@GambitBlake

The N.O. It All. If you can't Google the answer, email questions to askblake@gambitweekly.com.

 New Orleans
bestofneworleans.com
Joined December 2013
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Gambit@The_Gambit21 Dec 2018
What started Jackson Square caroling? What's the deal with Mr. Bingle? Revisit 12 bits of New Orleans holiday trivia from our @GambitBlake: buff.ly/2RyUB2t
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Blake Pontchartrain@GambitBlake23 Oct 2018
Here are the stories behind Hap Glaudi's Instant Replay and Buddy D's Sportscene nightclubs: buff.ly/2q8exNH
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Gambit@The_Gambit11 May 2018
Be our 80,000th Twitter follower and all this loot from Gambit World HQ is yours.
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Robin Miller@rmillerbr24 Jan 2018
This is cool ... xitter.cf/gambitblake/status/946…
Blake Pontchartrain@GambitBlake28 Dec 2017
When Alvin Baumer Sr. bought a company that made snowball syrups back in 1923, he also got a recipe for a certain hot sauce: bestofneworleans.com/gambit/…
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Erin Kavanagh@Kavkids1234Erin21 Sep 2017
I was there! xitter.cf/GambitBlake/status/910…
Blake Pontchartrain@GambitBlake21 Sep 2017
Forty years ago this week, King Tut came to town: goo.gl/af3cjP
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Gambit@The_Gambit6 Jun 2017
The time a firefighter's statue was decapitated in Greenwood Cemetery: @GambitBlake remembers: goo.gl/pdXqdL
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That is a great question, we built these outhouses for Mandeville mayor Donald Villere to avoid future misunderstandings #lagov #lalege xitter.cf/GambitBlake/status/851…
Blake Pontchartrain@GambitBlake11 Apr 2017
What's with those little sheds on the Causeway? goo.gl/pe0KFW
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Gambit@The_Gambit22 Dec 2016
Al Copeland's lights, Mr. Bingle's origins, the city's official decorator and more holiday trivia from @GambitBlake: goo.gl/ZAuNvM
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Summernitesgypsy@SusanCampbell__7 Dec 2016
Replying to @GambitBlake @The_Gambit
Taking pics next 2 stage, 2 many crowding stage & water hosing crowd began; we moved to protect camera. Great Show
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Mary C. Ehret@NativePalate7 Dec 2016
Replying to @GambitBlake
Yes, I was there!
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LSU New Orleans@LSU_NewOrleans30 Aug 2016
Ever wonder about that little lighthouse at @UofNO? @GambitBlake gives the backstory on this 175-yo landmark.
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Gambit@The_Gambit16 Aug 2016
This week, @GambitBlake explains the history of the State Street Children's Home goo.gl/vKkc5e
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Gambit@The_Gambit3 Jun 2016
In Sunday’s paper: @GambitBlake Pontchartrain has the story behind this 1969 photo from Metairie.
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Gambit@The_Gambit29 Apr 2016
Read @GambitBlake's history of the Rivergate, which predated @harrahsnola bestofneworleans.com/gambit/… #sinkhole
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Gambit@The_Gambit29 Mar 2016
Blake Pontchartrain: What was the first residence on Bayou St. John? goo.gl/B9JcPt @GambitBlake
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Gambit@The_Gambit21 Feb 2016
Pick up our 35th anniversary issue today - and take @GambitBlake’s #NOLA trivia quiz
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Gambit@The_Gambit1 Dec 2015
What's up with the flags on the Jeff Davis Pkwy neutral ground? @GambitBlake knows: goo.gl/yHZG2Q
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Clancy DuBos@clancygambit21 Aug 2015
There is no truth to the rumor that Blake Pontchartrain is on the Ashley Madison list.
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Kevin Allman@KevinAllman29 Jan 2015
Proofing next week's @GambitBlake, learning that city of #nola had a municipally funded "official decorator" from 1939-1970. Who knew.
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Margaret Orr@MargaretOrr20 Dec 2013
Replying to @GambitBlake
Rain w/strong possibly severe storms especially Saturday late aft-Sunday morning. Looks nice Christmas! @GambitBlake @Laura_Buchtel
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