Scenes from New Orleans (original) (raw)

Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded inNew Orleans Photos' LiveJournal:

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

10:47 am
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010

8:50 pm
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010

6:39 pm
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010

2:54 pm
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Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet was one of the great geniuses and giants of jazz, one of the first to take what was a New Orleans musical folk tradition and turn it into a virtuoso art form loved around the world.

5 years ago, one of his saxophones sold for Euro 120,000 (US$140,000).

"Bechet to me was the very epitome of jazz... everything he played in his whole life was completely original. I honestly think he was the most unique man to ever be in this music." —Duke Ellington

The Bechet childhood home still stands on Marais Street, 7th Ward, New Orleans. Sidney Bechet grew up here with his brother trombonist Leonard Bechet. His first band, the Silver Bell Orchestra, rehearsed here.

Bechet Marais Exterior 4

There's no plaque.

There's also no door, and only part of a roof.

A view of the interior:

Bechet Marais Inside Left 3

Can you picture, say, Mozart's house in Salzburg being left in this condition?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

12:52 pm
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Canoli and cappuccino Brocatos Canoli A

Canoli (one regular canola and one chocolate dipped) and cappuccino at Angelo Brocato's Mid-City New Orleans

Monday, March 9th, 2009

6:37 am
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009

3:53 pm
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

5:57 pm
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Monday, January 19th, 2009

3:03 pm
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008

9:46 am
[mshollie]

Sneaux! I wonder how many "snow in New Orleans" posts there will be. Here's another.

9:15 am
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Snow on the hibiscus SnowyHibiscus3

Snow is back in New Orleans for a rare visit. Actually sticking around for more than a couple minutes this time even. It's still falling as I post!

8:30 am
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Holy Snowly!

The December 1989 New Orleans snow seen on Napoleon Avenue

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

6:56 pm
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

8:57 pm
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8:24 pm
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Friday, September 5th, 2008

6:09 pm
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Welcome back!

Gelato at "La Divina" on Magazine Street, Uptown New Orleans, earlier today

Monday, September 1st, 2008

7:52 am
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008

10:43 pm
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New Orleans Treat

Our last sno-balls before evacuating for Gustav. Williams Plum Street Sno-Balls, 30 August 2008

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

9:54 pm
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9:08 am
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