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Originally published in Errol Laborde's 'Streetcar' column, these 81 vignettes not only offer his observations on such familiar themes as Carnival, but also provide an insight into less-well-known local icons including Mr Bingle, ""the only symbol of Christmas that is unique to New Orleans"".

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Errol Laborde, editor and publisher of Louisiana Life magazine, has won more than twenty-five New Orleans Press Club Awards for outstanding journalism since 1972. A producer and panelist on public televisionís Informed Sources, an award-winning program that explores local politics, Laborde also is the founding president and a current board member of the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Considered one of New Orleans' leading historians and foremost television and radio personalities, Mel Leavitt offers a fascinating look at the history of this unique restaurant. In his prefatory text, he attempts to ""mute the fabulists, and let history speak quite eloquently for itself.""

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