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Four World Cities Make the Cut for New Foursquare Badges

December 28, 2011 at 10:12 AM | by | Comments (0)

London, Paris and Istanbul only just their own Foursquare badges, and now the location-based social networking app has gone even further afield with an additional four badges for more world cities. If you're traveling to New Orleans, Atlanta, Singapore or Sao Paulo, you're going to want to make sure you're not only hitting the top spots in the city, but that you're checking into them as well.

How to get the badges: First, follow 4sqCities, and just to be safe, it wouldn't hurt to also follow the individual city lists here: New Orleans, Atlanta, Singapore, Sao Paulo. Then travel to one or all of the cities and clickety-click to check-in to the places on the recommended lists. Five places earns the badge.

Now with a total of 8 city badges (a Chicago "Windy City" one has existed for a little longer than all the rest), Foursquare is still looking for more cities that deserve the creation of a badge and must-visit list. Suggest another city here.

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Creepy, Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans Will Rise Again!

November 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM | by | Comments (0)

To us it seems like just yesterday we were first talking about the status of the creepy ghost town that is Six Flags New Orleans, but it was actually like two years ago. Since then there really hasn’t been too much going on, and all the tentative plans to revitalize, revamp, and return the park to its former glory have come and gone. Things are looking up again, as the city is now looking at eight different options to bring back another part of the city following Hurricane Katrina.

City officials were presented with the new options and bids for redevelopment earlier this month, and now they’re getting ready to think them all over. Of course there are a couple new theme park options—including a green theme park to be called "Crescent City Amusement Park."

It’s hot in NOLA, so a couple of the other options also include water parks, and one of them even proposed a Hollywood-style backlot for movie production.

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A is for Absinthe, B is for Boozing on the New Orleans Cocktail Tour

October 27, 2011 at 10:58 AM | by | Comments (0)

While in New Orleans this last weekend to check out the newly reopened Hyatt Regency, we managed some us-time to see the Saints walk all over the Colts at the Superdome. But the thing we can't stop talking about now we're home? The booze.

While no one needs instruction on how to drink when in NOLA, we decided to take the New Orleans Original Cocktail Tour, so we could wash down our history of the French Quarter with a delightful tonic or two. If you like learning a little somethin' as you get lit, we highly recommend this leisurely afternoon pursuit.

One of the most popular tours in town, it is not a pub crawl but a sophisticated stroll through some of New Orleans' most historic bars and restaurants, with plenty of colorful commentary along the way. Groups are capped at a maximum of 10 to keep things orderly, and our guide was a master at entertaining everyone and moving things along.

Since the tour kicks off at 4pm, the streets of the quarter are already filled with happy, buzzy souls, but we had no trouble finding ourselves a spot at the bar each time we called in for some stories and refreshments.

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True Blood Travel: Will New Orleans Get More Screen Time in Season 4?

June 27, 2011 at 1:30 PM | by | Comments (0)

You've heard of Christmas in July, but we're about to get all Halloween in June as the fourth season of HBO's True Blood debuts. Any juicy suggestions or questions? Let us know, but already we're adding new vampire must-visit spots to our True Blood Travel Guide.

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.

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Help Habitat For Humanity in New Orleans for Discounted Marriott Rates

April 13, 2011 at 1:01 PM | by | Comments (0)

In honor of National Volunteer Month, several hotels are offering special package deals to those willing to volunteer during their stay. One of those hotels, the New Orleans Marriott has created the Spirit to Serve New Orleans package which includes overnight accommodations for two, a boxed lunch for two, and transportation to and from a volunteer site where guests will help Habitat for Humanity rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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How To Get Tickets To The Anne Rice-Themed Halloween Ball in New Orleans

October 26, 2010 at 3:30 PM | by | Comments (0)

Today is the last day you can purchase tickets to the The Memnoch Resurrection Ball in New Orleans. The annual event will be held on Friday, October 29, at Republic, 828 South Peters Street, from 9:00 The show starts at 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. The ball is being sponsored by the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club in celebration of her book, Memnoch The Devil.

Though Anne Rice won't actually be attending the ball, it will feature live bands and special guests, like Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker. There will even be a fangsmith on hand to make custom fangs for guests as they wait.

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Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren See 'Red' in New Orleans

October 15, 2010 at 2:36 PM | by | Comments (0)

Today, RED, which stands for "Retired Extremely Dangerous," opens in theaters. The movie follows a group of ex-CIA operatives (played by Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich) who have to come out of retirement after leaked government secrets makes them all targets for assassins.

Bruce Willis and company and shot most of the movie in Toronto, but they did wrap up the last few weeks of filming in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

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Kellan Lutz and Annalynne McCord Do Good in New Orleans And You Can Too

September 1, 2010 at 12:06 PM | by | Comments (0)

On Sunday, Twilight's Kellan Lutz and his 90210 girlfriend, Annalynne McCord, flew back into LAX after spending a week in New Orleans helping St. Bernard Project build 5 homes for Hurricane Katrina victims who still do not have permanent housing.

“We have a building goal of around the clock building 5 houses in 7 days,” Kellan tweeted on Saturday, “ending tomorrow on the 5th anniversary [of Hurricane Katrina].”

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President Obama to Go Straight from Martha's Vineyard to New Orleans

August 26, 2010 at 9:45 AM | by | Comments (0)


Obama onboard a plane in New Orleans in 2008

While President Obama is about to take off from a quickie vacation with his family in Martha's Vineyard, New Orleans is prepping for his landing. Barack is headed to the Big Easy this Sunday in order to give the proper gravity to the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

No po' boys or shrimp gumbo tastings for him, however. It'll be all business as included in the fun will be Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

The focus of his visit is to inspect the infrastructure of the city since the hurricane hit. New systems of levees and flood walls are supposedly protecting the city like never before, and New Orleans is working on becoming a top tourist destination once again.

[Photo: AP/The Swamp]

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Three Labor Day Weekend Vacation Deals for Under $300

August 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM | by | Comments (0)

Labor Day is almost here, which means one thing: three-day weekend. It's your last chance to enjoy the summer with a great quickie trip.

Check out our three picks for Labor Day weekend getaways:

· Bahamas
Travelzoo is offering a great deal to Paradise Island: $299 for four nights in the Comfort Suites Paradise Island and round-trip airfare. You'll also get entry into Atlantis Resort's Aquaventure Water Park (adjacent to the hotel) and a daily breakfast. Warning: It's hurricane season in the Bahamas; hurricanes occur infrequently, but check the weather before booking.

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Anderson Cooper Becomes New Orleans Tourist Attraction During Oil Spill Coverage

July 6, 2010 at 9:46 AM | by | Comments (0)

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.

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New Orleans Pulls Tone Deaf, Anti-British Tourism Ad

June 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM | by | Comment (1)

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."

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