Writing for Axios Local and other nonsense. 💌 [email protected]
New Orleans, LA
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Flashback to July 2021, when my bestie @cabrasted and I visited Dollywood and ended up competing in the Stampede Dinner Show.
Spoiler: we won. 🤠
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Really enjoyed this essay from @cabrasted on Dan Borné, whom we both count as a friend. Wishing Dan well in retirement! axios.com/local/new-orleans/…
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WATCH: @cabrasted & @ChuckMcCutcheonhost conversations on Louisiana's economy, supply chains and local operations feat. @LEDLouisiana Sec. Susan Bourgeois, @Tulane Energy Institute assoc. director Eric Smith & more.
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FOIA Scoop from my bestie @cabrasted: Cities and states across the South will collectively pitch in $1.65 million a year in a three-year contract bringing the Michelin Guide to the region.
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Correction: via @carlie_kollath, who made sure we had this in the @axios newsletter this morning. Long live Huval! 😀🦞
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser pardoned Huval the crawfish yesterday, saving him from the boiling pot. Photo: Office of the Lieutenant Governor (via @cabrasted )
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TOMORROW Morning we GREASE the Poles!
The Royal Sonesta event starts at 10:00 am. with Hot HaSizzle, Chelsea Brasted GREASING A POLE, the 610 Stompers, the Merry Antoinettes; Krewes of Zulu and NOMTOC, and Mardi Gras Indian Queen Cherise Robin Barnes. Also, Leroy Jones and the Original Hurricane Brass Band. A super fun kickoff to Mardi Gras Weekend! 💜💚💛 #NewOrleans @cabrasted @DavidMora
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Axios coverage in Trump era axios.com/2025/02/21/jim-van…
Overheard from a trio of women at my Algiers Point coffeeshop: “They just want us to stop existing.”
Vibes at Rep Steve Scalise’s party were prettttty high. There’s a plane on a nearby tarmac waiting to take him to Mar a Lago in anticipation of a Trump win, a staffer tells me.
It’s election night, and I’m at Steve Scalise’s party at Drago’s. He’s not expected ‘til later but that didn’t stop me from scoping the menu bc every story is a food story at heart!!
Walking around downtown and I just think that if my personal brand ever compelled people to dress like disco balls if they were gonna be in my presence, I’d feel really excellent about that.
lol and a French Quarter restaurant manager tells me they did 30% better than their goal in receipts last night. Swifities are spending!!
If anyone thinks you can WFH with a toddler, let me introduce you to my 18 month old who I had to run interference on today when she tried to play with a stranger’s laptop while we were at an actual playground.
Meanwhile, I'm ~ patiently waiting ~ for @KeithSpera to write a version of this @taylorswift13 headline that applies to, say, The Rolling Stones, who also made concert history in New Orleans this year.
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