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f rom t he ed itor AS I PEN THIS NOTE, I’M AT MY DESK UNDER THE SWIRLING ARCTIC WINDS OF SUMMERTIME AIR CONDITIONING, but the luscious tropical prints in this month’s New & Cool are ushering in a warm but nottoo-humid ocean breeze. (I can dream, can’t I?) All over the city, hotels are opening their pools to the public as a way to escape the dawning heat. A few private residences opened their pools to the CUE team. See their backyard oases in our home feature.

July fashion focuses on summer’s swimsuit trends. Suit up and jump in — the water is fine, and so is the swimwear.

It’s time to spoil Dad a little.

Our Father’s Day gift guide offers ideas from local retailers, but if you’re really stumped, just ask the guy. He’s likely got a few ideas of his own. Festival season is cruising along — grab Dad and explore the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival and the NOLA Caribbean Festival, or get everyone in their best cocktail attire and have a night on the

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Father’s Day isn’t confined to June 18 — celebrate late by taking Dad out during Tales of the Cocktail, beginning July 18. Tips from Hadi Ktiri of The Sazerac Bar will help craft an outfit as surely as he can craft a martini.

Yours in peace, love and beachy dreams,

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“Savuti” wallpaper by Cole & Son, $148 per roll (covers 56.38 square feet) at Spruce.

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Summer-ready goods inspired by the sultry Sumatran jungle and the breezy Caribbean islands.

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Monkeying around

“Tropical Monkey” lampshade, $225 for regular size and $275 for large, at Perch.

Animambo Bird Whistle, $7.99 at Little Pnuts.

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Off-the-shoulder flamingo print dress, $54 at Veaux Luxe.

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“Jungle Vibes” nail design, $55 in gel and $45 in polish, at Paint’d.

A serving of fruit Ceramic pineapple jar, $35 at PHINA.

Rosy outlook Ray-Ban sunglasses with pink lenses, $99, at Veaux Luxe.

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FATHER’S DAY Show him you’re glad to call him “dad.”

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1. SPA DAY FOR DAD Help dad get his groom on with gift cards for haircuts and shaves at The Parker Barber. Aveda Men Pure-formance hair and skin products make great add-ons, starting at $12 each (set pictured is $67) at Paris Parker.

2. THRILL THE MESSENGER For the dad on the go, the Undergear bag by DamnDog is damn tough and made in New Orleans from water-resistant swamp canvas and top-shelf leather. The bag is outfitted with plenty of pockets, so he can carry all his stuff in style, $120 at Aidan Gill for Men.

3. DOPPEL DUTY A vibrantly colored, leak-resistant silicone doppel bag by Wurkin Stiffs is a fun and functional gift for jet setters, $44.95 at Earthsavers.

4. SCENT SCENE A chic dad needs a chic signature fragrance. Try Creed Aventus cologne, a scent with hints of smoke and leather, $455 for 4 ounces at Joseph.

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5. WATCH OUT No matter how far he travels, dad can always tell what time it is with a Seiko Coutura radio sync solar watch that automatically updates the time and date via official radio frequencies, $595 at Fisher & Sons Jewelers.

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6. A-TISKET, A-TASKET Give him a little bit of everything with a customized gift basket that includes grooming products by Duke Cannon, snacks with local flavor such as red beans and rice chips and gear by The Home T emblazoned with the Louisiana boot. “Hometown Hero” basket, $168 (as shown) at The Basketry.

7. TUNE IN A good read about a cool cat is perfect for the dad who loves swing. A Life in Jazz is the autobiography of New Orleans’ own Danny Barker. The illustrated edition features an introduction by music journalist Gwen Thompkins, $39.95 at the Historic New Orleans Collection.

8. SWEET ‘STACHE Mustachioed chocolate bars come in three flavors: hazelnut cream crunch, tiramisu and coconut mango (pictured), $5 each or $12 for one of each flavor at Sucre.

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10. OUTDOORS AND CHILL Reach for the stars — and the perfect gift for a dad who loves the great outdoors. Orion coolers feature a YakAttack GearTrac for mounting accessories such as the Utilitop drink holder. Twenty-five-quart cooler, $369, and Utilitop accessory, $119.95 at Massey’s Outfitters.

9. TCHOUP CHOP Dad won’t get bored in the kitchen with a handmade cutting board with Louisiana-inspired names like the sinker cypress “Atchafalaya” board, $150 at NOLA Boards.

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The Life Aquatic It’s summertime, and the living is easy in these cool pools.

