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Laura Mattingly at the R Bar
New Orleans magic. Laura Mattingly has been giving haircuts at R Bar in the Marigny every Monday night for 14 years. I knew Laura back in the day as one of the wild punk kids who floated a damn pedal raft from Kansas City down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. That’s a…
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JusTini’s and the Bywater
JusTini’s is a Black woman-owned cocktail and brunch bar in the rapidly gentrifying Bywater. From the moment we stepped in, it was clear this was a special place. An elegant space dripping with chandeliers and glassware, filled entirely with stylish Black women and men (but mostly women), holding court with confidence and joy. This isn’t…
