Emily Hingle

1 week ago | whereyat.com | Emily Hingle

It's already halfway to Halloween, but maybe you just can't wait until Fall to experience dark and delicious delights. The Mortuary has opened its doors to tell you Tales of the Macabre. The new experience leads small groups of brave souls through the hallowed halls of the haunt where they will encounter scary narrators telling tales about all of the dark creatures that exist here, living and hunting among us.

1 week ago | whereyat.com | Emily Hingle

The Hotel Monteleone's resident restaurant Criollo is reinvigorating a special that is a New Orleans classic. The Friday Fixe multi-course meal harkens to the era of long and leisurely Friday lunches with work associates, friends, and family that could sometimes last several hours at classic French Quarter restaurants. What Criollo does differently, however, is offering the three-course Friday Fixe for the awesome price of $27.

3 weeks ago | whereyat.com | Emily Hingle

Held on the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, MacSabbath's presence at the House of Blues drew an eclectic crowd to the French Quarter beyond the typical "Festie" crowd hanging around this weekend. Colorful characters, metalheads, nostalgic young adults, goths, and more had an air of pure joy around them as they waited for the music to begin. A hum began to emanate from behind the red and yellow curtain strung across the stage betwixt the sharp-toothed clown heads.

3 weeks ago | whereyat.com | Emily Hingle

Grand Isle was once booming with oyster production, but the industry fell off as environmental events both natural and man-made moved oyster farming elsewhere. In recent years, a multi-organization initiative to raise oyster beds off the bottom of the Gulf has opened up a new oyster boom with much more in store.

3 weeks ago | whereyat.com | Emily Hingle

Cities built upon beer and bourbon? That sounds like my kind of trip. Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, linked by several vehicle and pedestrian bridges across the Ohio River, are a package deal that have more eateries and drinkeries between them than one could visit in a lifetime. The culture is about enjoying life together: meeting over good sustenance, sports, and music. Flying to Covington, Kentucky from MSY with Allegiant is fast; my flight was just less than two hours.