In the Roaring 20s, feisty Uptown socialite Martha Westfeldt opens a New Orleans French Quarter bookstore that becomes Bohemia Central. Originally posted at the French Quarter Journal, July 30, 2019. From time to time, a shop opens in the French Quarter that becomes a nexus for creative minds. The shop…
Let’s start our evening with a refreshing cocktail—straight from Prohibition-era New Orleans! I’ll introduce you to the Tail Spin. Prohibition in a Shaker Prohibition lasted in the United States from the 1919 ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution until its repeal in 1933 with…
Photo Essay Along the Gulf Coast Major hurricanes always leave a reminder of their passage, even decades after the event. On a recent foggy, late December afternoon, these wrecked pilings from former piers along the coast of Bay St. Louis and Waveland, Mississippi, could be found. Photos by Michael Warner…
Who created the wonderfully detailed iron balconies in New Orleans? In 1920, the last in a line of French Quarter forgerons put down his hammer. M. Charles Antoine Mangin, Jr., a Creole and fifth-generation iron monger, decided to retire because he could no longer find workers interested in learning…