BY SAR AH R AVITS PHOTOS BY GREG MILES PHOTOGR APHY

The T-shaped pool offers a sweeping view of Bayou St. John, while the surrounding deck allows for plenty of seating and sunbathing.

A highlight of the pool is the aquatic bar.

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SCENIC WAT ERWAY S DESPITE BUSY CAREERS, JIMMIE WOODS SR. AND REGINA BARTHOLOMEW WOODS will find precious spare time this summer to relax in their spacious T-shaped pool overlooking picturesque Bayou St. John.

Regina is a judge for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, and her husband Jimmie is vice president of Metro Service Group. They have lived in their Bayou St. John home for a year.

Their pool provided respite from the heat for decades before the couple moved into the home. It was designed in 1963 and completed in 1965. Last year, Charles Elfert of Pleasure Aquatech Pools updated the pool and its amenities. Now the aquatic space features a bar that seats seven, a fountain, a hot tub, four waterfall jets and a heating system.

Regina says the pool will be a popular spot for their guests this summer.

“It’s a place where my family and I gather often to swim and socialize,” she says. “We love hanging out at the pool.

We love to invite our friends over, especially during the hot summer months.”

The pool and spa area are easily accessible from the family room and the master bedroom.

U P TOW N EL EGA NCE TUCKED INTO THE SIDE OF A PICTURESQUE BACKYARD, this pool and spa area has delighted the homeowners as their daughter came of age. The home was purchased in 2003, and is mere steps from iconic St. Charles Avenue. The homeowners immediately commenced an extensive renovation that took four years to complete. While reimagining the residence, they enlisted the help of landscape architect Rene Fransen to complete their customized pool and spa area, while architect John Chrestia took care of the main home’s updates as well as those of the two-bedroom pool house. Chrestia also designed an outdoor kitchen that features a seating area under a covered pavilion with a ceiling fan.

The design of the pool area corresponds to the Georgian-inspired architecture of the home, Fransen explains.

While tackling the project, Fransen

designed four outdoor “rooms”: a lawn and terrace area, a space with a fountain adjacent to the master bedroom, a rose garden and the pool and spa area. Seating near the pool offers a view of the garden.

Fransen put great thought into the pool’s design, which was built by Reid Richardson of Gulf South Pools, and kept the homeowners’ growing daughter in mind. Fransen says she was quite young when the home was purchased and used the pool almost daily, making safety features like a wading shelf essential to the pool’s remodel. The wading shelf is now used more for relaxation than safety, because guests can bring lounge chairs into the pool and sunbathe in the water.

“We wanted the spa at the house level for easy accessibility,” Fransen says.

The pool and spa are visible from the family room.

The homeowners wanted to keep the

foliage surrounding the spa area simple but elegant. They didn’t want to plant deciduous trees that would shed leaves into the pool. Instead, Fransen chose planters filled with low-maintenance flowers, including an Anderson Crepe hibiscus, that give the area some pops of color. The homeowners also planted a citrus tree near the outdoor kitchen.

Fransen made pool maintenance easy, too. “There is a caretaker system built into the pool,” he says. It consists of a sprinkler system and a drain to make cleaning a breeze. There’s also a leaf trap at the pool deck.

Special features include fountain jets surrounding the pool area and white lights for evening swim sessions. All can be activated by a switch in the pool house. “The homeowners can also heat up the Jacuzzi and activate features from a phone app,” Fransen says.

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A CL E A N SL AT E FOURTH-GENERATION CONTRACTOR CHANCE MILLER of Miller Building Company Inc. recently revealed his latest project: a brand-new, five-bedroom Old Metairie home built in a French Provincial style, which currently is on the market.

Miller is especially proud of the home’s outdoor area, which was designed with social gatherings and relaxation in mind. During the design process, he focused on creating an aquatic space with “understated appeal.”

He enlisted the expertise of Brian Sublette of Daly-Sublette Landscape Architects to create the sleek swimming pool, as well as an outdoor kitchen.

“I was looking for clean lines and a very contemporary feel to complement the transitional style of the home,” Miller says. “Outdoor living is becoming more and more essential to the new construction demands of my clientele.”

He considers it a “cocktail pool” that enhances backyard gatherings with soothing fountain noises and water features. “It’s specifically a point of architectural interest and serves as more of a gathering place to host guests or family members who are socializing in the rear yard,” he says.

