Beth DAddono

The wall of vibrant sound that is Junkanoo is the first sign that Nassau is throwing an epic party.
The goat-skin drumming sets the pace, rhythmic and relentless. Since the 1970s, brass has joined the scene, with trombones, saxophones, and sousaphones punctuating the hypnotic beat. Old- school instruments still hold their own: cowbells, whistles, scrapers, and conch shells take the soundtrack back to when this cultural tradition officially began in The Bahamas in the early 1800s, though its r...

The trauma of Hurricane Katrina is far bigger than how it affected restaurants, but it did forever alter the New Orleans hospitality landscape. Only 17% of the city had power a month following the storm, potable water was scarce, and many chefs struggled to access their restaurants, where food spoiled in walk-in fridges.
Slowly, the city came back to life, though not all restaurants or neighborhoods recovered equally. The forced reset ushered in more diversity, both in the locations of small ...

Who knew that the typically basic bookstore café could reinvent itself?
That’s the story of Café Malou, a charming Uptown space that bookmarks a fresh take on what is possible when great design meets a disarmingly simple breakfast and lunch menu.
Bringing It To Life
Local restauranteur Mani Dawes opened the café in October. Dawes, who lives and grew up within strolling distance, spent years in New York running restaurants with her husband Sean Josephs. She remains a partner in the compact Man...

HIS VISION
The subject matter is mostly Black folks living country life on plantations in the rural South. There are scenes of church suppers, family life, a boucherie. Big Mama—a large, round woman in a headwrap—shows up a lot, captured hanging clothes, cooking, taking a bath standing in a galvanized tub. He paints contemporary scenes, too, of things he’s seen, like a young Black man getting arrested and folks lined up at the Whitney Bank.
SELF-TAUGHT
He’s never taken an art lesson, instead ...

To see Dr. Erin Boh now, in her roles as teacher, leader, administrator, data-driven diagnostician and most importantly, caring physician, it seems as if her path to medicine was always clear. But despite carrying the weighty title of chair of the department of dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine, this doctor found her way […]

When it comes to glam, Palm Springs is the crowning jewel of the Coachella Valley’s nine desert cities. Flanked by the rugged San Jacinto Mountains and the otherworldly landscapes of Joshua Tree National Park, nearby cities such as Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert have their own charm—but only Palm Springs was the preferred playground of Hollywood’s elite during the Golden Age of cinema.
Located just 109 miles east of Los Angeles, this sun-drenched oasis became a haven for marquee headliners, wh...

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A travel guide to a refreshed and renewed Tennessee jewel
Courtesy of Visit Chattanooga
A City Transformed
Chattanooga’s impressive success story is tied to its polluted past, long dependent upon an economy fueled by heavy manufacturing and steel mills. In 1969, CBS broadcaster Walter Cronkite announced a report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare that labeled the city as America’s dirtiest, the “worst city in the nation for particulate air pollution.”
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When GW Fins opened in 2001 in the French Quarter, founders Tenney Flynn and Gary Wollerman wanted a white tablecloth restaurant that treated seafood like steak. The pair had worked together at the Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse chain and felt that seafood wasn’t given the fine dining respect that prime beef commanded.
Chef Michael Nelson, who became the restaurant’s sous chef in 2005 and executive chef in 2016, took that vision and ran with it.
Nelson, a native of Chicago who attended culinary scho...