2010 Update by Dylan O’Donnell- New Orleans

Every day is a festival in Louisiana.  Literally.  The soulful, sultry Bayou State in the southern U.S. boasts of more than 400 festivals annually.  And just as Carnival (January 6th-Ash Wednesday) winds down it’s time for another season: crawfish season!

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NEW ORLEANS, La.—  From July 6-14th the town of Pamplona, Spain becomes a daredevil’s paradise, when people gather for Sanfermines. Many may not know it by that name, but they are sure to know about its main attraction: the Running of the Bulls (encierro). New Orleans now hosts its own homage to this event from [...]

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A New Festival from NolaBulls– the same crew who created NOLA Running with the Bulls– and the Reverend Psycho Ward.
St. Andrew was the first apostle and is the patron saint of Greece, Scotland, and Russia. His feast day Andrzejki (pronounced an-dzey-ki), celebrated on the night of the 29th through 30th of November, is the biggest [...]

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RUNNING OF THE BULLS IN NEW ORLEANS!!!  SECOND ANNUAL:  Many Americans dream of laying their bravado on the line in Pamplona, Spain by participating in the famed encierros of Sanfermines.  Most Americans never get there!  Why?  Probably because they can’t take that much time or spend that much money.  Maybe it’s because their spouse or [...]

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Hello Travelers!
iKangaroo wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of New Orleans, and the Gulf Coast for that matter, a fantastic and safe Mardi Gras. Also, we would like to thank our friend for sending the King Cake, it is delicious. A King Cake, for those who don’t know, is another spill [...]

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Hello Travelers!
It’s that time of the year when New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast partake in the leftover pagan ritual designed to get “it” out of your system before having to sow the fields. Now it just seems to be the day before Ash Wednesday that is an awesome world-class festival.
To [...]

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Hello Travelers!
We know that people don’t pilgrimage to New Orleans for its hamburgers but after a couple of days of fried chicken, Hurricanes, etouffee, jambalaya and the other specialties you might be craving something simple and familiar. This doesn’t mean that you have to run for the Golden Arches when there are such delicious Cajun [...]

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Hello Travelers!
New Orleans is full of fantastic eating establishments that have been generating enthusiastic word-of-mouth of happy patrons and visitors for generations. These places, long ago, sprang from a stove and house special to become a part of the Pantheon of New Orleans cheap eating. Each of the following restaurants have been around [...]

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Hello Travelers!
New Orleans has a lot of pubs that never close or what the locals call “industry bars” so if you are looking for a place to wind down or want to insure a hangover there are plenty of options. These places offer drink prices well below average to those adventurous enough to find [...]

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Hello Travelers!
So you have gotten to the Big Easy and didn’t end up scoring a ticket to see the game, well fret not because there are plenty of worthy sports bars where you can soak in the spirit of sportsmanship. Hey, the Super Dome is awesome but at these well selected pubs the food [...]

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