New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 2012

The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience is a five day event, May 22-27, nationally recognized as one of the most prestigious festivals of its kind and features over 175 wineries, 1000 wines, dozens of international wine and food experts, and now continually raises over $100,000 annually for local charities. The event is packed with extraordinary wine and food seminars, wine dinners at some of the city’s most celebrated restaurants, one-of-a-kind wine tasting events, and two Grand Tastings! 

 

The Southern Rep Presents

Save the date May 23rd for The Rep’s Annual Event, A Dectective Bourdreaux Flambeaux Murder Mystery.  Detective Boudreaux Flambeaux wishes to put away his magnifying glass and finally pursue his dream of becoming a cabaret star! But when a crime occurs on his Opening Night it’s clear someone is out to stop him . . .

The evening includes a gourmet four-course meal prepared by the awardwinning culinary staff of the Windsor Court Hotel, open bar, and live and silent auctions featuring numerous items of great local interest.


 

On Stage at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

Aziz Ansari has quickly established his presence in the comedy world. He is currently starring in a popular television series, is developing a number of films and will soon debut his second hour-long standup special.  The Hollywood Reporter said that he “has become one of the most prolific writers and performers on the comedy scene in recent years” and Rolling Stone recently placed him on the cover of their special comedy issue labeling him “the funniest man under 30.”  Aziz brings his unique brand of comedy to the Mahalia Jackson Theater for one night only on June 19th.

 

 

k.d lang and the Siss Boom Bang bring their North American tour to the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Friday, May 25, performing music from their latest release, Sing it Loud, plus favorites from throughout lang’s career.

Congratulations to Cajun Deep Fried Turkey!

Epicurious.com epi-logCongratulations to our long-time sponsor on French Quarter Finder, Cajun Deep Fried Turkey for inclusion in the prestigious “Epi-Log” by Kendra Vizcaino on Conde’ Nast’s www.epicurious.com. Her article on this awesome product can be reviewed by clicking here. We are certainly proud of Cajun Deep Fried for this accomplishment!  This is truly an outstanding product!

As We Saw It

Like all of us, from time to time we have the opportunity to visit a venue, enjoy a meal, or witness a “happening” in the Quarter and will share it with you in this spot.  As we begin this venture of reporting on our experiences, dining, visiting, viewing, strolling, imbibing, and just being in the French Quarter, we want to make it clear that we are just regular people.  We’re not professional wine and cuisine connoisseurs.  We are not professional reviewers of performances, we’re just regular people who love the French Quarter and have a few folks that seem to like what we have to present on French Quarter Finder and our Facebook.  That said…let us tell you about a recent experience: click or tap the map.