Errol Laborde

New Orleans

Executive Editor at Louisiana Life

Host at Louisiana Insider

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Articles

Benny Grunch Had a Lunch

6 days ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

I was spreading mayonnaise on my burger at the place on Harrison Avenue now known as Desi Vega’s Burgers when I glanced through the front window at the row of shops across the street. Somewhere in the compound was once a record shop known as Studio A to which generations of Lakeview kids rode their […] Already a subscriber?
Al Scramuzza and His Crawfish

2 weeks ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

Several years ago, I was visited by a journalism graduate student from LSU. Her roots were in India and she spoke the King’s English as is common to the upper classes in that country. She was pretty; dressed meticulously; and very bright. Her queries, for a thesis about local journalism, were well researched. I was […] Already a subscriber?
A Bayou in Need of a Boogaloo

3 weeks ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

A few years ago, I attended a meeting to discuss Bayou St. John. The question was, could more be done to develop the area? Paralleling City Park along Wisner Avenue, the bayou is an important part of New Orleans history. It was an outlet from Lake Ponchartrain that wound its way in the direction of […] Already a subscriber?
Dutch Morial's Mayday

1 month ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

May 2, 1978 was to be a happy day in New Orleans, especially for Ernest “Dutch” Morial who stood at the podium built for the occasion in front of City Hall, to be inaugurated as mayor of New Orleans. Wearing a white suit, traditionally worn by mayors and council members taking the oath on a […] Already a subscriber?
When The Pope Played the Dome

1 month ago | louisianalife.com | Errol Laborde

There will never be another day like Sept. 12, 1987, at what was then called the Louisiana Superdome. The recent Vatican conclave brings the date to mind. That evening, the Tulane Green Wave were scheduled against Iowa State. On the next day, the Saints were also at home facing the Cleveland Browns. Two football games; one college level- the other NFL- on the same weekend would be an exhaustive challenge for any squad of ground keepers or floor sweepers.
The Pope With a Purple Umbrella

1 month ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

When I first saw a Pope in person he was riding in the back of a truck down Canal Street. And the street was practically empty. It was Sept. 12, 1987, the date branded in New Orleans history as the busiest day of Pope John Paul II’s heralded visit to the city. He had arrived […] Already a subscriber?
Jazz Fest After The Stones: Keeps on Rolling

1 month ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

We have heard the expression, that a certain performance is a “hard act to follow!” Well, last year the Jazz Fest presented the ultimate example of that. In the history of New Orleans music there will probably never be a harder act to follow than what occurred that second Thursday afternoon when The Rolling Stones […] Already a subscriber?
A Shore Thing: Opening The Way Toward a Great Riverfront in New Orleans

1 month ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

A film called “Panic in the Streets” was released in 1950. Shot entirely in New Orleans, the movie, while it did not create any notable panic, at least caused thrills in theaters as viewers watched a drama about two law officers in a hurry to nab a couple of ex-cons. The outlaws were believed to […] Already a subscriber?
Remembering New Orleans' Allen Toussaint, a musical genius and a friend of the newspaper

1 month ago | nola.com | Errol Laborde

Onto a makeshift stage, a genius climbed the steps. In this, the month of the Jazz Fest, an afternoon in 2012 comes to mind. In a mood that could be described as "bittersweet,” a crowd gathered at the parking lot of Rock 'N’ Bowl next to Ye Olde College Inn on South Carrollton Avenue. First came the bitterness in response to the news that the paper's owner, Advance Publications, was going to scale back its venerable New Orleans publication, The Times-Picayune.
Could Tariffs Actually Be Good for Carnival?

2 months ago | myneworleans.com | Errol Laborde

It was a friend of mine, Maureen Detweiler, who made famous the observation that the reason so many old houses in New Orleans lean a little is that their attics are packed with years-worth of bags filled with Carnival beads. The problem probably began to worsen after 1969 when Bacchus introduced the really big, lethal-sized beads […] Already a subscriber?