FATAL FALL: It was Friday night in the French Quarter, and the place was packed with visitors for the Bayou Classic football game, when a 19-year-old and fell to his death from the second-floor balcony of Pat O'Brien's Bar. The victim was the second grandson of Zachary City Judge Lonny Myles to die in less than three years.
CONSTERNATION IN THE OAKS: Last year, admission to the 2¼-mile driving tour of Celebration in the Oaks at New Orleans City Park cost $18.99 to $32.99 per vehicle. This year there will be a flat fee: $39. Here's why.
SHELTER STORIES: At the end of a cul-de-sac in New Orleans' Lake Vista subdivision, one home tells a real-life Christmas story, a tale that began under the mistletoe and came to its climax under fairy lights and tinsel-draped trees. And in the French Quarter, an 1837 Creole townhouse that was chopped up into low-ceiling apartments in the 1930s has been restored to something approaching its original glory.
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Since the 1980s, Celebration in the Oaks has charmed generations of New Orleanians, and although the glowing dinosaurs and Mr. Bingle installation have stayed the same, the prices have not. Read more
At the end of a Lake Vista cul-de-sac, one home tells a real-life Christmas story — a tale that began under the mistletoe and came to its climax under fairy lights and tinsel-draped trees. Read more
It took keen eyes for Michael and Elizabeth Magner to see the potential in the 1837 Creole townhouse that had been carved into a multifamily dwelling in the French Quarter. While it sat in the middle of a picturesque block, the masonry house was in serious need of repair — “an ugly duckling over a beautiful swan,” Elizabeth Magner said. Read more
