morning, my wife waking me to say that it was bad and me saying no it missed us and her shoving me awake saying over and over, “no, it’s bad, wake up, it’s really bad.” Coming awake I saw a sight which shocked me to silence and tears. The memory of it still does. I saw New Orleans, the city I was born and raised in, only I didn’t recognize it. I struggled to focus on this underwater nightmare of loss and desperation as my hometown.

Environmental groups say Bobby Jindal opposes lawsuit against oil and gas companies because of industry political contributions ~Mark Schleifstein
~At a New Orleans news conference, environmental groups presented a list of 231 contributions to Jindal state election campaigns between 2003 and 2013 by oil and gas companies and executives that total $1,019,777.
The Jindal administration has criticized a lawsuit filed by the East Bank levee authority against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.

I Was Shot in New Orleans, But I’m Not Angry at My Shooter ~Deb Cotton, Next City

Judge refuses to suspend BP settlement payments ~WDSU

The quiet storm ~Library Chronicles

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to Meeting today

Environmental groups to respond to SLFPA-E Lawsuit with press conference today

Family says Chauvin woman gets flesh-eating bacteria by handling live crabs ~WVUE

St. John residents still recovering after Hurricane Isaac ~WDSU

Broussard asking to be removed from pump lawsuit ~Chad Caulder, New Orleans Advocate

Architectural Testing, Inc. Opens Regional Office in New Orleans

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/27/5685154/architectural-testing-inc-opens.html#storylink=cpy

Magic Honey, Cyril Neville ~Andy Snipper

Environmental groups respond to the SLFPA-E Lawsuit

Dear Editilla,
Please join me today and find out the real reason that Governor Jindal opposes the lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.

What: press conference (20 min)
When: 10:30a Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Where: 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2900, New Orleans, LA
Who: Levees.org, the League of Women Voters, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, the Sierra Club, the Gulf Coast Restoration Network, Global Green USA, VAYLA New Orleans and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University

More info:
Last month the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) filed a lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies to hold them responsible for the damage these companies have done to the state's coastal wetlands. Since the SLFPA-E filed the suit, Governor Jindal has attacked the commissioners.

If you haven't yet, please sign this petition to Governor Jindal
http://go.levees.org/oilgaspipeline

Thank you for your support of Levees.org.
Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.org
www.levees.org

Open houses on controversial flood maps continue Tuesday

Many JP residents in newly drawn flood zones according to FEMA

La. community is 'a ghost town' a year after Isaac 

Before and after pictures dramatize rapid loss of Louisiana island

Pontchartrain Express ferry project fading

A renewed call to place breach sites on register

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/08/27/3044493/a-renewed-call-to-place-breach.html#storylink=cpy

 
Tujague’s historic French Quarter restaurant reopens ~Ian McNulty, New Orleans Advocate

Video of Letten and O'Keef shows hostile encounter ~Gordon Russell, New Orleans Advocate

St Charles Assessor revalues some properties downward ~Richard Thompson, New Orleans Advocate

Plaquemines looks at Terrebonne model for storm protection ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE

Floating Islands: Jefferson Parish Installs Living Shorelines by Bucktown ~Summer Moore, NOLA DEFENDER

Letter to Director of George Bush Museum

Fighter training stepping up in Belle Chasse

Hurricane Katrina anniversary spurs discussions on how to protect coast ~La Tonya Norton, WDSU

~“If you had the wetlands the speed of all storms would have been reduced significantly, but we wouldn’t have corrected the manmade problems that the Corps of Engineers created,” Anne Milling of Women of the Storm.

Community leaders focus on climate change near 8th anniversary of Federal Flood

Bob Breck: active stretch of hurricane seasons may be nearing end ~WVUE

Bush library rewrites Katrina role ~Bruce Nolan, The Advocate

James Gill: Jindal’s just too funny

Stephanie Grace: Gov. Bobby Jindal: politician or pundit?

