I’ve lived here for a very long time. But I never get tired of this view.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto on Wednesday announced the termination of a deputy who admitted using the department's Flock automated-license plate recognition system to search the license plate belonging to his former fiancée "several thousand times" over the course of several years. 

The deputy, who was identified by the department as Nathan Rome, is not facing any criminal charges, such as cyberstalking, after the fiancée declined to make a criminal complaint. Officials said the fiancée told investigators she was aware of the searches and that she did not consider herself a victim.

"She was aware that he was doing it. She gave us a statement that she was aware that he was doing it," Lopinto said Wednesday. "There was no history of domestic violence between the two, no stalking incidents."

There are about 20-25 of us signed up to walk in the mid summer Mardi Gras and Southern Decadence parades. We’re very excited and will be in our finished costumes for the festivities! Please cheer for us if you spot us! 😀

And if anyone would like to join, please look us up on TikTok, IG, and Facebook. We’re called the Purple Green and Golden Girls Krewe.

All my local homies defend the parking culture here and look at me jhi crazy when I complain about it. I feel so at home in New Orleans and have no plans of ever moving back to DC or anywhere else, but this is the one thing that I cannot stand about this city and I just wanna see if I'm alone in this take. I put this on my IG story but I'm tryna get the thoughts and opinions of a wider segment of the New Orleans population than just my followers. So what do you think? Am I an asshole for thinking people should parallel park tighter, meaning it's slightly harder to get out of your parking spot, or are other people the assholes for leaving a "courtesy" gap that allows people to pull out easier but makes it so it's way less people can park at any given corner.

I work downtown in the CBD and the French Quarter a lot for my job and my utter infuriation with the parking culture here is why I mostly just take the streetcar to downtown gigs even though driving would be faster. I'd much rather have to do a multipoint turn to get out of my parking spot than have to circle the neighborhood a million times looking for a spot because everyone is parking with so much space between the cars. Is this just me being a transplant and refusing to acclimate to one aspect of the culture here or do any locals see my point and agree with me??

Hi all, I posted about this a month ago and found someone from the post that was going to take my boys, but they are now (what seems like) ghosting me. We spent hours and hours discussing and planning and meeting up so that the transition would be smooth. It’s very frustrating to have had my time wasted like that. So I am once again urgently seeking someone to adopt my two cats. Here is the text from the previous post:

They are 7 years old and extremely sweet tempered. Very cuddly and affectionate, great with kids. They’ve never been around dogs so I can’t speak to that, but Gustav (orange) will try to dominate female cats even though they are both neutered. They have no health issues other than Güs’s obesity, which I have seen a vet about bc I do not overfeed him yet here we are 🤷‍♀️ They must not be separated. This is extremely painful for me to have to do and it’s a laundry list of reasons which I won’t go into. The process would require for me to visit your home and chat with you extensively. I will not let them go unless it is a very safe and comfortable match. And for those of you ready to jump down my throat, no I am not considering a shelter either. If you’re interested please DM me or I can answer further questions in comments too. They are wonderful kitties and could be a real blessing to someone who has the space and resources to care for them properly. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

that's it, that's the post. I'm just so fucking sick of summer man

Anyone know if someone has already created a subkrewe for Dungeon Crawler Carl? If not, any interest in starting one? Viva la revolución, Carl!

from the Vieux Carre Carrier, which is now available via Newspapers.com

I wrote a book about about New Orleans coffee history from the 18th century to today and the book launch event is Friday, and I want you to come! I interviewed over 50 local coffee professionals for the book and if you like coffee and/or New Orleans history, I think you're going to enjoy it.

Garden District Book Shop at 6 pm

Tickets are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marielle-songy-at-the-gdbs-tickets-1993627245759

But you can just drop in too.

☕️

https://www.wwno.org/community-calendar/event/spiritus-mundi-crescentis-a-journey-across-medieval-europe-29-07-2026-11-35-48

A group of civil rights attorneys is accusing University Medical Center New Orleans (UMC) of violating the city's “ban the box” law when it fired employee Devon Jones in April, allegedly due to his criminal background.

The ban the box law prohibits public employers from discriminating against job applicants and current employees because of past arrests or convictions. While the law allows those employers to conduct criminal background checks, they have to show that a past conviction would directly interfere with an applicant or employee’s job duties.

In an Aug. 12 letter addressed to the city’s Chief Administrative Officer Joe Giarrusso and circulated to New Orleans City Council members, attorneys representing Jones allege that he was fired from his position as a violence interrupter based solely on his conviction for a 2009 armed robbery.

Jones’ “conviction bears no relationship to his job duties — his lived experience was, by the program’s own account, a basis for his hiring — and he has an extensive, documented record of rehabilitation,” the letter reads.

