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WED, MAY 19 12:00AM by admin2

Finds 05.19.10

20100519-finds-0101Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Written by The Independent Staff

1. ANDERSON ENVIE
It’s hard to get your hands on an original Walter Anderson these days. The Ocean Springs, Miss., painter...

2. BATTURE GROUND
Most of us don’t have a name for the no man’s land between the lower Mississippi River and the levee...

3. BACKATOWN
“Supafunkrock.” That’s the term New Orleans native Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews coined to describe his sound, a funky gumbo of everything from soul...

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WED, MAY 12 12:00AM by IND Monthly Staff

FInds 05.12.10

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Written by The Independent Staff

1. SUMMER WHITES
Trendy Jewelie’s Boutique at 407 Rena Drive completed its expansion just in time to stock the store with one of the best selections of lightweight summer white dresses...

2. NOODLING AROUND
Eat Asian, stay slim. That’s my mantra. Even a noodle dish, Vietnamese style, doesn’t pack the calories that Western food will rope around your waistline. Three new...

3. CONSPIRACY THEORY
If this isn’t summer reading I don’t know what is. Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend is the autobiography of Frenchy Brouillete, a longtime gangster...

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WED, MAY 5 12:00AM by IND Monthly Staff

Finds 05.05.10

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Written by The Independent Staff

1. MOTHERS LOVE LAVENDER
As Proust’s madeleine is to taste and memory, the scent of lavender is to sense of place. Lavender’s powerful sharp perfume can take you to the flowering fields of Provence or the closet of your grandmother in one pungent whiff...

2. MOTHER’S DAY AT THE MOON
It is time to thank all of the mothers of the world and let them know you appreciate everything they do. If it weren’t for women, we’d be a bunch of Ape Men running around this place, burning, looting, warring, partying, and crying...

3. MAMA’S BY YOU
If you’ve ever read Goodnight Moon to your child, (and who hasn’t, over and over) you know the beauty of repetition and the soothing effect it has on a sleepy little one. Dianne de Las Casas, New Orleans author and mother...

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WED, APR 28 12:00AM by IND Monthly Staff

Finds 04.28.10

20100428-finds-01011. RULERS, RASCALS AND REFORMERS
Every student of Louisiana history should have this book in her library. Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals and Reformers catalogues our colorful anointed, appointed and elected officials in order...

2. UNCORKED
Take New Orleans’ rogue politicians, her historic architecture, her love of living well, her creative cuisine and her kick-ass football team. Blend with care. Paste on an irreverent label...

3. OFF THE CUFF
Women have tons of ways to accessorize. Purses, clutches, earring, bracelets, necklaces, hairpins, headbands…well, you get the point. A man doesn’t quite get the same choices...

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WED, APR 21 12:00AM by IND Monthly Staff

Finds 04.21.2010

20100421-finds-0101Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

1. GYPSY OVERDRIVE
Call it operatic, gypsy world music or Euro-freak folk, but the quasi-

2. WEAR A TIARA
If you’ve ever succumbed to the temptation to rubber-neck the road

3. UNDERTAKINGS
A year ago, Jeremy Broussard debuted his documentary film,

 

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