Community leaders focus on climate change near 8th anniversary of Katrina and the Federal Flood

Bush, Blanco tell different stories on ‘federalization’ ~Bruce Nolan, The Advocate

Good fishing in New Orleans City Park ~Sun Herald

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/23/4897516/good-fishing-in-new-orleans-city.html#storylink=cpy

The Film That Will Get Goodell Fired ~Jason Calbos

Corps announces proposed route for St. John levee ~Richard Thompson, New Orleans Advocate

Leaders weigh in on Army Corps flood protection plan ~WDSU

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge fined by Louisiana environmental officials ~Lauren McGaughy

Families call for city to save deteriorating historic Holt Cemetery ~WWLTV

St. Bernard gets $3.75M to replace water intake

State officials, flood authority continue their very public spat over oil, gas lawsuit ~Bob MArshall, The Lens

"Proposed" St. John the Baptist levee would lower risk from surge in 100-year storms ~Mark Schleifstein

River Interests Want Deeper Dredging To Accommodate More Vessels ~WWNO

Scott Fujita added to 'Saints On 6' primetime team ~WDSU

Louisiana Attorney General's Office Rebukes John Barry in Levee Board Lawsuit

~What the AG's office says: "Absolutely no representation was ever made by Mr.Kanner that Mr. Barry’s suit was not detrimental to the state’s B.P. litigation. It never happened."

What John Barry said: We have been told our suit may interfere with the BP trial. Our attorney checked with the attorney representing the state and was told our suit would not interfere.  How could it?  The BP trial will be over long before our trial starts. And at Garret’s request we waited until the first phase of the trial was over before filing suit.

Reporter says George W. Bush library doesn't tell Katrina's whole story ~WWLTV

Check Out These New Plans For Lee Circle ~Sarah Chase, Curbed

Who are the Landry/Coulter factions? ~Small Affair


New jail agreement gives Sheriff Gusman everything he wanted ~Clair Galofaro

Letter to the editor: Root of gentrification is decline of New Orleans’ middle class ~Alfred Bostick, Uptown Messenger

Check Out These New Plans For Lee Circle ~Sarah Chase, Curbed

Assumption sinkhole video makes big Internet splash ~David J Mitchel, New Orleans Advocate

Advisory issued for swimmers in Gulfport ~WVUE

Ragin' Cajun Redneck Gators Coming to SyFy (Trailer) ~NOLA DEFENDER

Suing oil and gas interests to save the coast: author John Barry weighs in ~The Lens

Levee board, Jindal administration remain at odds over lawsuit after hints of reconciliation ~Bob Marshall

No Fn Problem ~moosedenied

State coastal authority votes to demand that East Bank levee authority drop its oil, gas, pipeline lawsuit ~Mark Schleifstein

Bubba Dove Floodgate opens, offers protection to Terrebonne (Video) ~Amy Wold

How could city of New Orleans raise money to pay for police, jail consent decrees? ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

Downtown housing transformation begins with start of Iberville demolition ~WWLTV

Some who sought FEMA assistance after Federal Flood being forced to pay back 'debt' ~WDSU

Louisiana to overhaul food establishment inspection process ~Leigh Isaacson, WVUE

Boeing officials update progress on tank for NASA’s mega-rocket at Technolagy TechFest ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans Advocate

This week's Odd Words

Racing Stripes: Exotic Animal Racing at The Fair Grounds ~NOLA DEFENDER

First second line of the season: Valley of Silent Men ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit

Fireworks continue over lawsuit against oil and gas industry ~Amy Wold, New Orleans Advocate

Assumption sinkhole renews activity, swallows more trees (Video)

Levee board appointments may allow Jindal to interfere with suit ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate

Jefferson Parish hosts open houses on new flood maps ~WDSU

Heart of Louisiana: The blacksmith ~Dave McNamara

WATCH: First of Panama Canal’s Giant New Gates Arrive in Panama ~Mike Schuler, gCaptain

Caravan Stage develops traveling pirate show in Lafitte ~Will Coviello, Gambit

He’s b-a-a-a-a-ck! Disaster-prone BP boss returns to the Gulf under new auspices ~Mark Moseley, The Lens

State moves to fill 3 East Bank levee authority seats, including posts held by president, vice president ~Mark Schleifstein

Noise ordinance divides musicians, neighbors ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate

