Archive for May, 2008
MUST READ: “The boy in the Moon” by Ian Brown
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 2:39 pm
Ian Brown is a Canadian journalist who has won about every award there is to win in Canada. He is on staff at The Globe and Mail in Toronto where he lives.
Earlier in the year Ian wrote a long series, “The boy in the moon,” about his severely disabled son Walker.It is a moving feature [...]
MUST READ: “The boy in the Moon” by Ian Brown
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 2:39 pm
Ian Brown is a Canadian journalist who has won about every award there is to win in Canada. He is on staff at The Globe and Mail in Toronto where he lives.
Earlier in the year Ian wrote a long series, “The boy in the moon,” about his severely disabled son Walker.It is a moving feature [...]
I’ve been neglecting my blog
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am
I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up:
So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The elegant [...]
I’ve been neglecting my blog
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am
I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up:
So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The elegant [...]
visit to the 9th ward: where New Orleans is at
By Tom Teicholz at 5 May, 2008, 10:03 pm
Three years ago in the summer Katrina devastated New Orleans. The following May a group of us went to New Orleans for Jazzfest to support a city we loved by being tourists, by spending money in its restaurant and hotels, in its clubs and stores by attending Jazzfest.
At that time we toured the 9th ward [...]
Some final notes on Jazzfest weekend
By Tom Teicholz at 5 May, 2008, 9:45 pm
Saturday night found all of us wandering around Frenchmen Street, visiting the clubs there, from the Dragon’s Den where a combo of guy on mac, guy on drums and guy on turntable jammed together.Over at the Blue Nile there was a great band called Toubab Krewe — a bunch of white guys playing exotic African [...]
Read More >>Best meal: John Besh’s August
By Tom Teicholz at 4 May, 2008, 8:29 am
This deserves more detail but just want to put it out there: this comes as no surprise because everyone says so, but the best restaurant right now in New Orleans (or thus far in my eating adventures) is August.
I will go in greater detail at a later date but every course was fantastic as was [...]
Best meal: John Besh’s August
By Tom Teicholz at 4 May, 2008, 8:29 am
This deserves more detail but just want to put it out there: this comes as no surprise because everyone says so, but the best restaurant right now in New Orleans (or thus far in my eating adventures) is August.
I will go in greater detail at a later date but every course was fantastic as was [...]
MOST MOVING MOMENT AT JAZZFEST
By Tom Teicholz at 4 May, 2008, 8:26 am
The most moving moving moment was hearing Marcia Ball’s rendition of Randy Newman’s “Louisiana.” Heartbreaking….
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