A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana – for those of you who have been wondering what that means) is a big part of Nola Nerd Couple’s lives. We have traveled the world and it’s still our favorite city.
Now that grad school is over, Kurt and I started to slowly have a life again, which means now that it is Mardi Gras season, we can go out and enjoy the greatest free show on Earth, the parades in New Orleans. Other cities have their own parades and unique…
The Sunday after St. Patrick’s day was a beautiful day, so we headed to Metairie to catch the Irish-Italian Parade. The parade, which started in 1983, is known for it’s marching groups that hand out flowers and it’s unique throws. Sure there are beads, doubloons, and moon pies; however, the…
On the eve of last year’s Voodoo Fest, I attend TribeCon at the festival site. TribeCon is the official interactive conference of the Voodoo Experience. If you read the website, it wanted it’s attendees to be “inspired by the creative process of the best people in culinary, music, art and…
A couple of highlights on the calendar for March. March 7: Gambit Food Revue. Cristina and I will be attending this event which highlights the food that Ian McNulty has reviewed in the last year for the paper. Over 30 restaurants will be serving samples from their kitchens. March 9:…
LivingSocial.com can sometimes have some amazing deals, though most of them seem to be about teeth whitening, hair removal, or house cleaning. But every once in a while, you can find truly cool deal. Our first deal was going to the Old New Orleans Rum Distillery. Our second deal was…
Out of the blue one day, Cristina asked if I enjoy reading Stephen King‘s works. I responded in the affirmative. I think I referred to King as the greatest living American author. Hyperbole aside, I do think he is a great writer (Cormac McCarthy would get my vote for greatest…