{"id":167781,"date":"2025-08-23T00:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167781\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:12:12","slug":"new-orleans-natives-bring-a-taste-of-their-culture-to-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167781\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans natives bring a taste of their culture to Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sneaux Nola and The Daiquiri Shoppe bring New Orleans culture to Dallas, preserving identity amid relocation.<\/p>\n<p>DALLAS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 It is not just the ice. It is the identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright, everybody asks that,\u201d said Kelly Bolding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Sneaux-Nola-DFW-61564202901817\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sneaux Nola<\/a> owner.<\/p>\n<p>She was referring to a common question people ask her, \u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between a snow cone and snowball?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing is that the ice is totally different,\u201d Bolding said.<\/p>\n<p>She said snow cones are crunchy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like if it\u2019s fresh snow falling from the sky, that\u2019s what a snowball is,\u201d Bolding said.<\/p>\n<p>The snowball is a New Orleans treat that Bolding grew up eating. It\u2019s why she started Sneaux Nola in Cedar Hill.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d6e0d31d-c231-4984-a9e5-a309ec92504b_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d6e0d31d-c231-4984-a9e5-a309ec92504b_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids, they\u2019ll probably never get the lifestyle and the culture that I did growing up simply because we all relocated to Dallas,\u201d Bolding said.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, displacing many residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy original plan was to come here, just pretty much for the weekend, just to get away from the hurricane,\u201d Bolding said.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly hurricane sent roughly 50,000 people to North Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was 20 years ago, and here we are now,\u201d Bolding said.<\/p>\n<p>She, like many others, made a point to bring a taste of New Orleans to Dallas. Desean Cagnolatti did the same. He reunited with classmates to open <a href=\"https:\/\/thedaiquirishoppe.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Daiquiri Shoppe<\/a> in Grand Prairie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you&#8217;ve ever visited New Orleans before at any time, there&#8217;s multiple daiquiri shops all over town,\u201d said Cagnolatti, The Daiquiri Shoppe part owner. \u201cJust having a daiquiri in your hand was always a part of the culture, and it was a thing. It&#8217;s almost a symbol of the city if you had one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans symbols in Dallas, such as Elmer\u2019s Chee Wees, the Po\u2019Boy, and snowballs are signs of resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were abruptly pulled out of your culture and put into another culture and trying to adapt, so seeing them adapt over the years is a great thing,\u201d Cagnolatti said.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Katrina might have changed their homes, but it did not change their hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBring the culture here that way you don&#8217;t even have to travel. You can come here, and also other people can get an outlook of how New Orleans culture is,\u201d said Bolding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sneaux Nola and The Daiquiri Shoppe bring New Orleans culture to Dallas, preserving identity amid relocation. 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