Hey y’all, there’s a meeting today at City Hall with the CPC about allowing more STR in the French Quarter.

We need as many people to show up as possible so if you are anti-Airbnb we would love to have you out! You can give comment or not!

Found near Oakwood mall. In a business area. I walked out to feed my cats dinner and it was like, what’s up? I’m a cat too. Scanned and no chip, no collar. Not getting any traction on the lost and found facebook page. Too sweet to not belong to someone. Does not understand what personal space is. Was very very hungry. Stinky and shedding everywhere but fairly clean. Going to hang out with me tonight (and royally piss off my cats). In the morning we’ll head to JPAWS. Honestly, if I was going to get a dog, this dog is perfection. I know someone has to be missing them.

.....we had a blast riding float 4!

Because of concerns officers could be tracked by records requests to show payroll fraud or other types of fraudulent activity.

The official excuse is, of course, it could jeopardize officer safety and compromise investigations.

So while law enforcement is expanding mass surveillance on citizens, they are shrinking it on themselves.

I’m looking for some good cheap lunch deals preferably $15 and under for a side and a drink too or under $10 and under for just an entree. Do those exist anymore or am I living under a rock? Preferably in the Midcity- ish area but more than willing to venture out.

Hey y'all,

Apologies if this isn't accepted here but I figured why not try.

I guess to start, I have been in the medical field (specifically surgery) at a well known facility for 10 years, and have been an RN for 7. Things were bleak back then, and have only worsened since. I did travel nursing for a couple years and that was nice, but it's not feasible anymore.

I'm just curious, are there any nurses in the area who have moved on to other things and are happy with the move? Does anyone know of any fields where nursing translates well? I fear that my skill set and adaptability would transfer to a lot of things, but I've pigeonholed myself into the medical field.

I don't know. I know I'm lucky to have a steady job. So maybe just disregard this as a midlife crisis/rant, but man am I burnt out.

A friend of mine found a dog wandering the street near Bienville (close to Norma's Bakery) Brown/Tan female pit/mix. Had a collar and leash attached to her.

Message me if you know this lil gal

Newton and LB Landry

Hey yall! We’re throwing a show at Siberia on Halloween night. 7 bands, gothic and metal music ambience and good times. 🖤

Following a contentious, months-long search, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority on Tuesday (Oct. 27) selected Justin Augustine III to be the next CEO of the agency.

The vote caps off a lengthy process to find a new leader for the agency following the resignation of former CEO Lona Edwards Henkins in May. The search process drew scrutiny from Mayor Helena Moreno, who made remaking the transit agency a priority early on in her term, reconstituting the board earlier this year and, at one point, advocating for more local candidates during the CEO search.

Augustine previously ran the RTA while it was under the private management of French transportation conglomerate Transdev, helping the agency to recover after much of its infrastructure was damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. 

 ”Mr. Augustine came with a perspective and a set of talent that was just unmatched,” said Ann Duplessis, who is the chair of the RTA Board of Commissioners and was among the four commissioners who voted for Augustine.

Augustine beat out two other candidates for the job: Mark Major, a former deputy CEO of the agency, who left in 2024; and Reginald Mason, a Louisiana native currently at the helm of the Greensboro Transit Agency in North Carolina.

Augustine will inherit an agency that has financially rebounded since its transition to self-management in 2019, but one that is still struggling to increase ridership and reliability of service. 

Hydrant broke and flowing and everything

It's been a rough couple weeks, with work. Trying to find food banks, etc and information on what I'd need to get help.

Another night of the Channel smellin like it will explode if someone lights a cigarette. 😂

Has anyone signed up with Spectrum for fiber internet service? I got a letter in the mail offering $30 fiber-powered internet-- this price is less than half of what I'm paying for AT&T, and I get regular outages with AT&T (not official outages; just, the internet not working...). I certainly don't want to go from bad to worse, though. I do remember having Cox, and AT&T is so much better than Cox...

TLDR: New Orleanians, Theater People, and those who may or may not get annoyed at the term "swirl", help make sure the Ivory tower isn't so far up my butt that I am making some seriously misguided assumptions. I'll feed you and nod my head a lot in thanks. I'll even throw in musing about markers of stress and talk your ear off about spit/saliva/hair....

....but only if you're into that type of thing.

Hey Y'all,

This coming Thursday and Friday evening (Oct 29th and 30th), the André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice (ACC), in collaboration with the Community Center Bookstore and MOSAIC Lab (University of Arkansas), will be hosting a discussion in preparation for IRB submission for a study involving couples dyads and psychosocial stress, community meaning-making of controversial art, and actor stress/care when engaging with racially charged material.

The event is over two nights and includes dinner each night and a free copy of the play (local pick-up only). We ask that the play be read beforehand (takes less than an hour). You don't have to attend both nights but we are hoping folks will.

Anyone is welcome to sign-up, however, we're particularly interested in folks from or currently living New Orleans, people who have been in an interracial relationship involving at least one Black/African American partner, and/or theater peeps (actors, stage hands, etc).*

This is NOT a study. It's a planned community session before IRB submission to give people in the community a chance to provide feedback on the play and planned study protocol. There will be no recordings or formal record-keeping of the discussion (IRB cleared, for those wondering).

There are still some spots available, and if you are wondering about the play in question, it's Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris (no affiliation with the study).

Feel free to send me a direct message if you have any questions or I'll respond here as well.

LINK TO SIGN UP!

Edits:

1. Typos, I'm a psychoneuroendocrinologist, not an English major damnit.
2. * A bit of clarification. From New Orleans but living elsewhere and here soaking in the Halloween joy this week? Sign-Up. Been living here only a month but aren't going anywhere? Sign-up. An actor, stage-hand, or theater student? PLEASE Sign-up (with cherries on top). Uncle still mad at you behind who you brought home that one year for Thanksgivings and/or decided to marry? You sign-up too.

Edit two: It is IN PERSON, no zoom option this go around.

Do y’all have any recommendations for contractors that refinish stair treads and railings? Also looking to refinish the front door. The previous owners dogs really did a number on the wood with their nails.

House was built in 2002 so I’m assuming it’s builder grade honey oak wood. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I want to help a friend meet some new people and was wondering if there any any existing social groups for autistic adults in New Orleans

Are there any people in town that make costumes, particularly for MG? I don’t have time to do it myself, and would love someone to dress me.

Wasn’t sure if they defined, “closed for summer,” as closed for hurricane season or if they’re wrapped up for good. Anyone know?

Hey, there! I'm looking for someone in New Orleans who can do delicate hand tattoos. Does anyone know of a place or an artist?

Something I’ve been craving to try for a few months now… I seen them go viral on Tiktok but I haven’t pinpointed a place near New Orleans that has these on the menu. Does anyone know where I can go locally to buy it? Aldi is always sold out of the premade ones and I’m not willing to make it myself! 😔