Doug Maccash
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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Leon Galatoire, the former gregarious face of his family's historic restaurant, dies at 68
Leon Rene Galatoire, former chef and manager of the renowned French Quarter restaurant Galatoire’s, has died at age 68. → Read More
The Mardi Gras 2023 season begins with the saintly Joan of Arc parade in the French Quarter
Jan. 6 marks the traditional start of the Carnival season, which means that, once again, the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc will be getting medieval in the French Quarter. → Read More
Do you know what it means to pronounce New Orleans? What's the proper way?
Ercel Placide, a NOLA.com reader from New Iberia, said he’s aware that not everyone pronounces New Orleans precisely the same way. → Read More
$350,000 flower-covered riverboat float to represent Louisiana in 2023 Rose Parade
A Louisiana riverboat float costing $350,000 will roll in the 2023 Rose Parade in California → Read More
Endymion 2023 Mardi Gras parade route changed: Heading to the Convention Center
On Monday, the Endymion Carnival parading organization, one of New Orleans’ so-called superkrewes, announced that the 2023 parade route will be different in 2023. → Read More
The smallest, weirdest snakes in America live in New Orleans. And they eat termites.
There was a tiny dead creature on the concrete pad outside the back door one morning. At first it looked just like an earthworm. But it wasn’t a worm. It → Read More
Purple casket owned by slain LSU superfan is transformed into a portable bar
Four years ago, former LSU football player “Big Bob” Wynne bought a shiny purple coffin at an estate sale. The previous owner of the coffin, “Big Lee” Martin, who was → Read More
How did second-lines start in New Orleans? Here’s the history behind their name and origins.
Bilal Mustafa said he already knows what second-line parades are. Having spent his childhood in Uptown New Orleans, he’s seen plenty of funeral processions plying the streets, heading to and → Read More
Meet Big Okra: Guinness World Records declares New Orleans man's 16.4-foot okra plant the tallest
It’s official. The esteemed authorities at Guinness World Records have been convinced that Jack Reno Sweeney’s okra plant is indeed the tallest known example of Abelmoschus esculentus anywhere. → Read More
Watch: Marshon Lattimore was 'cheap-shotted,' Drew Brees says
Former Saints quarterback Drew Brees had been standing in the brilliant afternoon sun on Jourdan Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward on Wednesday, long enough for a sheen of sweat → Read More
Starting Aug. 1, it will be harder to sue Mardi Gras krewes for parade accidents
Mardi Gras parades are hazards, that’s for sure. Considering the large, lumbering floats, airborne beads and baubles, and inebriated throngs, it’s a wonder they’re allowed to roll at all. Especially → Read More
Fan succeeds in 17-year quest to get Kiss autographs tattooed on his back. 'I did it!'
It’s as if Captain Ahab finally caught that big white whale. Since 2005, bartender Joe Villella quested after the autographs of all four of the original members of the iconic → Read More
World Naked Bike Ride 2022 scheduled for June 11 – baring it all for bike safety
Like 500 Lady Godivas, a convoy of bicyclists in various states of undress will pedal through the streets of the Bywater, Marigny and French Quarter on June 11. The goal → Read More
Watch live: Route changes announced for 2022 New Orleans Mardi Gras parades
The press conference starts at 11 a.m. → Read More
Shellfish jackpot: Woman finds 12 pearls in one raw oyster – 'It was such a bizarre experience'
“It was such a bizarre experience,” said Keely Hill. On a Saturday afternoon in early December, the 32-year-old kindergarten teacher had met some friends at Superior Seafood in Uptown New → Read More
Marie Laveau’s husband disappeared 200 years ago, but an LSU student thinks she finally found him
So, whatever happened to voodoo queen Marie Laveau’s husband Jacques Paris? According to old documents, he was a cabinet maker who married 18-year-old Marie in 1819. He appeared in the → Read More
Should we call them Mardi Gras Indians, or should we be calling them something else?
If it weren’t for the coronavirus, Mardi Gras Indian fans would be getting ready for the annual Super Sunday Mardi Gras Indian marches that usually take place over the next → Read More
A trove of Dolly Parton swag arrives at Dolly-themed float house in New Orleans
Store owner finds solace in Parton; Dolly's peeps send merch to help → Read More
‘Be Masked or Leave!’: Dr. Bob's new coronavirus-era signs popping up across New Orleans
Dr. Bob Shaffer has been busy nailing up signs on telephone poles across town, endorsing the use of coronavirus-suppressing facewear. Fans of the self-taught sign painter and artist will immediately → Read More
Refuge for homeless transgender people is planned in New Orleans: The House of Tulip
A plan is underway to buy a small batch of rundown houses along North Claiborne Avenue in the 8th Ward and convert them into living space for homeless transgender and → Read More