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Sandwich Stories: Oyster Po’Boy (by SAVEUR.com)
When we go to New Orleans we’ll visit my grandpa and I’ll buy you your first oyster po’boy. I know I’ve made shrimp ones at home but it’s not the same as eating it in Louisiana.
New Orleans is a mutt of a town, proud of its varied history and neglected by its more boastful siblings. It’s a study in contrast, wealth and poverty, simpleness and complexity, pride and neglect, sweet and savory. An expertly crafted Sazerac evokes all of these, first improvised out of the cultural gumbo that is the Big Easy.
Want this right now.
Abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans
As we’re all aware by now, one of the worst environmental disasters in recorded history is underway in the Gulf.
As helpless as you may feel, you can do something right now by donating to a Gulf protection group like Save Our Gulf, the National Audubon Society, or the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
To get all of you involved this week, we’re replacing Tumblr’s usual ocean blue with a new heart-of-BP-executive black and letting you donate without leaving your Dashboard.
Donating will also unlock the Limited Edition Black Dashboard as an account preference.
Done and done.
