new orleans: A Blighted House Turned into a Large Ball Pit in New Orleans, LA - 04/29/12 03:25 PM
Take a Creole Cottage in the Faubourg Marigny area of New Orleans that is blighted strip the house down to the studs, wrap the house with batting cage plastic and then fill the house with balls…loads of balls, four feet deep.
That is what one gentlemen who lives in the Marigny is doing. He found the owners of the blighted property, drove to visit them, discussed his idea and they agreed to let him move forward with his idea. Individuals will sign a waiver and dive in. The Cottage was about to fall down and the ball pit may bring … (0 comments)
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new orleans: 8518 Panola Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 - 03/09/12 07:02 PM
Adorable Brick Ranch … (3 comments)
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new orleans: Where Are The Best New Orleans Restaurants that Are New and Popular? - 03/02/12 04:51 AM
A website that maps the newest and most popular restaurants tries to answer the question where are the best new restaurants, what is the newest? what is the most popular? This site has developed a "Heat Map" that shows where and what. Their criteria requires a restaurant to be open for less than year and to have taken shown to be really popular.
New Orleans is known for it's food with new restaurants popping up all the time and this site might help you figure out which ones are worth trying. If you buy a home in New Orleans or currently live here you get … (1 comments)
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new orleans: Relocating to New Orleans Some Things You Might Not Know - 02/24/12 08:50 AM
If you are new to an area there are things that you will not know. Here are some of the things that I didn't know when I moved to New Orleans.
1. A Po Boy is a sandwich on French Bread "dressed" with mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato. In New Orleans you will be asked if you want your sandwich "dressed". If you are not asked and you don't say your sandwich will come with all of the toppings.
2. The roads are in terrible condition in some parts of the Garden District and Uptown. There are no drains for water … (1 comments)
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new orleans: KIVA New Orleans /Support Small Business Entreprenuers - 01/27/12 08:38 PM
KIVA is a program that extends loans to extrepreneurs around the world and is currently in two United States cities, New Orleans and Detroit. Micro loans as low as $25 can be contributed and anyone can lend money, you decide who you want to support, you are not contributing money to the organization but to specific individuals. Micro lenders around the world contribute. 450 individuals out of 100,000 started small businesses in the New Orleans area last year which is above the national average of 350 out of 100,000.
New Orleans is the model city for KIVA in the … (0 comments)
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new orleans: New Orleans is Hopping with Sports and Mardi Gras Events! - 01/09/12 05:15 PM
With 9 sporting events in two weeks New Orleans is hustling and busting. This evening is the LSU game and this town is packed, just packed. Large limos line the streets outside restaurants, streetcars packed and everyone it seems is wearing a LSU something, either a tee shirt or a hat. The excitement is in the air. All while Mardi Gras parades and balls have begun. From the New York Times:
"From Dec. 26 through Monday, the Superdome and the neighboring New Orleans Arena have hosted, or will host, nine sporting events. This includes two college football bowl games, including Monday … (4 comments)
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new orleans: Local Agents Going Outside of their "Area" - 11/13/11 07:50 AM
This post was inspired by a post written by Paula Hathaway, Stranger in a Strange Land which you can read here if you missed it. In this post there is a discussion of agents who are leaving their niche area and going out to list and sell in other areas that they may not be as familiar with. The discussion has to do with agent not knowing the zoning, the schools and all of the other local issues that might be necessary to do a proper job for a consumer.
In the Hamptons area of Long Island where Paula works they … (13 comments)
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new orleans: A Walking Tour of Treme in New Orleans, LA - 11/11/11 07:06 PM
A Walking Tour of Treme, New Orleans Written on November 11, 2011 by Miriam Bernstein in Communities, RE Blog, The Reluctant Tourist
I am getting a listing in the Treme area of New Orleans which I will be putting on the market next week and today I had an opportunity to walk around and check out the neighborhood. I took pictures of some of the more interesting houses that I passed. What a unique and historic areas. Colorful houses that are 100 years old. These home are on the French Quarter side of Treme. They were also shooting the TV series “Treme” today. The area is very … (2 comments)
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new orleans: Uptown New Orleans Halloween Fun - 10/16/11 07:13 PM
a home decorated for Halloween in the Uptown area of New Orleans. Driving around there are many homes that have decorated their homes and this one stand out.
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new orleans: Pictures of the Homes in the Garden District, New Orleans - 09/26/11 07:59 PM
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new orleans: Afternoon Tea at Le Salon - A New Orleans Tradition - 06/10/11 08:35 PM
Afternoon Tea at Le Salon at the The Windsor Court is a lovely tradition in New Orleans. The Windsor is a wonderful, elegant hotel and is where the Obama’s stayed while in New Orleans. You can sip 26 of the finest loose leaf variety brews, snack and listen to iive music.
