The white of night

White Linen Night brought out the crowds to Julia Street in the Arts District of New Orleans this weekend, and the weather cooperated -- it was a night for anything that wasn't light and built for heat. Even after the event was over the heat index at 10 p.m was 100 degrees.

The event features bands and open house about about 17 local galleries, although galleries on side streets opened to catch some of the crowd.

This event captures the essence of Southern culture.


--steve buser

Bring your "A" game

The NBA Allstars are bringing their game .... to New Orleans that is. It's a weekend full of activities and hype. Billboards like this have sprung up all over the CBD (Central Business District) and there are lot of the building-wrapping graphics -- as much as 20 stories tall -- making it hard not to be aware of the big event. My favorite part of the weekend is the Slam Dunk contest -- I have been practicing up my dunks in case on the stars twists his ankle and they need a substitute.

If you can make the weekend here, check out all the activites at the web site

--steve buser

Chrome Roamers

Still a bit under the weather here. Meanwhile, I take you back to the big party in the New Orleans French Quarter before the BCS game a couple weeks ago. If there's a merry time to be had, you can be sure that the folks who pack the chrome will be part of it.

--steve buser