NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31 -- The waitresses at Cafe du Monde hustled out trays with warm beignets and thick chicory coffee, and Maspero's was pressing muffulettas as fast as it could. At the venerable Palm Court, the jazzmen were opening their horn cases in preparation for the $90-a-person New Year's Eve... -
Auld Lang Syne in the Big Easy
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31 -- The waitresses at Cafe du Monde hustled out trays with warm beignets and thick chicory coffee, and Maspero's was pressing muffulettas as fast as it could. At the venerable Palm Court, the jazzmen were opening their horn cases in preparation for the $90-a-person New Year's Eve...-
By Anne Hull and Julia Cass