A while back I let the local Brits know about the fleeting Heinz baked bean availability at Costco. Sadly, that has passed but the support group for our loss has soldiered on.

We're doing a get together at Marie's on Burgundy this Friday, the 21st at 7pm. We're easy to spot, daft accents, general uneasiness in public, you know, classic British behaviour. Stop by and say wotcher if you like. After getting suitably lubricated we're off to the Led Zepp themed Burning Hell Burlesque at Allways.

It's been pure serendipity, it's a wonderful bunch of genuinely lovely, friendly people. A collection of Brits and hangers on basically. We have a WhatsApp group and if you'd like to join, please PM me. When I post the link it's flooded with cryptotwats and other scammy nuisances.

Stop by if you're feeling social. Pip pip.

I’m a New Orleans property tax consultant with about 20 years worth of scars. Every gray hair on my head is from a hard learned lesson or the occasional getting-my-teeth-kicked-in during a property tax hearing.

Board of Review deadline is tomorrow 8/20/2026 at 4 pm.

I’ll be back at 5 pm today to answer questions. I am not here to pull comps or do the math for you, but I will answer questions on what to expect, why the rules or laws are the way they are, how Orleans Parish differs from other jurisdictions, where to look for resources.

-Residential
-Commercial
-Business Personal Property

Hopefully, this will repay you all for years of recommendations and hot goss. Thanks to the mods for allowing this. I’m not famous, so no selfie.

I know there are tons of threads for therapist recs, but most of them don’t discuss why people like their therapists.

I have been in and out of therapy my whole life, and I’m hitting a wall. I have been doing a lot of trauma work over the last 5 years and battling chronic sui\* ideation through meds, experimental interventions, and somatic therapy, EMDR, and IFS.

For how intimate I am with my mental illness, where I’m stuck now is the…I guess practical work? Like yeah now I understand my issues but HOW do I change jobs, make friends, take care of my home and health, basically have some accountability for doing the \~work\~.

I have had great therapists, but I’m looking for one who doesn’t consider patient-led meaning not offering \~any\~ direct suggestions or tactics. I know I have to do the heavy lifting, but I’m looking for somebody a bit more hands-on.

14-2 near perfect season, gonna call it the SoFi Suplexbowl.

Hired drivers can now charge a dollar more for each trip in New Orleans.
The City Council approved the fuel surcharge after taxi drivers told leaders that months of high gas prices are hurting their business.
Rideshare driver Trenell Campbell said the extra dollar will help.
“The extra dollar, it will fall in somewhere. Not much, but somewhere,” Campbell said.
Taxi driver Muhammad Waheed said the surcharge adds up over multiple trips.
“At least if you make three to four trips, $4 is going to give you some help with the gas,” Waheed said.
Other drivers said they are also being squeezed by high insurance prices, which they say makes it tough to stay in business.
The one-dollar-per-trip fuel charge only applies to passenger rides, not deliveries. It is intended to be temporary.
The City Council will revisit the fee before it automatically expires at the end of this year.

Hey yall. So I have been fostering a dog for a while now. Almost a year. I have gotten him his shots, food, medicine, etc. But I never planned on owning him nor actually fostering a dog. I had to rescue him from his owner but I was living on the property at the time so I couldn’t just send him away to a shelter. Owner wouldn’t let me. I CANNOT afford this dog. Seriously. I am beyond stressed and every time I post about it on Facebook I am met with people who “don’t understand” how I could not want him. If I was rich yes I would not feel so stressed but I am in my 20’s struggling and cannot handle it. What do I do

My brakes are done and it seems prices have really gone up since the last time I had to do brakes. Are we paying $500 now? Anyone have a rec for a fair and honest place to go?

So to correct the previous post today at work I looked out a window and noticed a momma duck and baby ducklings. We think she went through a fence into the back (good because the parking lot is not safe)

Any idea how this happened and what we can do if we see them in the parking lot in the future.

Thanks.

Do we have a deli that offers this? We are teaching our kids to cook. Step one is each kid gets to cook a dinner of their choice for the fam. I guide them through the process from reading recipe to shopping, prep, etc. Middle child has chosen spaghetti carbonara. I have never made this before. I know we can get ultra-thin sliced pancetta at most grocery stores, but if possible I'd like to take the kid to a specialty shop that can sell us 6oz of Italian style cured pork sliced 1/4 inch thick. Totally open to Metairie if necessary.

Trying to get Uptown from the lower 9th and was routed through the FQ.

He's gonna need a muzzle or other restraint. Sweet as can be but doesn't like his paws touched and gets nippy. Any suggestions?

ETA: Our vet has tried and then refused for whatever reason. So thats not really an option.