Sounding Board: Public Weighs in on Noise Ordinance ~William Dilella, NOLA DEFENDER

The League Better Beware Brees’ Reloaded Gun ~Saints Tailgate

Trying to wash us away ~Clancy DuBos, Gambit

MAP: Global Flood Damage Could Exceed $1 Trillion Annually by 2050 ~Mother Jones

Hens rescued from cockfighting raid find new homes

~Cockfighting fairly prevalent, warns LA/SPCA

Barry: Lawsuit opposition based oil & gas politics ~New Orleans Advocate

Water gates: Bob Marshall of The Lens on what it takes to activate New Orleans' flood protection system if tropical weather approaches

Mitch Landreiu's Aspen Ideas tour ~Library Chronicles

Plaquemines Parish floods make some leery of the levees ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans Advocate

Who Fat: LA #1 in Obesity, CDC Says ~NOLA DEFENDER

Love NOLA: Coming Home ~Brett Will Taylor, WWNO

Sean Payton marches on with new outlook ~Jim Corbett, USA Today

Introducing The New Orleans Advocate

~Editilla Hotellas~ 4:30 am PYOW on my front porch.

James Gill: ‘Watchdogs’ fight each other ~New Orleans Advocate

Plaqumines Parish leaders prepare as system brews in the Gulf ~WDSU

St. John Parish residents brace for rain event ~WVUE

Corps expected to decide on River Parishes levee alignment soon ~Richard Thompson, The Advocate

New Acadia Project could rewrite area's history ~Megan Wyatt, The Advertiser

Gulf disturbance development less likely

FEMA buying new coaster to replace flood damaged Live Oak Ladybug ~Coaster-net

UNO gets grants for jazz education program ~WWL

Key disagreements remain between levee board, Jindal administration over coastal loss lawsuit ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Levee board opens door to settling lawsuit ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate 

Harry Shearer interviews Maria Garzino on Hurricane Isaac e-mail FOIAs. Uh oh.

Stephanie Grace: Campaign surveillance a blood sport

NSF ranks Mississippi State in top 100 in U.S. for research

My Spilt Milk News

Tonight, The Nite Tripper @Tipitinas, Saints @Saints v. Riders, Ellis Marsalis, Cristina Perez @NOMA1910 ~NOLA DEFENDER

Flood board votes to continue oil and gas lawsuit

Corps closes Lake Borgne barge gate as storm organizes in Gulf ~New Orleans Advocate

Still Two Miracles Short of Sainthood ~moosedenied

‘Reinventing the Crescent’ reconsidered: mere gentrification or good for us all? ~Daniel Wolff, The Lens

City to study landmark status for Camellia Grill, but not Xavier Prep campus ~Uptown Messenger

New Orleans, City of Living Metaphor

One can often see more of New Orleans in the blink of an eye or casual glance than in all of the photographs, television exposes or movies every shown. Hidden in plain view, bundling out of flower pots or cool, shaded courtyard gardens behind little wrought iron doors with tiny windows in the middle of them, she is a city of living metaphor, and as such, must be handled with care. In this city, neither Cliche’ nor Metaphor will honor what they seem in life nor what you would wish of them in death. There is so much here to see, hear, taste and feel. But one must allow the Lady to serve. While necessity may be the Mother of Invention, and camouflage the Art of Survival, New Orleans is a Sashay of Masques. Even knocked flat on her ass after our Exquisite Corps left her for dead, this lovely city has them all beat for culture and surprise. Did I say "she"? "Her"? Oh yes, I definitely speak of Her, a Scorpio Woman at that! Respect her thusly, check expectations at the door... --and bring comfortable walking shoes.

Due in large part to the city's layout, her placement along several curves of the Mississippi river, New Orleans is shaped like several half-wheels, with streets splayed and crashing together at complex yet interesting intersections, like twisted spokes and broken axles. Yet as one travels away from the river they spread to the edges of the other wheels, merging into equally strange angles.
I know of only a few square neighborhoods, the Quarters being the more famous--though even within its tight confines of only 13 by 7 blocks people still manage to lose their place. But then again, that is why many come to this city, to lose their place and perchance find a new one. It is a great city for reinvention, redirection and restoration. The three "Rs".
With no straight or parallel lines, and no level sidewalks,
New Orleans is not a square city at all.
She is a complex, curvaceous and clever beauty.
This is of course one of the things I love about her.

