Jaunted - Tag: Louisiana Travel

Lake Charles: The National Hurricane Museum is Looking Pretty Good on Paper

kjb — 2011-08-29T08:45:51-05:00

Hopefully you got enough hurricane action this week to hold you over for a long time, but if not there’s always the National Hurricane Museum and Science Center. Here you can relive some of Mother Nature’s fury through interactive exhibits all while remaining safe and sound—and dry!

The only issue is that the place isn’t open yet, as they’re still trying to raise enough funding to debut the place in Lake Charles, Louisiana. There’s a vote this fall for residents to give their blessing to build the place on the downtown lakefront, but in the interim they’d love a donation or two.

Get Ready to Gorge at These Three Memorial Day Food Festivals

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-25T12:06:22-05:00

There's no better way to Memorial Day than by having a big feast. But go beyond the backyard barbecue this year and head out to one of the monster food festivals, where you'll be able to eat your weight in brats, ribs and more. Just be sure to bring your appetite; these places aren't for lightweights.

Eat your way through these top three holiday food fests:

New Orleans: How to Get Tickets to the Men's College Basketball Final Four in 2012

kjb — 2011-04-12T10:41:42-05:00

If you’re still missing all those last-second buzzer beaters and other March Madness craziness, you’ve got quite some time until 2012 rolls around. However, you can always get a head start on next year by trying to score some tickets well in advance.

Tickets to next year’s Final Four in New Orleans don’t really ever go on sale to the general public, as you need to be lucky enough to be selected in advance for the opportunity to purchase your own. Once the tournament finally rolls around, your chances of getting a face value ticket are slim to none, so that’s why we’re suggesting that you act now.

New Orleans: Anderson Cooper Becomes New Orleans Tourist Attraction During Oil Spill Coverage

Omri — 2010-07-06T09:46:20-05:00

We're not saying that it's his fault or anything but damn, disasters are good for Anderson Cooper's career. Having returned to New Orleans to cover yet another catastrophe in that city, "the blue-eyed heartthrob of CNN fame" (very subtle, nola.com) is again at the forefront of what Slate calls the politics of indignation.

And say what you will about AC 360's overwrought emoting—it works. First the New York Times published a teeth-gratingly fawning article about Cooper's coverage. Then they followed up with a blog post—unironically titled "Anderson Cooper Is Back on Disaster Duty With His Usual Passion"—about the article that they themselves had just published. And now the CNN anchor has become a full-blown tourist attraction.

New Orleans Pulls Tone Deaf, Anti-British Tourism Ad

Omri — 2010-06-22T14:40:56-05:00

In a repeat of what happened with the Big Ash tourism debacle, the story about the Gulf oil spill is slowly moving from the objective environmental problem to the political nonsense surrounding it. Some states are trying to overplay the disaster to get more compensation from BP. Other states are working to underplay the spill because they don't want to scare away tourists. And now we've got the New Orleans tourism board taking BP's money and using it to print snide anti-British tourism ads. Classy!

The print ad in question, which was obviously and immediately pulled once sensible people saw it, played on the devastating defeat that Andrew Jackson handed to an invading British army during the 1814-1815 Battle of New Orleans. The ad's background has a tilted statue of Jackson and then in the foreground, written up in some kind of weird Alice in Wonderland-esque font, the text: "This isn't the first time New Orleans has survived the British."

The Travels of True Blood: Season Three Puts Vampires in Mississippi

JetSetCD — 2010-06-14T09:00:53-05:00

You've heard of Christmas in July, but we're about to get all Halloween in June as the third season of HBO's True Blood debuts. Any juicy suggestions or questions? Let us know.

Now that we've entered a lull of Twilight madness, we need another vampire drama. Thus, the third season of HBO's True Blood premiered last night, and already it has us adding new vampire must-visit spots to our True Blood Travel Guide.

Already we've shown you everything from where to Find Bill Compton's mansion to where to go for your own custom fangs, and expect more deliciousness as this season of the show progresses.

New Orleans: How You Can Help Wildlife Effected by the BP Oil Spill

cmb — 2010-06-09T12:10:25-05:00

President Obama isn't the only one who's trying to find out who's ass to kick for the Gulf Coast Oil Spill. People around the world are looking for answers, solutions and ways to help.

If you're ready to jump on the front lines of the disaster in the Gulf, the National Wildlife Federation is looking for people to join their Gulf Coast Surveillance Teams. Team members will be responsible for daily monitoring of a specific geographic area of coastline that is expected to be effected by the spill.