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Five spots for shrimp croquettes
05/16/2012

Borgne Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., 613-3860…

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Fashion Scents
05/16/2012

Fashion designer Harold Clarke (102 St. Charles Ave., 638-1579; www.hardoldclarke.com) released his first fragrance this month. "It's really inspired by the couture," Clarke says.…

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Founder of Milkfish
05/16/2012

Interview with Cristina Quackenbush If you have a craving for — or perhaps a curiosity about — Philippine-style chicken adobo, pancit noodles, lumpia egg rolls or chocolate rice porridge, Cristina Quackenbush has your number. A native of the Philippines, she grew up in Indiana and moved to New Orleans in 1999 after a Mardi Gras visit sold her on the city.…

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Highlights of Jazz Fest
05/16/2012

Count Basin looks back on the best and weirdest moments of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by Will Coviello, Frank Etheridge, Ken Korman, David Kunian, Lauren LaBorde, Russ Lane, Ian McNulty, Noah Bonaparte Pais, Missy Wilkinson and Alex Woodward Count Basin™ remembers an era when the banjo was the stringed instrument of choice in local music, but the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival found plenty of room for the guitar, and festival crowds seemed quite pleased. Headliners and guitar slingers included Bruce Springsteen, the Foo Fighters, the Beach Boys, The Eagles, Zac Brown Band, Glen Hansard, Ani DiFranco, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Cheik Hamala Diabate and many others.…

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How to Grow a Band
05/16/2012

Ask any successful documentary filmmaker how drama is made from real-life events and you're likely to hear words like "luck" and "serendipity" somewhere in the response. There's no substitute for being in the right place at the right time no matter what the subject matter may be.…

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Crispin Cider Dinner
05/16/2012

The apple was a leading American crop in colonial days, and fermented — or hard — cider reigned as the young country's most common drink through the early 19th century, as New Orleans-based drinks writer Wayne Curtis has documented in And a Bottle of Rum, his book on New World spirits. It was easy to produce, it kept well and – then, as now — it takes the edge off.…

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The magic of makeovers
05/16/2012

Presenting the winners of the Cue fashion makeovers A makeover often heralds an era of self-reinvention — witness the restorative power of a drastic haircut following a breakup. But other times, a makeover can be a physical manifestation of an inner shift that's already taken place.…

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The Music of Led Zeppelin at the Mahalia Jackson Theater
05/16/2012

Sun. May 20 | Zebra frontman Randy Jackson was influenced by Led Zeppelin when he got into rock in the 1970s, but here he covers the band's hits backed by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.…

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Moments of Truth
05/16/2012

WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE LOOKS HE LOVES, DESIGNER CHAD GRACI RELIES ON AN INNATE SENSE OF STYLE by Lee Cutrone "with a small space, every part of the room has to count," graci says. the vintage 1980s sofa is by avery boardman;the striped circa-1950s chair belonged to graci's grandmother, and the 1920s chandelier is made of pewter.…

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Publicists of the State
05/16/2012

Jeremy Alford on why state agencies pay $5 million per year on press aides by Jeremy Alford The responsibilities of a Louisiana governmental press secretary extend far beyond fielding requests from reporters. Some duties aren't in the job description, as Marsanne Golsby learned during her eight-year stint as former Gov. Mike Foster's top media liaison.…

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The Dictator
05/16/2012

May 16 Lately, it's been hard for dictators.…

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Get Real, Louisiana
05/16/2012

Where and when to catch the current crop of locally-set reality TV shows Bayou Billionaires (CMT) New season premieres this summer; date to be announced…

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MIND YOUR BUSINESS
05/16/2012

Monique Guild is a business consultant with a little something extra: "I'm highly intuitive," says the New Orleans native whose clients include politicians, entrepreneurs, CEOs and athletes. "I get information about what has caused that business to get stuck and what to do to turn it around."…

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Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo
05/16/2012

Fri.-Sun. May 18-20 | The festival presents three stages of live music on Bayou St. John at Orleans Avenue.…

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CUE, June 2012
05/16/2012

The CUE Makeover; interior designer Chad Graci; goodies for Crescent City babies; and more

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Interview: Todd Barry
05/16/2012

Alex Woodward talks to the actor/comedian, who's coming to New Orleans this week by Alex Woodward Louis C.K. surprised a massive crowd at the Mahalia Jackon Theater when he introduced, offstage and with little fanfare, his unannounced opener: Todd Barry, a longtime presence in comedy circles and master of timing — particularly in his long pauses and low, measured voice. "That crowd was unbelievable," Barry says in his characteristic sigh-speech.…

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Group wraps up project honoring county%92s fallen during Vietnam War
05/16/2012

Group wraps up project honoring county's fallen during Vietnam War

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Updated 12:27 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012

After 2½ years of research, volunteers with the local Faces with Names project are declaring mission accomplish in an effort to gather photos and stories of all 354 veterans from Bexar County who died or were listed as missing during the Vietnam War.

