| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Jazz Fest eats: Music might grab the spotlight at the Jazz Festival. But the food . . . well, for a lot of folks so does the food. (Crawfish bread, anyone?) All that delicious food, dining writer Ian McNulty says today, takes months of planning. Speaking of the fest, it opens Thursday and Keith Spera tells us there’s a “Locals Thursday” deal available. Sports highs and lows: Catch any of LSU’s gymnastics heroics on Saturday? The Tigers did just enough to win the national championship and columnist Scott Rabalais tells us how it all went down. The Pelicans, however, weren’t so fortunate. They came oh so close, but columnist Rod Walker says the Pels were their own worst enemy late in their playoffs opener Sunday night against Oklahoma City. Let’s get ‘em Wednesday night. Coming soon to Kenner? Another plan is in the works to revamp Kenner’s Laketown area. But this time, Blake Paterson reports, officials say it’s really going to happen. Like the Lunch Line? Sign up here. Want to subscribe to NOLA.com? Boom! Here ya go. Be excellent today, Bob | 