So, amongst the many methods of orientation one should leave at home when visiting here is any normal sense of direction. This is a truly sensual city, but "direction" is not one of them. Don't get stuck on "normal". Leave normal at home, with your car keys if you can. Just forget them both. I have often met completely sober visitors, normal people, absolutely at a loss as to where they parked their cars--in the middle of the day!
If one can afford to drive here (HA!) then park the damn thing. This is just not a very good town for cars. One does not get away with "making the block" here. Try that and you will get lost every time--even on foot! No. It is best to use the public transit, bikes, or cabs, so you can look about while traveling around from courtyard gardens to cemeteries to art galleries and artists markets to music venues, or entire "music streets" like Frenchman Street where there are at least six or seven really great local live music bars in just the first couple of blocks. And of course restaurants.

Cliche as it may sound, one of my favorite ways still to see the city, or just get around, is on any of the street cars. We do not call them "Trolleys". It was a Street Car Named Desire.
The St Charles line runs from downtown all the way through the Garden District and Uptown, then turns at the river on Carrolton Avenue for about another mile or so. Then pay again and ride back the other direction. Depending on traffic, the ride might last two or three hours for the whole trip. When catching one downtown, it is always good wait to get on the 2nd one since there are usually two in a row as they tend to get pretty full (with tourists:) You will want to snag a window seat on the right side for both directions. I prefer the very back if possible, where the conductor sits when going the other direction. There is only one seat (the conductor's) but more windows, a wider view, and usually more room. If with a companion or group, all take window seats. Don't screw around with visiting each other, lest you make the city jealous. (Y'all can do each other in private back at the hotel or bar or wherever:) Look out the windows. Open the windows. Do not lean out the windows to take the last picture of your life. Shut up and listen. Get your cameras ready, since a good picture will jump out of nowhere here and it will most likely be one of the prettiest and/or the funniest (and tragic) things you will ever see in any other city.

At any point along the trip one may want to disembark for drinks or food or just to walk around. I highly recommend doing this. Get lost in the Garden District and just catch the next car every 15 or 20 minutes. Walk a few blocks towards the river to Magazine Street, where loads of galleries and shops are lined up like beat-up trunks full of treasure from a Ghost Liner. My favorite shop on Magazine these days is Dirty Coast.
My favorite restaurant on that street amongst many favorites is Joey Ks. One may also be able to get a transfer rather than paying full price again. Ask the conductor. They will tell you anything and most of it will be true. Make sure to ask too if going to somewhere specific like Commanders Palace or someplace off the line. They will holler as you draw nigh.

There is also the Canal Street Car line and another which runs along the river to the bottom of Esplanade Avenue, the downstream border of the French Quarters.
That latter one, I think called "Riverside?", does not seem to be as regular as the other two. The Canal line is wonderful as it runs all the way to City Park, which is worth a trip all its own.
It is one of the largest city parks in the nation and is riddled with bayous and lakes. The city museum is there, as well as a huge sculpture garden.

New Orleanians LOVE this park and you can feel it in the air as very much a "heart" of the city, among her many, many, many sweet hearts.
I have several friends there who happen to be huge old trees. There are also several great local eateries around the park too. Again, ask the street car conductor for advise. From there I believe one can take a bus straight down Esplanade Avenue back to Rampart Street at the edge of the Quarters---just in time for cocktails at the Bombay Club!
~Editilla Notellas~ I wrote this a LONG time ago as the first and only attempt at submitted-by-request content, in this case for a travel rag.

