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I looked for the mind of Fall along our spacious avenues, and it was not there; in the depths of City Park and the forests on the north shore, and it was not there; past the horizon, Blue Ridge Mountains to the heart of Michigan, runways of Paris and Milan, Alta Moda in Portofino, and it was not there.

Loa offers in tribute in its untouched splendor Green Chartreuse VSOP, whose complexity mirrors the mystique of the woman who, it is believed, spent her last days in the Alpine region where 130 herbs, plants, and flowers are gathered in Spring to make this legendary liqueur.

SAN VALENTINO One Man Stood for Love

Lemons dot the liquid landscape of New Orleans, a centuries old gift from Asian merchants and agricultural explorer Frank Meyer to America. Like most of America and Martha Stewart, folks here grow Frank’s namesake “Meyer” lemons – conventional wisdom, tradition or both assuming it is the only lemon to thrive in our hot semi-tropical climate.

It starts with a kiss, a rendezvous of skin and juice producing what’s likely the oldest kind of wine in the book. Sip across this watercolor sketch of red -- a vivid world canvas of rosés -- to taste the secrets a blushing complexion hides within. #LongDaysOfRose

International House Hotel celebrates the opulent origins of Carnival, cocktail in hand New Orleans - February 2018 February 1 - 12, 2018 5-6p daily

Before Ernest Hansen invented his ice-shaving machine in 1934 and cooled off a grateful city with sno-balls, and light years before flavors like the incandescent Blue Bubblegum, Tiger's Blood, and Rocket 88, New Orleanians indulged summer while eschewing the heat with another icy treat: granita.

This beautiful bottle contained the finest mineral water that New Orleans based S. Pablo & Son ever produced. It bubbles up circa 1860 during America’s mineral water craze, when spa towns dotted the landscape and mineral water was believed to be a cure-all elixir.

The hotel's bar, Loa, will present an Armstrong-themed libation – an improvizational riff on a Ramos' Gin Fizz, the bon vivant's favorite New Orleans cocktail. This drink was originally called the "New Orleans Fizz.” But, we dub ours "Laughing ‘Looie’" after a song Armstrong recorded in 1933, in the prime of this cocktail's popularity.

To take the Sazerac cocktail back to its roots would be to make it with cognac as the base spirit.

by Veterans, Service Members & Civilian Artists

THE CREATIVE ONES Byron Buchanan Portraits in the Collection of International House

Herman Leonard has led a remarkable life. It is shaped by his fascination with the camera, a contagious zest for life, and his abiding love of jazz music. Notes Tony Bennett, "He's got this passion for photography ... no one photographs better than Herman Leonard." We agree.

Breathtakingly original. Like jazz music, an improvisational riff. Stories of sacred archetypes, heroes, and social justice. The best always holding a socially conscious mirror for us all. Raw and radiant with counterculture disdain, wit, beauty, and meaning.

International House Hotel celebrates the opulent origins of Carnival, cocktail in hand New Orleans - February 2018 February 1 - 12, 2018 5-6p daily

Everyone knows Louis Armstrong. Global celebrity. Louie. Satchmo. New Orleans' Favorite Son. Music icon. Revolutionized jazz. Reinvented the trumpet. Graced TIME magazine. King Zulu. Signed everything, “Red beans and ricely yours.”

A yearly birthday tribute for this famed and favorite poet: Charles Bukowski.

Lilith in Loa: A Songwriter Series Hosted by Kathryn Rose Wood

by Veterans, Service Members & Civilian Artists

SAN VALENTINO One Man Stood for Love

International House Hotel celebrates the opulent origins of Carnival, cocktail in hand New Orleans - February 2018 February 1 - 12, 2018 5-6p daily

A yearly birthday tribute for this famed and favorite poet: Charles Bukowski.

Lilith in Loa: A Songwriter Series Hosted by Kathryn Rose Wood

Leave Mardi Gras to the Amatuers: Halloween in New Orleans is the hauntingly good party of the year.

by Veterans, Service Members & Civilian Artists

"God is in the Details." –Mies Van Der Rohe | At 4'9", this Baby Grand really is a baby. But it sounds so good. The Muse penthouse, overlooking the Mississippi River and French Quarter, features this ebony Hallet, Davis & Co. with plenty of space to play.

The hotel's bar, Loa, will present an Armstrong-themed libation – an improvizational riff on a Ramos' Gin Fizz, the bon vivant's favorite New Orleans cocktail. This drink was originally called the "New Orleans Fizz.” But, we dub ours "Laughing ‘Looie’" after a song Armstrong recorded in 1933, in the prime of this cocktail's popularity.

A yearly birthday tribute for this famed and favorite poet: Charles Bukowski.

To take the Sazerac cocktail back to its roots would be to make it with cognac as the base spirit.

"God is in the Details." –Mies Van Der Rohe | At 4'9", this Baby Grand really is a baby. But it sounds so good. The Muse penthouse, overlooking the Mississippi River and French Quarter, features this ebony Hallet, Davis & Co. with plenty of space to play.

Lilith in Loa: A Songwriter Series Hosted by Kathryn Rose Wood

Leave Mardi Gras to the Amatuers: Halloween in New Orleans is the hauntingly good party of the year.