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Breakfast at Brennan’s & Flowers by Bev: Previewing this auction item at Longue Vue’s “Sentimental Journeys”
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10 Editors’ Notes
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Young Bloods
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Making a Difference
The New Orleans Botanical Garden: A perennial favorite 16
Philanthropic Fun
Kids Play
Plantation Play: A day trip to Oak Alley 18 Southern Glow
Well-Armed: The quest for a non-toxic deodorant 20 What’s Hot
Summer Style 22 On the Menu
Food for Thought Second Harvest Food Bank hosted celebrity chefs to raise awareness for hunger. 28 Festival Formality The 33rd “French Quarter Festival” opener filled Antoine’s with 500 guests. 30 Calling Upon the Muses Jefferson Beautification Inc. plans to post four bronze Greek Muses statues adorning the gardens of the JPAS building. 32
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Cochon Carnival Bridge House/Grace House’s biggest fundraiser of the year brought more than 800 patrons to celebrate “Cochon Cotillion 20.” 34
Trinity: Exceptional service, excellent food, elegant atmosphere
4 st. charles Avenue july 2016
74 Student Activist
Garden Party Homecoming “Sentimental Journeys” returns to Longue Vue for the first time in more than 20 years. 26
Grande Dame Greatness: Chef Michael Regua shares Antoine’s Pompano Pontchartrain The Dish
Christal White: Development Director, The Green Project: Paint Recycling & Salvage Building Materials
Wedding Whimsy “Hogs for the Cause” and the Link Restaurant Group presented a dinner guests couldn’t refuse. 36 Growing Gardens & Knowledge Edible Schoolyard New Orleans’ seventh annual garden party highlights a decade of garden and culinary education. 38 Entrepreneurial Endeavors Tulane University honored established and up-and-coming leaders in business. 40 Literary Legends The “Tennesee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival” honored the late Harper Lee. 42 Southern Soirée Twelfth annual “Sippin’ in Seersucker” started the summer season in style. 44
Madison Vise: Ursuline Academy 76 Shop Talk
Amanda Dailey: Co-Owner, Queork 77 Shop Talk
James Michalopoulos: Artist; Gallery Owner; Founder and Owner, Old New Orleans Rum 78 Snapshots
80 school days
81 OnStage Performance Calendar
88 Nostalgia
Drug Store Décor: The Walgreen store first opened on Canal Street in 1938