Dear Subscriber,

In New Orleans we revel in the exoticism of daily life. We celebrate the "otherness" of our neighbors and our neighborhoods. And no part of the city is quite so "other" as the French Quarter. FrenchQuarter.com invites you to join us soon to see for yourself exactly what we mean. August may be steamy time down South, but we challenge you to find another place with so many way cool ways to celebrate "others."

• The Otherness of New Orleans
• Is the Quarter French or Spanish?
• French Quarter One-of-a-Kind: Kabuki Design Studio
• You're the Top: Cupola Climbs the Presbytere
• Quoi de Neuf? What's New on Royal?

Sincerely,

Carolyn McLellan, Publisher

Different Rules Apply: The Otherness of New Orleans New Orleans' distinct and enduring appeal is rooted in the city's contrasts and the alchemy of unlikely combinations... there's an otherness and exoticism underlying the familiar and it's been this way for a long time.

Is the French Quarter French? Or Spanish? The arches and courtyards, the funny-looking 'in-between floors,' the iron lace galleries, the cafe life and cooking ways - whose gifts were they?

Quarter Top Hats: Kabuki Design Studio Designer Tracy Thomson plays the circle game better than most. In her one-of-a-kind French Quarter studio she creates one-of-a-kind chapeaux for collectors across town and around the globe.

You're the Top: Long Absent Cupola Returns to the Presbytere A killer hurricane damaged the roof and destroyed the cupola atop the Presbytere in New Orleans' French Quarter nearly a century ago. Now the Louisiana State Museum will again mirror its historic sibling, the Cabildo.

Quoi de Neuf? What's New in the French Quarter Take a stroll with FrenchQuarter.com to discover all of the new features along one of New Orleans' most historic streets.

Upcoming French Quarter Events

Treasures Shipwrecked in the Quarter
The SS Republic, a Civil War era ship makes it to its destination in New Orleans 140 years late... better late than never.

Southern Decadence
A long Labor Day weekend of parties, parades and gay pride in the lower Quarter at one of the oldest and largest gatherings of gays in the country.

Tales of the Cocktail
Fine dining, cocktails and guest authors are the highlights of the third annual Tales of the Cocktail event celebrating the history and culture of dining and drinking in New Orleans.

The International Conference on WWII
The National D-Day Museum, America's World War II museum, presents an International Conference devoted to the War That Changed the World, October 5-9 in New Orleans featuring historians, writers, war heroes, politicians, statesmen and the veterans who made history.

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