700-plus roosters rescued from N.O. East breeder ~Also~ Arabi man arrested after 32 dead dogs found stuffed in his fridge

South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Board Meeting today @ 9:30am, 

Meeting Room 221, 

Franklin Administrative Complex,
6920 Franklin Avenue

Lawmakers, flood authority spar over wetlands lawsuit ~Mark Schleifstein

Lawmakers criticize Flood Protection Authority for suing oil and gas companies ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Dat Dog Rising On Frenchmen Street ~NOLA DEFENDER

Live blog Wednesday: Flood Protection Authority appears before legislators ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Who or what is Response Systems? Wisconsin firm has $900K contract to help with LA. hurricane evacuations ~Louisiana Voice

Green groups keeping mum on flood authority lawsuit opposed by Jindal ~Bob Marshall

Coal exporter, state detail pact on river diversion ~Amy Wold

Exquisite Corps take over Lake Vista green space

Cochran pushing for measures aimed at protecting shrimpers ~MS Business Journal

SLFPA-E Levee board's suit moved to federal court

Live Chat: Bob Marshall Of The Lens Discusses Coastal Loss Lawsuit Against Oil And Gas Companies ~WWNO

RTA board approves ferry fare plan

Carpetbaggers & the Go-Cup — A New Orleans Tale of Murdering New Orleans ~Kiss Me, I'm Cooking

Army Corps Of Engineers Warns Of Possible Cutbacks On MS River ~Maureen McCollum

Sinkhole bypass meeting set Tuesday in Napoleonville

Sandra Hester files lawsuit against city, mayor, police chief ~WWLTV

A New Core ~Saints Win

Saints’ Vaccaro ‘brings it’ in practice, on the field ~Brian Allee-Walsh

Sequester limits coastal restoration payouts ~Jordon Blum, New Orleans Advocate

Coast Guard Releasing Oil Spill Response Plan ~WWNO

~Officials signing off on the plan include representatives of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office. Local leaders represent  Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany parishes.

Surpirse! Surprise! BP orchestrates media blitz to sway public opinion

Bansky Installs BP Ride at Brighton Pier in UK (Video) ~American Zombie

Ole Miss launches new law/engineering program ~MS Business Journal

Feds declare disaster for Florida oyster industry

Mandeville renews contract with Cleco

Feral hogs with razor sharp fangs more invasive in Louisiana

Enforcement changes for N.O. noise regs suggested ~Alex Rawls

Pitt, Booker to Grace Screen at New Orleans Film Festival ~NOLA DEFENDER

Harvest the Music fall concert schedule announced ~Gambit

The redevelopment of Freret Street ~Robert Morris, Gambit/Messenger

Corps releases draft environmental document for review - Greater New Orleans Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction Mitigation

A New Core ~Saints Win

Sean Payton Harder On Himself For Play Calls Than We Were ~Saints Tailgate

The Times-Picayune Fiasco: Newhouse says he's 'pleased.' Huh? ~Errol Laborde

Marullo leading dispenser of not-guilty verdicts ~John Simerman

As one year anniversary of Hurricane Isaac approaches, some victims feel forgotten ~WVUE

Swift Departure ~Stephanie Riegel

New Orleans entrepreneur gets serious about sunglasses ~Renee Peck, NolaVie

Free dance lessons in New Orleans (almost) every day of the week ~Megan Braden-Perry, Gambit

Oyster hatchery ‘dream building’ soon to open on Grand Isle ~Amy Wold, New Orleans Advocate

Kicking you off the internet ~Library Chronicles

The Advocate Story on Wisner ~American Zombie

"I'll have the Roasted Falcon" ~Sean Payton

City Hall battles Wisner heirs over valuable real estate ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate

Sunday Coastal B’s: Bay Tech, Bentz and Bay St Louis broke? ~Slabbed

Sheriff Gusmans latest claim, Scorpion King, raises eyebrows ~John Simerman

St. Claude Zoned as Arts & Cultural Overlay District ~NOLA DEFENDER

Could Terrebonne Parish Council ban public sleeping?

