Prep Football: Jesuit vs. John Ehret High School

2 October 2011

Inaugurating the NOLA Post‘s coverage of high school football is Friday night’s game between Jesuit High School and John Ehret High School.  In three parts, 36 photographs of the game are shown. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Some sample pictures are below, but all pictures can be seen in the above three links. The [...]

Read the full article →

Damaged Locomotives From Amtrak Collision In Slidell In April Set To Depart New Orleans

20 September 2011

Five months ago today, Amtrak’s northbound Crescent passenger train collided with a truck trailer in Slidell shortly after leaving New Orleans on its way to New York via Atlanta and Washington, DC, and Atlanta, causing the two locomotives and several cars of the train to derail, injuring some passengers and crew, and forcing those travelers [...]

Read the full article →

Cloudy 9/12 in New Orleans

12 September 2011

Five years ago today, on Tuesday 12 September 2006, this was the scene over downtown New Orleans and the Crescent City Connection bridge. The picture was taken from the riverfront in Harvey, and the Harvey Canal connects to the Mississippi River in the foreground.  The tall building at the far left is One Shell Square, [...]

Read the full article →

NOLA Brewing Celebrates IPA Day

5 August 2011

Yesterday, Thursday 4 August, was national IPA day, and NOLA Brewing, one of the Crescent City’s blossoming businesses, participated by hosting its own IPA day with drink specials at The Bridge Lounge. Hopitoulas Is Made On Tchoupitoulas Kirk Coco, founder of NOLA Brewing, explains the beer seen below, a version of the brewery’s IPA “Hopitoulas”. [...]

Read the full article →

Sunset And Amtrak’s CRESCENT On Lake Ponchartrain

3 August 2011

Here is shown the sun setting over Lake Ponchartrain on July 22 behind the southbound Crescent passenger train as it nears its destination in New Orleans after leaving New York the day before. To learn how this photographer got this shot – and almost did not get this shot – in his re-entry to Louisiana [...]

Read the full article →

Major Railroads Submit Plan to Operate NOPB

25 March 2011

Ever since allegations of excessive spending surfaced last summer, the New Orleans Public Belt RailRoad has been under local scrutiny.  The NOPB is a rarity among railroads on the North American continent in being municipally-owned, largely due to its unique place in being at the end of every railroad that reaches New Orleans and to [...]

Read the full article →

Irish Channel Parade

9 March 2011

The NOLA Post covered the 2010 Irish Channel parade in a five-part series.  Click on the links below to access the parts and see the pictures. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Here’s a picture from Part 2. The parade is held annually on or on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s [...]

Read the full article →

Krewe of Endymion

3 March 2011

It happens this weekend.  The Krewe of Endymion rolls through Mid-City in New Orleans. The NOLA Post did a preview last year using pictures from the scene along Orleans Avenue before the 2008 parade, the first post-Katrina parade on the traditional route, seen here. Also, the NOLA Post covered the 2010 parade as seen in [...]

Read the full article →

Knights of Nemesis 2008 – Part 2 of 2

22 February 2011

[This is Part 2 of the NOLA Post's coverage of the 2008 Knights of Nemesis parade.  Part 1 can be seen here.] Here are some shots of float action. Below, a couple of females stand atop a camper to catch beads. So ends the NOLA Post‘s coverage of the 2008 Knights of Nemesis parade. James [...]

Read the full article →

Knights of Nemesis 2008 – Part 1 of 2

21 February 2011

It’s Carnival time.  Here are some scenes, in chronological order, of the Knights of Nemesis parade held annually in Chalmette, Louisiana. More official information on the krewe, including this year’s parade time, can be seen here. Above, a horseman stops to refuel.  Below, some of the school groups and dance groups approach. So ends Part [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →