I don't think that would have happened if we were in Milwaukee right now. KF: We've been been featured on BBC's travel blog. NV: Also, journalists love writing about New Orleans. And Forbes named New Orleans the biggest brain magnet in the country. We were watching the statistics: How New Orleans was the fastest-growing city in the country. KF: We had our eye on New Orleans the whole time we were in Seattle. That kind of stuff doesn't really happen in Seattle. NV: New Orleans provides a counterpoint to people like myself, that work a lot and like to work – I'm proud to be a workaholic, I enjoy it – but here sometimes there are forced breaks, literally friends will come over, pick me up and take me out. The costumes, the parades, the craziness. And we affectionately say that it's always Burning Man in New Orleans. KF: Nick and I actually met at Burning Man a number of years ago. Kevin Farrell: At Mardi Gras, you're lucky if anyone remembers the conversation they had with you that day… because they were so glittery. It feels like everyone who is anyone I would want to meet is there. If I had to choose – I know this might be sacrilege – but I'd much rather go to SXSW. NV: Mardi Gras does take over the entire city, but it's so different. As new New Orleaneans, was 2013 your first full-immersion Mardi Gras? I'm excited for this time, it's a little less pressure.ĪC: SXSW permeates the city – not unlike Mardi Gras. I'd never been to SXSW before that I didn't know what to expect except for a lot of people.
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Nick Vivion: Last year we had press passes to cover it for Unicorn Booty, so we were gallivanting around doing videos and interviews. We spoke right after Ash Wednesday, after they'd just survived their first Mardi Gras as business owners and residents of New Orleans, and right before the countdown to their Austin arrival.Īustin Chronicle: This isn't your first South by Southwest, is it? The guys behind the dishy and successful LGBTQ infotainment blog Unicorn Booty, publisher Nick Vivion and editor Kevin Farrell are coming to South by Southwest Interactive to tell the story of their journey from Seattle, where they once ruled their blog empire to New Orleans to open the brick-and-mortar restaurant/bar Booty's in the city's Bywater district. What if your favorite webpage or blog came to life – like real life, not virtual life, onscreen.