The Mississippi Gulf Coast Smooth Jazz Lovers is a group created by my passion for live jazz music, but not limited to R&B and Neo Soul. The goal is to promote an avenue for music lovers to get together and bring together people you can call upon to attend entertainment events of like interest. Meet other jazz fans to hear jazz, and share our love of jazz through various avenues such as: jazz brunches, jazz festivals, jazz concerts, theater/cinema, jazz promotions, jazz cruises, jam sessions, an …

Who We Are: From food novices to epicurean gourmands, New Orleans Foodies always have a great time enjoying delicious food. Join us to share a meal with Real Foodies! It's just 2 bucks to save your seat at one of our communal tables. What We Do: We bring together Real Foodies around delicious food. Our events include restaurant excursions, food truck runs, food crawls, picnics, food festivals, food-related book launch parties, film screenings, benefit galas and more! Our group checks out restau …

A social community centered around cooking and conversations, where friends and soon-to-be friends cook and talk together while enjoying tasty dishes. How it works. Bring the ingredients necessary for everyone to try a little bit of your dish, grill, extra knives & cutting boards (if you have them) and a bottle of wine per person. When you arrive 1) Check in 3) Pour yourself some wine 4) Start making your dish 5) Drink some more wine 6) Help your new friends 7) Bang on a pot when your dish is fi …

Ladies, let’s face it. It’s time we make time with our favorite girls more then just lunch once a month. This group will host how to travel nights, special girl’s only getaways that are as short as an afternoon cruise to a week in Rome. Re-connect with our best girl friends, daughters, sisters and moms. There is no such thing as a solo traveler in this group. We can be paired up with a roommate we meet at one of our event nights. Be prepared to have experiences like no other. We deserve some tim …

Everyone loves to be the first in most anything, but restaurants especially here in New Orleans. Some of the restaurants are weeks old- others months. All types of foodies from fine dining to mom and pop shops - but never buffets, cafeterias or chains. Some restaurants will offer a fixed price for a chef's selected course and/or dine as you will from your choice - the latter is great for the light eater or budget concerned. We predominantly dine on Wednesday evenings @ 6:30pm and offer the most …

To provide details and/or a knowledgeable companion from a local restaurant reviewer. So many restaurants - so little time! Attention tourists and transplants! Don't fall for all the hype of a slick advertisement - my honest opinion from a native who has dined out for overy forty years. Also, perhaps, you would like to try an off the beaten path independent restaurant - many of which are featured in my weekly, local cable TV show, Restaurant Revue (Orleans Cox Cable, Channel 76, Wednesdays and S …