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Under The Bridge and Along North Claiborne With the @TBC_BrassBand at the...
Whenever a downtown second-line reaches the I-10 bridge on North Claiborne, things get kicked up a notch, because there is usually already a crowd under the bridge on Sundays. Some people actually...
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Under The Bridge on Claiborne on Mardi Gras Afternoon
It took me nearly an hour to get from Metairie to the North Claiborne Avenue area where TBC Brass Band was supposed to be playing, and where, incidentally, Darren had told me I might run into some of...
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Brunch at Katie’s and North Claiborne Avenue in the Treme
My last day in New Orleans is always a little sad, but for this Sunday morning, Darren Towns and I decided to head out to Katie’s, a restaurant in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, which...
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“They Got To Sew, Sew, Sew”: Mardi Gras Indians Uptown and Downtown
The traditional Mardi Gras parades can be fun, but my favorite part of carnival is in the ‘hoods and backstreets, where the gangs of Mardi Gras Indians appear in their elaborate costumes, beating...
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