The heated 15-by-34-foot pool promotes

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“social bonding with family and friends” and is “the cherry on top” of this new home, Miller says. Maximum depth is five and a half feet, so most guests can comfortably walk around in it. It’s a saltwater pool, which, Miller notes, is easier on skin and bathing suit fabrics. It’s also low-maintenance and “user-friendly.”

“There are fewer chemicals that need to be added to the water,” Miller says. “The pool features a cartridge filter that is easy to maintain. You pull them out, hose them off and put them back in, and you’re good to go.”

The pool also contains multicolored programmable LED lights. “You can do a light show or do all blue, or all red — there are crazy amounts of options on that,” Miller says.

The homes in this neighborhood are built close together, so Miller created a “living screen” out of sustainable, 18-foot-tall nonclumping bamboo plants for privacy.

Surrounding the swimming pool is a spacious deck for socializing, and the state-ofthe-art outdoor kitchen features a grill, ice maker, refrigerator, sink and garbage disposal, along with stucco cabinets and granite countertops. These elements combine to maximize the home’s outdoor living experience.

Chance Miller believes the pool is the highlight of this newly constructed home.

The contemporary design complements the transitional, French Provincial-inspired style of the house.

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Landscape architect Rene Fransen designed the space so the homeowners and their guests can sun themselves in the pool or take a relaxing break in the shade.

RENE FRANSEN DESIGNED THIS SALTWATER POOL WITH AN INFINITY EDGE in English Turn in 2007 as part of a two-story addition to the main house. The homeowners have lived there since 1985, and frequently are visited by their grandchildren, who live next door.

A unique feature of the pool deck is the tri-colored blend of flagstone.

“We rarely do that,” Fransen says. It’s “60 percent blue and 20 percent New York red and 20 percent Pennsylvania Green, which is unusual, but the homeowners felt that it matched the home,” which features traditional Acadian-style design.

The shelves in the pool are used for tanning as well as socializing and provide safety for the

homeowners’ grandchildren. Fransen notes that the pool is spacious enough to swim laps.

“The infinity edge overlooks the lagoon of the English Turn Golf and Country Club, so you get a great view of that,” Fransen says.

In keeping with the Southern aesthetic of the home, Fransen and his team planted cypress trees along the lagoon area. Fransen also included four raised planters with 80-year-old Camellia sasanquas in the deck design.

Fransen designed a fence to separate the pool area from the nearby golf course. The high brick wall provides privacy and complements the overall aesthetic of the outdoor space.

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Suit up

High necks and waists, off-the-shoulder ruffles and uncommon materials ring in summer swimsuit season (and don’t forget the tassels).

BY K ATHERINE M . JOHNSON PHOTOS BY ROMNEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Denim patterned French bikini top and bottom with ruching, $88 each at Elle Boutique. “Hello Sunshine” adjustable wide-brim sun hat, $29 at Lily Rain.

Bri wears a crocheted triangle top, $58, and bikini bottom, $52, by Cremieux, both at Dillard’s, and Vintage Hugo Boss sunglasses by Carrera, $405 at Art & Eyes.

Photo by Greg Miles Photography.

Crocheted high-neck halter top, $112, and crocheted bikini bottom, $88, both at Elle Boutique. Navy and aqua round sunglasses by The Row, $395 at Art & Eyes.

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1. Hand-embellished triangle top, $108, and bikini bottom with tassel detail, $106, at Elle Boutique. “Lakeview” round mahogany sunglassses by Root New Orleans, $130 at Feet First.

3. Eyelet off-the-shoulder bandeau top, $134, and bikini bottom with a twist detail, $63, both at Elle Boutique. Kale-print market tote bag, $29.99 at Feet First.

2. High-neck crossback neoprene halter top, $128, and matching bikini bottom, $128, both at Elle Boutique. Snowball baseball cap, $30 at Blink.

4. Tropical print halter top and high-waist bikini bottom with peek-a-boo side details, $29 each at Blink. “Lakeview” mahogany sunglassses by Root New Orleans, $130 at Feet First.

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resou rces A LISTING OF THE RETAILERS AND PROFESSIONALS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE OF CUE.

