New Orleans Jewelry - Necklaces - Bracelets - Earrings - Ornaments - Nightlights - Heather Elizabeth Designs
anderson cooper, AC 360, cnn in new orleans, hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionAnderson Cooper, Poydras Street posing for Heather Elizabeth, New Orleans, August 29, 2006 (1 Year Anniversary)

I would like to invite those that love New Orleans to come and visit us.  As I have said before, the French Quarter and Garden District are beautiful as ever.  And, New Orleans has more restaurants open than BEFORE Katrina hit!  So, please come down and eat some of the best food the world has to offer. 

Much New Orleans Love,
Heather Elizabeth
 
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionTraditional New Orleans Friday Lunch, Lil Dizzy’s, August 2007.

Lil Dizzy’s is known for creole soul food. Operated by members of the Baquet family, locally famous for great chefs and jazz musicians for generations. Read about Wayne Baquet, owner of Lil’ Dizzy’s. Click Here

Go have a bite to eat at Lil Dizzy's, 1500 Esplanade Avenue at N. Robertson, tel: 301-9704.
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionHack Bartholomew, Jazz musician, Café Du Monde, August 2007. 

You may contact Hack about purchasing his jazz/gospel cd at hackbproduction@aol.com.

Please help to support local New Orleans artists! Click Here
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionAunt Sally's Creole Praline Shop, August 2007

Traditional Creole mourning wreath memorializing the deaths of those lost in Hurricane Katrina.
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionFrench Market Tourists, August 2007

Tourists out enjoying our beautiful French Market.  We are so glad they came to visit us!
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionAngelo Brocato's Ice Cream Parlor , August 25, 2007

Customers waiting to treat themselves to sweet and tasty italian desserts from Brocato’s, a New Orleans institution.
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionAngelo Brocato's Ice Cream Parlor , August 25, 2007

Brass plaque on door that reads, “Katrina Water Line” to mark the level of water that the Brocato’s received. It got over 4 feet of standing water when the levees broke.
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionGreater St. Rose Baptist Church, Lower Ninth ward , August 2007
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionSunflower growing in the Lower Ninth Ward amongst blighted homes. August 2007
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hurricane katrina relief, help, aid, rebuild new orleans, louisiana wetlands, coastal restoration, category 5 levee protectionHomes in Lower Ninth Ward, August 2007
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"Everytime I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine – I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans – it has given me something to live for."     –Louis Armstrong