Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » New Orleans http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Sat, 18 May 2013 22:43:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Look At Mardi Gras Festivities In The Big Easy [VIDEO] http://wyrk.com/a-look-at-mardi-gras-festivities-in-the-big-easy-video/ http://wyrk.com/a-look-at-mardi-gras-festivities-in-the-big-easy-video/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:28:29 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=62882 A very good friend of mine has been living in New Orleans since leaving Buffalo about 30 years ago. He is a movie set designer and builder so it makes a lot of sense that he is based out of New Orleans

]]> http://wyrk.com/a-look-at-mardi-gras-festivities-in-the-big-easy-video/feed/ 0 New Orleans Voted America's Dirtiest City http://wyrk.com/new-orleans-voted-americas-dirtiest-city/ http://wyrk.com/new-orleans-voted-americas-dirtiest-city/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:25:01 +0000 Brett Alan http://wyrk.com/?p=20423 My wife and I took a cruise for our honeymoon and the original port was New Orleans.  Neither of us had been there before and we were both very excited.  Needless to say, we were both taken back by the culture of the city, but there was something else that stuck out in our minds about New Orleans long after we left. 

We were there before Hurricane Katrina, but it seems as if New Orleans has a long way to go to clean up after Hurricane Katrina.

]]> http://wyrk.com/new-orleans-voted-americas-dirtiest-city/feed/ 0 Chris Graythen, Getty Images Today Is Fat Tuesday! http://wyrk.com/today-is-fat-tuesday/ http://wyrk.com/today-is-fat-tuesday/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:59:39 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=11397 Have you had a Paczki yet today?  It is the start of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and for us here in Buffalo, it is Fat Tuesday.  Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday and a time for you to binge and purge before the traditional Lenten fasting takes place. 

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