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Little Pnuts 209 Harrison Ave., Suite C, (504) 267-5083; www.littlepnuts.com Paint’d 1581 Magazine St., (504) 309-2311; www.paint-d.com Perch 2844 Magazine St., (504) 899-2122; www.perch-home.com PHINA 3013 Magazine St., (504) 510-5777; 3717 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 888-4141; www. phinashop.com

2026 Magazine St., (504) 587-9090; www.aidangillformen.com The Basketry 12337 Highway 90, Luling, (504) 309-7935; www.thebasketry.com Earthsavers Lakeside Shopping Center Annex, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0225; The Premier Centre, 3414 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 674-1133; 5501 Magazine St., (504) 899-8555; www.earthsaversonline.com Fisher & Sons Jewelers 5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-4956; www.fishersonsjewelers.com

Spruce 2043 Magazine St., (504) 265-0946; www.sprucenola.com Veaux Luxe 612 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie; www.facebook.com/ veauxluxe Nordic Kitchens & Baths 1818 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 888-2300; www. nordickitchens.com

The Historic New Orleans Collection 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org Joseph 5500 Magazine St., (504) 875-2226; www.josephstores.com

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Massey’s Outfitters 509 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 648-0292; 816 N. Highway 190, Covington, (985) 809-7544; 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 885-1144; www.masseysoutfitters.com

Aidan Gill for Men 550 Fulton St., (504) 566-4903;

NOLA Boards 4304 Magazine St., (504) 516-2601; www.nolaboards.com

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Paris Parker Citywide; www.parisparker.com Sucre 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; 3025 Magazine St., (504) 5208311; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-2277; www. shopsucre.com Wilkerson Row 3137 Magazine St., (504) 899-3311; www.shaunwilkerson.com

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Art & Eyes 3708 Magazine St., (504) 8914494; www.facebook.com/artandeyesnola

Blink 3620 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-8054; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-2820; 5414 Magazine St., (504) 899-4970; www.shopblinkboutique.com Dillard’s Oakwood Center, 197 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, (504) 3624800; The Esplanade, 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 468-6050; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 833-1075; www.dillards.com Elle Boutique 2126 Magazine St., (504) 5224929; www.facebook.com/shopelleboutique Feet First 526 Royal St., (504) 569-0005; 4122 Magazine St., (504) 899-6800; www.feetfirststores.com Lily Rain 3819 Magazine St., (504) 577-2272; www.lilyrain.com J ULY. 2 0 1 7 <<<

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HADI KTIRI

BARTENDER AT THE SAZERAC BAR

BY MARJORIE R AWLE PHOTO BY L AC Y DAVILLIER OF DAVILLIER PHOTOGR APHY & GR APHIC S

What led you to the hospitality industry?

I grew up in Southern California in a household that traveled and entertained continuously. … My dad is Moroccan, so we’d go to visit my grandmother there often, and I can remember her cooking these huge traditional meals for 10 people or more — all by hand, all by herself, all at the age of about 70. So, in a way the hospitality business has always felt natural to me, because I don’t see it as being about the food and drink, but about the people.

What’s it like to be a bartender in New Orleans?

It’s kind of like you’re watching a television show you get to participate in, or, to quote [Arnaud’s French 75 Bar legend] Chris Hannah, “New Orleans is like a play.” Everyone has their role — including myself as bartender — and somehow it all comes together to make New Orleans what it is. … I like that I have access to a lot of different people and ideas, and that I get to take care of people for a living.

What’s the craziest thing that’s ever happened to you at work?

Once while I was still bartending at French 75, Robert De Niro came in. (Another) bartender, apparently a huge De Niro fan, froze, panicked and just couldn’t bring himself to (approach him).

So I got to serve Robert De Niro, who promptly and very directly requested a Hendrick’s martini shaken up with a cucumber.

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My star-struck co-worker was confused by such an un-macho order, to say the least.

Tell us about your writing and photography.

My mother is an English professor and my father (is) a photographer. … I still remember my father’s advice: “When you look through the lens, if you can’t see that frame hanging on your wall, don’t snap.” That’s something I’ve carried with me.

What influences your sense of style?

I’ve always been a preppy dresser, but working at French 75 where the uniform is a white tux, I learned to tie a bow tie, and have since built my look around (bow ties). (They keep) things clean and simple.

What events are you looking forward to during Tales of the Cocktail?

I’ll be at The Sazerac Bar working all six days, but in between the mayhem I usually try to go to tasting rooms as well as one or two of the big parties thrown

by Absolut [Spirit Co.] or William Grant & Sons [Distillers].

What are you wearing?

I appreciate men who make it a point to dress like men, so I always opt for chinos, a button down (shirt), a blazer and bow tie when I’m going out. Here, my pants are by Ledbury (at George Bass), my shirt is from Banana Republic, my blazer is from H&M and my watch is a Seiko Diver.

Tales of the Cocktail

Citywide, Tuesday to Sunday, July 18-23