If you want to wander and shop in person, these local stores specialize in New Orleans-themed gifts. Why it matters: Holiday shoppers say they plan to spend less this season, partly to compensate ...

New Orleans Souvenirs range from Mardi Gras Beads ... You can still find Mardi Gras beads at pretty much every single one of ...

New Orleans East gets a blue ticket, Gentilly gets a yellow ticket, Uptown is hot pink and so on.” On top of all of this, shops had to contend with last-minute gift-givers arriving on Saturday ...

Defend New Orleans. The slogan spawned in 2003, when founder Jac Currie started printing it on t-shirts that featured a grinning skull emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis above a musket. But after the ...