October 3, 2008
Your caption here.Welcome to The Creole-Tomato Famous Historical Caption Contest! Here’s how to play:
1. Whip out your trusty magnifying glass and examine this exchange of ideas between Saints Head Coach Sean Payton and an NFL official. (If you were within earshot at the game, you’re not eligible.)
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3. If you’d like your name included, put it in the form there. If not, don’t.
4. The best caption(s) chosen by our illustrious staff go up on The Creole-Tomato forever!
July 16, 2008
A real MFCBD — Despite months of anticipation, there will be no FagetDome playing host to Saints games or Sugar Bowls.
Today, the Superdome Commission announced that it has rejected a multi-million dollar bid from local jewelry maker Mignon Faget for naming rights to the 30-year old sports stadium.
The proposed bid, rumored to be “well above market value,” according to a party with knowledge of the offer, was rejected by commission officials due to concerns about “fit and image.”
In a written statement, newly appointed commission chairman Gaston Laborde said:
“While the offer certainly represented a more than generous offer on the part of the company, is is our view that the two organizations’ are not a good match at this time.” Full Story » »
December 11, 2006
Editors’ Note: This article originally appeared in Where Y’at Magazine.
Since so many of City Park’s austere, ancient Mossy Oaks have gone the way of the woodchipper since Katrina, a blue-ribbon panel has been established to aid City park officials in brainstorming a new name for “Celebration in the Oaks.”
Austue citizens may recall this is not the first name change of the annual non-denominational festival formerly known as “Christmas in the Oaks.”
Except this time the problem isn’t Christmas. It’s The Oaks.
The panel, co-chaired by media mogul Clancy DuBois and owner of local instiution Fat Harry’s Dickie Unangst, has submitted the following names for public comment in advance of a community meeting to be held in the next few weeks:
Celebration in the Newly Planted, Fast Growing Palms
Celebration in the Lawn
Celebration in the Shrubbery
Celebration in the Monkey Grass
Celebration in the Cellphone Towers
Celebration in the Birch
Celebration in the Beech
Celebration in the Bee-yotch
Celebration in the Christmas Lights
And simply…Celebration Station!
Regardless of the name, City Park officials promise that “Celebration in the ____________” will be just as illumination as ever.
“Katrina took away our trees,” said one anonymous City Park employee, but she could never take our festive blue Sea Dragon down by Christian Brothers.”
December 15, 2005
The display depicted Mr. Bingle smashing a store window with a giant candy cane.It’s no ordinary holiday season in New Orleans this year, so Celebration in the Oaks designer Claude St. Pierre decided to add an unconventional scene to this year’s traditional holiday display.
He thought the beloved New Orleans holiday character Mr. Bingle using an enormous candy cane to loot the Maison Blanche on Canal Street struck just the right humorous tone.
But after complaints from visitors, City Park officials have instructed St. Pierre to dismantle it.
“Although most people did enjoy the decorations, a few visitors found the display to be in poor taste,” said a statement issued by Celebration in the Oaks organizers.
The “Mr. Bingle Looting” scene had sat among the grand, traditional displays of gleaming lights, Santa and his elves, and the Baby Jesus asleep in the manger. Full Story » »
December 15, 2005
One man's trash is another man's defenses.The Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities today announced a new plan to use refrigerators thrown away after Katrina to restore some of the wetlands the hurricane destroyed.
“Our Christmas tree recycling program has been so successful, that we’ve decided to expand it,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Gerald M. Duszynski of the Office of Coastal Restoration and Management at a press conference in Baton Rouge.
“We looked at how our wetlands have been devastated and we looked at all the refrigerators piling up on the streets and we thought: there’s a no-brainer.”
No reliable estimates exist for the number of disposed refrigerators. Some experts put the number in just Orleans and Jefferson Parishes in the hundreds of thousands.
According to the State’s plan, the refrigerators will be bound together in a wooden fence, or pen, in a shallow open-water area. In theory, the fences will provide a wave-break that can reduce erosion and provide reefs for fish and crustaceans. Full Story » »
