I hate to even write a new blog because the photos from the previous entry are soooo delicious, but I guess the people need their news.

Friends,

Even if it's not the Saints or Mardi Gras, there's always something going on in New Orleans.  Lately, we've been getting ready for St. Patrick's Day.  On Saturday, March 13th, the annual Irish Channel Parade passes right in front of our shop on Magazine Street!

We've been holding out on replacing the plexiglass windows in our storefront, only because last year a cabbage was thrown through one of them.  I'm excited because I think it's going to be one of those days that I get to drink beer at work. Green beer.
As a new resident of New Orleans, I felt it a duty to at least brief the history of the Irish Channel before I enjoyed their parade.  I will share with you what I've learned:

The Irish Channel is a neighborhood located between Magazine Street, First Street, the Mighty Mississippi and Toledano Street.  It came to be when Irish immigrants traveled here from Ireland during the 1940s and 1950s potato famine.  There was plenty of work in this area along the river and the Irish immigrants were too poor to travel further than this point, so most just settled in the area, developing the Irish Channel neighborhood.  One theory behind how the Irish Channel got its name is that when Adele Street would flood, it looked more like a channel than a street.

In 1947, the Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Club was organized.  On Saturday we will be celebrating the 63rd annual parade celebration. I know we will be having fun.  Also, if you are in need of a St. Patty's Day shirt, we have a crap-load of them.  Check 'em out at WearYourStory.com.  We even have a "ginger-friendly" shirt. So, if you are in the area on Saturday, feel free to stop by and see us. We will be "working hard" and enjoying the parade, too.

Congratulations to Gabriel Harvey, who represented Storyville Athletics to the extreme by completing two marathons in two weeks.  On Valentine's Day, Gabriel successfully ran the Austin Marathon.  On Sunday, Gabriel knocked out the inaugural New Orleans Mardi Gras Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.  He also dragged me along for the final nine miles of the New Orleans marathon.

The next race on the schedule for the Storyville crew will be the April 3 Crescent City Classic.  It's the most fun you'll ever having running 6.2 miles, so you should definitely join us.

The Storyville Print Shop will open in New Orleans later this month.  The Print Shop will be located at 3811 Magazine Street, just 8 blocks uptown from the retail shop.

By April, the Print Shop will be a full service screen printing facility.  The Print Shop will support the New Orleans shop and will take a major load off of the Baton Rouge screen printing operation.  Currently, all Storyville Originals sold in Austin, New Orleans and Baton Rouge are printed in Baton Rouge.  By June, all Storyville Originals sold in our new South Congress shop in Austin will actually be printed in Austin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We know you haven't heard from us in awhile, and for that we're truly sorry. But things have been a little hectic around here lately, as you may already know.

We haven't posted since January 13, when we announced the exciting news that we're moving our Austin shop to South Congress in June. Since then, we've battled the NFL over the phrase "Who Dat" (and won) with a lot of help from the people of New Orleans, Elizabeth Harvey jetted off to Italy, the New Orleans Saints won Superbowl XLIV, Gabriel Harvey ran the Austin Marathon on Valentine's Day, and now, finally, all the craziness of the past month will culminate today with Mardi Gras.

Due to the little kerfuffle with the NFL, Storyville was featured in the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Headline News, The Times-Picayune, The Advocate in Baton Rouge, and many, many more via The Associated Press.

If you want to read up on it, check out the Times-Picayune's original article on the subject here.

On January 16, , Storyville celebrated its third birthday.  Three years into the apparel game, and it feels like we're still only getting started.

It's been a busy few weeks for us (or a busy few years for that matter), but we aren't going to slow down anytime soon. We're gearing up for St. Patrick's Day, the Third Ever Storyville Fashion Show (March 27) in Baton Rouge and the launch of the Storyville Print Shop (stand-alone screen printing facility) in New Orleans.

So keep checking the Storyville Times for updates -- I promise we'll update much more frequently. After all, since Elizabeth has christened herself Creative Director, I'm christening myself New Media Director. Not to be confused with Old Media, which, obviously, Josh will handle.

If you aren't already following us on Twitter, do so now -- @WearYourStory. And, of course, each of our shops has a Facebook fan page. We'll be updating those regularly with announcements, new designs and specials.

It's an exciting time for Storyville, and if the first month and a half of 2010 is any indication, it's going to be a big year -- nay, decade -- for us!