| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Coveted kicks: Nike's new Air Force 1 sneakers, which celebrate New Orleans culture, went on the sale for the first time Saturday. The location, appropriately, was a store in New Orleans. The crowd, naturally, was huge, Missy Wilkinson reports. For more business coverage, please sign up for our NOLA Business Insider newsletter. Targeting books: Library board meetings in St. Tammany Parish have typically been sedate affairs. Could a change be on the horizon? The culture wars have come to St. Tammany, Sara Pagones reports. Kid stuff: Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng’s plan to “reimagine” a handful of neighborhood playgrounds caught some people off guard and prompted questions of “Why?” The parish’s changing population may hold the answer to that question, Blake Paterson reports. Restaurant redux: Ownership changes at venerable New Orleans eateries can send shudders up the city’s culinary spine. What, the question always ponders, will the place become with new operators? That question and more will be answered soon for one storied Central Business District landmark set to reopen in the coming months, our restaurant guy Ian McNulty writes. For even more food and drink coverage, please sign up for our Where NOLA Eats newsletter. Thanks for waking up with us. Have a great day and catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. (And Go Saints!) Bob | 