June 15, 2010
FRENCH MARKET — The 24th annual Creole Tomato Festival was held throughout the French Market District from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 12 & 13th with an Opening Day Parade & Press Conference on Friday June 11th. The Louisiana Seafood Festival and the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will be held nearby at the Old U.S. Mint at Barracks with an additional stage on Esplanade.
Besides the relative honor of the great city of New Orleans feteing its localest news mainstay, The Creole-Tomato, the festival featured cooking demos, tomato samplings, live music, Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-Op outdoor Arts Market, children’s activities, food booths, and more!
Mainstage at Governor Nichols at the Farmers Market. Children’s activities & arts market were presented in Dutch Alley.
Editor-in-Chief of the Creole-Tomato, Gary “Coattails” Wingerter had this to say, “After long, dedicated service to this community, I would like to thank the staff, my mom and dad, my baby sister Ruthie, the Academy, the Onion, Angus, the wild citzenry of New Orleans, HBO, and hereby accept this festival on behalf of all C-T readers and thank you, Jesus.”
May 30, 2010
Observe a pair of nearly identical pictures and identify the differences in this puzzle. Kids love these kinds of puzzles. Parents love the commentary on the 2010 BP Oil Slick. Thanks BP!
Louisiana Marsh 2009
Louisiana Marsh 2010
May 11, 2010
CITY HALL — On Tuesday morning, May 11th 2010, just before a swearing-in ceremony at Gallier Hall, the new superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department Ronald Serpas was discovered to have abandoned the city of Nashville, Tennesse in its most trying time in a century. Nashville, TN is underwater. Floods from the adjacent Wolf River have scourged this beloved musical town and surrounding communities. Ronald Serpas, the Chief of Police there, has resigned and taken his new post in New Orleans under newly elected Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
The controversial nature of this decision caused a outcry from citizens of the sister cities of New Orleans and Nashville alike.
Adding salt to the wound of this strange choice by Landrieu, the Times Picayune reported on May 5, 2010 that Landrieu’s pick for acting director of the city Health Department, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, cannot practice medicine in Louisiana.
The state licensing board suspended her license July 31 because Crear-Perry, an obstetrician and gynecologist, did not disclose, as required, that a New Orleans hospital had suspended her privileges and because she did not abide by the board’s terms when it suspended her license in 2008.
The Creole-Tomato sought comment from City Hall, but the internet there was not functioning, so emails could not be received or sent.
May 11, 2010
GULF OF MEXICO – As BP executives, federal, state and local officials fight the catastrophic oil spill weeks after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, South Louisiana fishermen prepare for the worst: an empty marsh.
With the oils spill potentially eradicating Lousiana’s normally abundant supply of oysters, crabs, shrimp, redfish, and speckled trout, fishers and associated tradesmen look to new careers and new livelihoods.
The blank canvas of a crude filled marsh is foremost in the minds of the entrepreneurial Louisianan.
“I’m a put the cooking oil industry outta business, me,” said Captain Bo Theriot of Venice, La. “My reds come pre-greased…just drop ‘em in the pan!”
Developer Audrey Sabine, of Sabine Omican, LLC, has a different approach. Her firm, SOL, has produced renderings of a crawfish farm replete with surrounding rice paddies, Buddhist Temples, and on the spot cryogenic freezers.
SOL reportedly has the backing of US representative Ahn “Joseph” Cao.
“If we can’t catch fresh seafood,” said Sabine, “we might as well grow fresh seafood.”
It has also been reported that Eric Overmeyer of HBO is penning a televsion series that will tell the story of BP, Halliburton, and the people of Southern Louisiana to be released approximatley five years from the date of the explosion. The series, working title, “Tidewater Road” will amble about the lives of affected citizens of Venice and spend quite a bit of time on character development.
April 21, 2010
MID CITY — In the 1100 block of Dumaine Street on Sunday, April 18th 2010, New Orleans resident Bernard Juhas hosted a gumbo party at his converted shotgun double home.
The reason: He had recently taken advantage of a Cox Cable promo and gotten HBO to watch the new series “Treme.” that premiered a week before.
Though he claims to invited fifteen of his friends and family members, only three other people showed up.
“I guess they all have HBO too.” said Mr. Juhas. “But that being the case, I stilled wanted to watch “Treme” with everybody and at the same time have some of my Mee-Maw’s delicious seafood gumbo.”
When asked why a “Gumbo Party,” Mr. Juhas expalined that he and his freinds were really into having Gumbo parties a couple of years ago but they seemed to fall out of fashion.
“Oh yessiree, we are bringing it back. Gumbo Party every Sunday night till they cancel ‘Treme!’”
February 9, 2010
State of Euphoria.NEW ORLEANS — Public Health officials are scrambling to combat the outbreak of a mysterious illness that forced the entire State of Louisiana to call in sick on Monday, February 8th.
“This illness appears to have a sudden onset but presents with no major symptoms to speak of,” said Dr. Pierre Buekens of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
“The State reported fatigue, muscle weakness, mild headache, a loss of voice, and a pronounced state of god-like euphoria. But these symptoms are common and can be associated with any number of conditions.”
“It truly is mysterious,” he added.
In the meantime, New Orleans health officials are taking no chances.
While urging the public to remain calm, Mayor-elect Landrieu has announced that all SDT cleaning trucks will now have a special antibacterial agent added to their street soap sprayers.
“The antibiotic has a natural lemony scent, so the public should notice no difference,” he said.
Reached for comment, the State of Louisiana said that it is feeling “pretty damn good.” But it did add that it may not go into work on Tuesday either.