Southwest ISD trustees asking voters to approve $165M bond issue
05/16/2012

Southwest ISD trustees asking voters to approve $165M bond issue

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Updated 12:29 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012

New high school, middle school among proposed projects; board unanimous in calling for election.

Shale boom has rails rolling at Port S.A.
05/16/2012

Shale boom has rails rolling at Port S.A.

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Updated 12:17 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Rail traffic at the port jumped by more than 75 percent in fiscal 2011 compared with the year before, with much of the growth coming from oil field supplies offloaded from railcars to 18-wheelers and bound for drillers in the shale, officials said Tuesday. “San Antonio is becoming the new energy city in Texas,” Castro added, citing a University of Texas at San Antonio study released May 9 that estimates that development in the Eagle Ford Shale will mean a $25 billion economic boost to a 20-county area in south Texas and add 47,000 jobs. McConnell praised San Antonio's efforts to embrace a range of fuels, from fossil fuels to renewables and said that such initiatives support President Barack Obama's “all of the above” energy strategy that advances the use of oil, natural gas, fuel efficiency, wind, solar, biofuels and nuclear power. Other companies who moved into the port early, as did RLI, were Fiesta Warehousing & Distribution, and railcar maker and repair company Greenbrier Cos., which was present at Kelly AFB as it was shutting down and private firms were transitioning in, said Port San Antonio spokesman Paco Felici.

Bronson escapes time in prison
05/16/2012

Bronson escapes time in prison

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Updated 12:17 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A jury Tuesday ordered probation for an international flight attendant who admitted to drinking numerous glasses of wine before taking two prescription Ambien and later plowing into two young girls and their mother with her car. The punishment verdicts for intoxication assault and failure to stop and render aid followed more than three hours of jury deliberations and a week of emotional testimony in which the parents of Ava Lopez, 18 months old at the time of the April 2009 wreck, described her fight to survive after incurring severe brain injuries. The only member of the Lopez family to watch the announcement, she left the 290th State District courtroom sobbing, surrounded by friends and district attorney's office staff. [...] jurors couldn't determine the sleep-deprived flight attendant's sentence without first taking into consideration her prescription for the sleep drug Ambien, which has been known to cause sleep-driving episodes, defense attorney Patrick Hancock argued during closing arguments. Prosecutors ended their plea for prison time by holding up pictures in front of the jury box of Ava in the hospital, her tiny, limp body hooked up to a respirator as family members continually held her hand to let her know she wasn't alone.

I-35 shut by wreck as record rain falls
05/16/2012

I-35 shut by wreck as record rain falls

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Updated 12:17 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A total of 9.84 inches of rain in May caused the aquifer to rise 10 feet, from 648 feet to 658 feet above sea level at the J-17 monitoring well. The record-setting rain was blamed for a wreck that killed a San Antonio trucker early Tuesday along Interstate 35 on the south side of New Braunfels. The cab was torn from the vehicle, and the tractor's undercarriage and the trailer swerved across the highway and caught fire, police said. The storm was blamed for power outages that affected 3,000 CPS Energy customers at their peak, a company spokesman said. The high-water rescue was called in about 11 p.m. as the storm system blowing east through the region dumped 1.5 inches on the city in less than three hours, prompting police and public works to check low water crossings throughout the area, officials said. A police officer at the scene of the rescue, who declined to give his name, said the woman turned off Babcock Road onto Hollyhock Road and became stuck in rising water at the Huebner Creek crossing. There were several reports of lightning strikes and electrical fires, including a house fire in the 17000 block of Irongate Pass on the Northeast Side.

What%92s New in San Antonio
05/16/2012

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Bravo%92s “Top Chef” Heads to San Antonio
05/16/2012

Emmy and James Beard Award-winning No.1 food show on cable, "Top Chef," will head to San Antonio for part of the ninth season. The Bravo series filmed the majority of the episodes for “Top Chef: Texas” in San Antonio. Scheduled to air this fall, the series will drive major positive exposure for the city.

San Antonio%92s Culinaria Restaurant Week Set for August 20 %97 27
05/16/2012

Restaurant Week 2011

Beginning this Saturday %97 There’s more River Walk to Explore
05/16/2012

The famous San Antonio River Walk is in the process of adding eight miles, for a total length of 15 miles. The first two miles of this eight-mile extension open this Saturday and will link culture-rich downtown with even more attractions.