Popular international retail brand Macy’s last May partnered with the Miss America Organization, hosting an appearance by reigning Miss America, Nina Davuluri, to express support for the diversity of the United States and bring awareness to the importance of embracing and taking pride in one’s culture.
For celebrated Creole chef Leah Chase, the goodbye had all the ingredients of a typical New Orleans sendoff: warm reminiscences and mourning mixed with a Mardi Gras-style celebration of her life.
