New Orleans
This legendary and beloved bakery started with a butcher who would eventually scheme, dodge death, hustle and work his way up to becoming known throughout the Greater New Orleans area as “Mr. Wedding Cake.”
Trinise Prosper clearly remembers looking forward to Sundays when her mother would take her and the whole family to Lawrence’s Bakery on the corner of Elysian Fields and Fillmore. Little did she know, she’d be carrying on a baking tradition in the exact same spot years later.
Since there are over 100 restaurants participating this year, we decided to highlight a few deals that are worth your while.
The temperatures are high, but we’re keeping it cool
Dancing keeps the blood flowing this weekend, literally. Here are our weekend picks for Aug. 16 – 18, 2019.
Dirty Linen Night served up a cooler, more laid back artsy offering Saturday night.
Nolé took over the former Cheesecake Bistro on St. Charles Avenue, and honestly, it’s a perfect replacement. It’s a place with an impeccable culinary marriage of all things New Orleans and all things Latin America.
Hundreds clad in crimson frocks took to the street Saturday running/walking/staggering through the Vieux Carré.
After a pristine and clean-clothed walk last week along Julia Street in your brightest of linens, it’s time to dig up the gallery gallivanting garments from your hamper and saunter on down to Royal Street for the French Quarter’s funky follow-up — Dirty Linen Night.
For the first time in a few years, the pumps actually worked on white linen night, and the evening wasn’t a washout. Now that you’ve worn your tidy whitey’s out and you know it looks good, it’s time to get dirty.