Beyond dinner: Tiger shrimp mounted for display

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2013/08/10/4654351/beyond-dinner-invasive-shrimp.html#storylink=cpy

Video: Hunt for BP disaster oil continues on La. coast ~Amy Wold, The Advocate

What the levee authority really wants for Louisiana's coast: John M. Barry
~The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East -- the levee board responsible for protecting metropolitan New Orleans east of the Mississippi River -- filed suit July 24 against Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell and 94 other oil, gas and pipeline companies for destroying the land and marsh buffer that once provided natural protection to New Orleans from hurricanes.
As most readers know, approximately 1,900 square miles of Louisiana's coastal lands have disappeared in the past 80 years. This land loss is continuing and, coupled with sea level rise, if nothing is done most of Louisiana's coast will simply disappear. This would be disastrous for the country and the state -- and particularly the defendants in the suit. Chris John, head of Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, wrote in The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com last week that coastal lands "protect critical oil and gas infrastructure from storm surge," adding that "our viability depends on" the coastal buffer.

~Several factors have contributed to land loss, and the oil and gas industry is by no means responsible for all of it. But even the industry recognizes it is responsible for much of it. The industry has dredged 10,000 miles of canals and pipelines through the marsh, allowing saltwater intrusion, killing plants. Without their root structure holding the land together, it melted into the ocean. In addition, the extraction of an immense volume of oil and gas from beneath the surface has caused the surface of the land to sink. Scientific studies, which included industry representatives, concluded that the industry caused an estimated 36 percent of the land loss statewide. And Chris John conceded, "Industry recognizes its role" in the loss.
By destroying the land buffer that once protected populated areas, the industry has made the levee board's task far more difficult and far more expensive. Don't take our word for it. In 2006, when the state of Louisiana sued the federal government for revenue from off-shore production, Bob Bea, one of the most respected flood experts in the world and formerly Shell's chief off-shore engineer, stated that the industry "contributed significantly to the loss of natural defenses such as barrier beaches, wetlands, and marshes. In several important cases, it was the loss of these natural defenses that contributed to the unanticipated breaches of flood protection facilities that protected the greater New Orleans area during Hurricane Katrina and led to the repeated flooding during Hurricane Rita."

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~ The Progressive Northshore Democrats organization of St. Tammany  Parish Wednesday became the first political organization in southeast Louisiana to endorse a controversial lawsuit recently filed against 97 oil and natural gas companies by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority -- East seeking monetary relief for documented damage to the state's wetlands by years of drilling and energy industry canal dredging.

   The landmark lawsuit was filed by the Authority recently in New Orleans Civil District Court. The Authority was approved as a constitutional amendment by voters following Hurricane Katrina and consists of nine members who are authorities in flood damage and water control and who serve without compensation.

   In the resolution, adopted without opposition by the political group, it is noted that decades of unchecked oil and gas exploration company canal dredging has accounted for from 30 to 50 percent of the loss of some 2000 square miles of Louisiana wetlands. The resolution notes that in a much cited study for the Gas Research Institute in 1996, the late University of New Orleans geologist Shea Penland found that such drilling and dredging accounted for 36 percent of Louisiana wetlands loss from 1932 to 1990.

  Progressive Northshore Democrats, led by Joan Simon of the Covington area, is an organization of Democrats and politically progressive independents who meet on a regular basis but it is not a registered non-profit nor a registered Political Action Committee. The organization has adopted past resolutions dealing with environmental issues pertaining to Lake Pontchartrain and surrounding areas. Member Richard Boyd authored the lawsuit resolution.

 The resolution says that a "healthy and vibrant wetlands ecosystem is vital to controlling storm surge and destructive salt water intrusion...and a compromised wetlands interlaced with thousands of abandoned and neglected oil and gas industry drilling access and pipeline access canals negate the protective armor of a vibrant wetlands system." The resolution notes studies showing some 10,000 such canals have been dredged throughout the southeast Louisiana wetlands.

  The resolution notes that continuing wetlands loss, a major portion attributed to the network of oil and gas dredged canals, increases the need for more expensive protection levees and floodgates to shield citizens and property from encroaching storm surge and salt water invasion.

  The resolution calls upon Gov. Bobby Jindal, the state legislature, the state congressional delegation and municipal leaders of shoreline communities on the south and north shores of Lake Pontchartrain and east of the Mississippi River to join in endosring the filing of the historic lawsuit.

  A copy of the resolution and accompanying map prepared for the political organization by the company DisasterMap.net was forwarded Wednesday to the Authority's offices in New Orleans.

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