Rated #1 for Best Ambiance and #1 for Best Special Occasion Restaurant. The Windsor Court Hotel is AAA rated and a short walk to the French Quarter;
Tea Seatings are Tuesday-Saturday 2pm and 3pm from June 9 – August 23, 2011. For reservations please call 504-596-4713.
Another tradition is … (2 comments)
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new orleans: Barcelona Tapas, the Best Paella Ever! - 04/11/11 07:24 AM
New Orleans is well known for it's food and some of the best restaurants in the country. Being a destination city many people have been here for Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras and all of the myriad of festivals during the year. Many have come for Conventions. There are restaurants in the French Quarter that are well known to the tourist community.
Thing is New Orleans also has many community, local and smaller restaurants with some of the best and most innovative food. You won't find these restaurants on the lists that the Concierge at the hotel gives you.
My … (3 comments)
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new orleans: Housing Statistics in Garden District, New Orleans, La - January, 2011 - 02/10/11 06:00 AM
There is nothing cookie cutter about the housing stock in New Orleans. There is 18 th century housing to brand new. There is housing that is in very poor condition and considered blighted to magnificent St. Charles mansions. When you refer to "New Orleans" you are also referring to many diverse neighborhoods and it is a large area. The following is a snapshot for an area of New Orleans called the Garden District which is known for some for grandest estates but when you look at the statistics there is a broad range of prices and housing styles available. Many areas … (2 comments)
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new orleans: Does Your MLS Require you to Disclose a Short Sale - 12/28/10 09:11 AM
Since I have belonged to more than one MLS I have seen the same thing handled differently. I come from an MLS in New York that required the disclosure of a short sale on the MLS, the seller when signing a listing agreement was required to sign a statement indicting whether their home was a short sale or not. That way when the listing agent put a cooperating commission into the MLS on the listing there could be disclosure and the listing agent was not put in jeopardy.
I am now in an MLS where there is no disclosure or whether … (10 comments)
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new orleans: Wordless Thursday - 12/23/10 06:08 AM
Sign on a local shoe repair shop on Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA:
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new orleans: A Walk and Lunch on Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA - 10/18/10 07:03 AM
A Walk and Lunch on Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA Gorgeous day yesterday and people were out and about. Magazine Street was bustling with shoppers. Outdoor diners were abundant. This is a restaurant, Le Petite Grocery just past Napoleon Avenue going toward Louisiana Avenue at 4235 Magazine Street. Menus, Review and Chef Information, Here.
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new orleans: Recycle with REPAX Bags - What a Great Idea! - 06/20/10 11:32 AM
This blog is about buying or selling residential property in New Orleans. It is also about relocating to New Orleans and so I post about some of the wonderful things that the people do or invent. This post is about three ladies who came up with a wonderful idea. While I was at Whole Foods this morning the woman in front of me on line pulled out of her purse what looked like a small umbrella but it wasn't an umbrella it was this colorful bright pink bag that contained four large shopping bags. What a great idea! I often forget … (3 comments)
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new orleans: A Very Funny and Mindless FHA Story - 06/04/10 10:21 AM
Real estate is regional and this really proves the point. Enjoy.
Part of rebuilding New Orleans caused residents often to challenged with the task of tracing home titles back potentially hundreds of years. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership. Here's a great letter an attorney wrote to the FHA on behalf of a client: You have to love this lawyer....... A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove … (3 comments)
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new orleans: Flood Insurance Issues - 05/09/10 06:06 AM
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which works closely with nearly 90 private insurance companies to offer flood insurance to property owners and renters. In order to qualify for flood insurance, a community must join the NFIP and agree to enforce sound floodplain management standards.
The NFIP, a federal program, offers flood insurance, which can be purchased through property and casualty insurance agents. Rates are set and do not differ from company to company or agent to agent. These rates depend on many factors, which include the date and type of construction … (0 comments)
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new orleans: They Chat on Their Phones and Drive! - 05/02/10 07:58 PM
Recently relocated from New York one thing in particular is giving me pause in my daily life in New Orleans. On the East Coast and in New York we have laws that prohibit talking on your cell phone while driving. Mostly we are allowed to use a hands free device but rarely do you see someone just gabbing away and driving. In New Orleans there is no law about talking on your cell phone and driving and everyone does it. Aside from being distracting to the driver it is annoying to everyone around them or at least to me. People talking … (0 comments)
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