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January 28, 2008

Bourbon Street at night

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To Be Continued Brass Band

TBC Brass Band performed live on Sunday night at the beginning of Bourbon Street right off Canal, they filled the area with a real New Orleans vibe, giving it the richness and soulful element that I was looking for the entire time I was here. It was such an experience, I did record some audio for a slideshow later on. Check them out on the web tbcbrassband.com

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January 27, 2008

Knights of Nemesis - St. Bernard

St. Bernard Parish has their own Mardi Gras parade, streets are shut down and everyone comes out for a fun filled day of drinking, craw fish boils and old fashioned southern family fun.

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January 26, 2008

Bourbon Street - The French Quarter

We spent a few hours today in the French Quarter, it was such a cloudy, rainy miserable day, but that did not stop the hardcore early afternoon party people or locals from going out to enjoy the parade. Here is all I shot today, was not in the mood to really shoot pictures of a bunch of drunk people.

Authentic ? I didnt see any speak english signs here, so it must not be very authentic.

They did say there is a huge music scene here, what do you think ?

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Southern breakfast

Thats right - Ham steak, hard scrambled eggs and a butter biscuit. I couldnt even finish this, so much food. I thought Philly was big on portions, geez. Yesterday I had a Shrimp Po-Boy, which is like a hoagie but with shrimp in it. Today we are heading into the French Quarter, our mission is to watch some of the parades, eat some great food and shoot as many pictures as possible. My jet lag has wore off so I am ready to get out and do something finally. see ya soon, cheers.

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January 25, 2008

Village Square

Here are a few homes located in the Village Square section of New Orleans. There are no residents living here. "You loot, I shoot" is a popular saying down here, each block looks exactly like this. You can drive block after block after block and see nothing. There are a few people that managed to rebuild.

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New Levy

This is one of the levees that broke during Katrina, it protects a 20 to 30 mile stretch.

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The Arrival

We Touched down lasnight around 9:30 PM CST, I am staying in St. Bernard Parish, which is located about two miles outside the actual city. We are staying inside a beautiful brand new home, about to have a southern breakfast. There will be alot more to come, today we are heading into the French Quarter. See ya soon - JT

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January 24, 2008

Off to the Big Easy

Today I am heading down to New Orleans for the last week of Mardi Gras. This is my first time down at the Big Easy. I will be blogging all weekend bringing you images from the journey, parades and people of New Orleans. Keep checking back all week to see whats going on.

cheers

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January 23, 2008

No Hillary, but plenty of support

Michelle Grant from Brooklyn New York and Chris Morrill from Ardmore wave at motorists to honk for Obama during Hillary Clinton's visit to
City Hall to be endorsed by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. She did not come out to greet her supporters, instead she rushed out of City Hall and headed off to New Jersey.

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January 22, 2008

Do you Remember, best moments of 2007

Here is a slideshow of some images I thought were representative of South and Southwest Philadelphia, covering both communities. It was a good year Hope you enjoy, click the photo to view.

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New Photo Gallery Page

If you notice we added a new photo gallery page on the left side bar on http://www.southphillyreview.com we are soon going to feature tons of fresh up-to-date multimedia slideshows from basketball games, baseball games, concerts, in depth feature stories and whatever else we think would be interesting content for the website. If you have any ideas or have something in mind please contact me. here is the link New SPR Photo Gallery

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Beyond Bars Records

Anthony Renzulli Sr., left, and Vince DeFino took a chance on Southwest Philly rapper Reed Dollaz last year, and created Beyond Bars Records, based at 10th and Tasker streets, to represent him and future clientele.
Full Story by Caitlin Meals

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Jay McCarroll - Fashion Designer

I went out last week to photograph fashion designer Jay McCarroll, it took me some time to figure out where I seen him before. It did come clear after leaving the photo session that he was once on Bravo's Project Runway. I called Caitlin to make sure I was right, well turns out I was. I thought it was pretty funny during the shoot when he called me, yes me, now I quote "weird" I wont go into details on what else he said but lets just say that it was a very interesting shoot. Read the full story by Caitlin Meals

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January 18, 2008

Playing dirty

The Eagles may be out of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean South Philly doesn’t have its own dose of hard-hitting football. Every other week, the intensity at Capitolo Playground, Ninth and Federal streets, picks up when Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts students like Alex Tannen, pictured as he’s shoved out of bounds by Korey Kazhica last Friday, get in uniform — in this case, whatever can get splattered with mud — and toss around the pigskin.

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January 17, 2008

Losing the rhythm

From his storefront on Moyamensing Avenue, Sam D'Amico has profoundly touched the lives of many drummers and, after more than three decades in the business, he is closing his doors. Read the full story by Caitlin Meals

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Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey

Monday night around 7pm at South Philadelphia High School the community had a chance to meet the new commissioner, residents lined up to get on the mic and share their concerns about the surge of violence in their community. Read the full cover story in this weeks South Philly Review by reporter Lorraine Gennaro

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January 11, 2008

From the front lines

Steve Wyshywaniuk and Brian Conley correspond with native Iraqi reporters everyday to bring their story to the rest of the world. (click the photo to read the whole store by Caitlin Meals

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January 07, 2008

Pledge to the people

With son Christian looking on, Michael Nutter took the oath of office to begin his term as the city’s 98th mayor at the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust streets, Jan. 7. The new head honcho then moved to the Navy Yard to party with the public and politicos for “Philadelphia Realized.” Whatever the circumstance — whether a celebration or an oration — this will be the first of many times all eyes are on the man in charge.

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January 03, 2008

Hip-hop artist Dshaunta ‘Shorty Roc’ Hayward

Hip-hop artist Dshaunta ‘Shorty Roc’ Hayward is encouraging younger generations to put down the guns by picking up a mic. Click the photo to read the full story from Review staff writer Lorraine Gennaro

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Mummers Slideshow (click the photo)

Despite a three-hour delay to avoid the rain Tuesday, folks from near and far gathered up their noisemakers and party hats from the night before and lined Broad Street to watch the true tradition of New Year’s Day in the Mummers’ Parade.