Longtime T-P society columnist Nell Nolan moves to The Advocate
 

Nell Nolan, who chronicled New Orleans? social scene and kept scrupulous track of the movements of the city's debutantes for The Times-Picayune, will be ?retiring? her column after 34 years, according to the paper. Unmentioned in the story: Nolan will be taking her alliterative brand of party coverage to the paper?s competition, The Advocate ? following in the heels of longtime former T-P party photographer Steven Forster.

?We think Nell and her column are an important part of the civic and cultural life of the community, and she and we believe New Orleans should have a daily newspaper,? Advocate editor Peter Kovacs told Gambit.? [ Read more ]

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