Fleurty Girl

It's Carnival time in Louisiana and we're ready for the party! On this week's show, we bring you an only-in-New-Orleans story that involves family, loyalty, and king cakes. We discuss a locally-made king cake that's a delicious collision of two cultures. And we learn about the evolution of the Rex Organization as it moves its official reviewing stands to Napoleon Avenue.

The Super Bowl is in town, and so far, fears that visitors would avoid the big game because of January’s attack on Bourbon Street have not rang true.

In four years Lauren Thom has taken Fleurty Girl from a bedroom in the front of her house on Oak Street to five stores citywide. John Blancher bought a…