Editor’s Note: Oh, the places to go
I love reading bucket lists. Even if I’m not able to check off every item on one, it’s fun to get ideas for places I would’ve never imagined. But if you don’t know, you can’t go, so it’s worthwhile to…
Author: Reine Dugas
Episode 244: Tennessee Williams Fest Brings Stars to New Orleans for a One-Night-Only Special Performance
The Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival has a special performance to mark its 40th Anniversary: We Have Not Long to Love: A Celebration of Tennessee Williams, a one-night-only immersive theatrical experience directed by acclaimed director and choreographer Rob…
Editor’s Note: A Louisiana Literary Milestone
This year, the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary. Forty years! If you’ve never made it to New Orleans at the end of March to attend this festival, I can tell you it’s a really…
Editor’s Note: Mardi Gras Hopping
I have had a lifetime of Mardi Gras celebrations but only in New Orleans. Since I was a baby, we’d find a spot on St. Charles Avenue, spread out a big blanket, prop up our chair ladders and spend Fat…
Editor’s Note: That’s Good Eatin’
When I think of food destinations around the world, a few countries’ cuisines come to mind — Italy, France, Mexico, specifically. Dialing further in, there are specific cities where people go just to eat. I think, as a state, Louisiana…
Editor’s Note: Finding Your Louisiana
Whether September and October are still hot or hopefully, notes of coolness have hit the air, these months are the perfect time to start thinking about fall travel. Unlike summer travel, which often includes pools or beaches, fall adventures feel more like…
Grand Isle Wins Louisiana Life’s Best Town Award
GRAND ISLE, La – This spring, Louisiana Life Magazine held a contest for Best Town in Louisiana. After months and thousands of votes, Grand Isle won Best Town out of the over 130 towns eligible for the contest. Readers overwhelmingly…
Editor’s Note: Taking Care
Well, we’re right in it now. Summer and hurricane season, the double whammy. This can be a rough time for some people, both because of the unbearably long hot days and the memories of past hurricanes. It’s hard to believe…
“The Wiz” Blows into New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – “The Wiz” premiered in New Orleans this week at the Saenger…
Editor’s Note: That Iconic, Pesky Cypress Tree
I have a love-hate relationship with cypress trees. They are incredibly beautiful trees — there is no doubt about that. And they are also iconic and so representative of Louisiana. But I’ve got two of them on either side of…
Editor’s Note: That Spring Fest Feeling
It’s spring, which means spring festival time! The weather’s not too cold, not too hot, flowers are bursting with color, and everyone is ready to get out and have some fun. I’m not sure whether I like spring or fall…
Editors’s Note: Changes in the New Year
The beginning of the year always marks change and new beginnings. I’m generally happy for the start of it because it’s a good marker for making plans and setting goals. It’s also a time to take stock, to reflect…
Editors’s Note: The Weird and the Wonderful
While I have too many holiday favorites to fit within the small space of this column, there is one — and it’s a bit of an outlier — that I’d like to share. In our family, the top requested…
Editor’s Note: Eye for Design
Some people have an eye for design, and some don’t. I, sadly, don’t. When I walk into a beautifully appointed room, I know it and can appreciate it, but when it comes to my own space, it’s a mishmash of…
Editor’s Note: Bring On the Heat
To those who say that we eventually get used to the heat here in Louisiana, I would reply, that is categorically untrue. We do not. At least I haven’t. Our summers are brutal here, with the heat and humidity peaking…
Crawfish Daze
Crawfish season is one of my favorite times of year. I can’t get enough of the spicy little mudbugs and will accept any invitation (and sometimes invite myself) to eat them. However, this year, we’re all a little dazed and…
Springtime Means TWFest time!
Though Louisiana spring is short, it sure is lovely and a time when most of us are happy to be outside enjoying the cool air and flowers in bloom. It’s a time when we’ve just finished and survived the…
Carnival Perspectives
One of the things I love most about Carnival is how it changes over time. Not so much the holiday itself, but the way we come to it. A lifelong Louisianian, I’ve been celebrating Carnival since I was a…
Finding Balance
Rachel Wellons seems happiest in clinic, where she balances work with students, patients and research. A board-certified clinical specialist, Wellons focuses on neurological physical therapy, with a specialty in vestibular rehabilitation. The clinic is small but packed with equipment including…
