Enjoy What’s New on the Gulf Coast
August saw great fanfare with the launch of the restored Gulf Coast Amtrak railway line — now dubbed the Mardi Gras Service. Louisiana residents can now hop on a train in New Orleans, kick up their feet and visit…
Gulf Coast
New Braunfels Brims with German Influences and Artsy Hill Country Soul
With a radio station that plays polka songs and waltzes, bakeries that turn out Munich-worthy strudel, oompah bands blaring from the Main Square’s bandstand, a lingering aroma of grilled sausages wafting through the air…
2025 Top Louisiana Fishing Spots with Rankings
NORFOLK, Va (press release) – A new statewide ranking from FishingBooker, a global platform for booking fishing trips, revealed that the New Orleans region is home to four of the top Louisiana Fishing Spots for 2025. “Louisiana continues to be…
The Perfect Getaway
In the 1950s, my mother and grandmother used to steal away to Gulf Hills Hotel & Resort in Ocean Springs where they lounged by the pool and rode horses. Harkening back…
Grand Isle's Oleander Hotel Receives Donation for Restoration
GRAND ISLE, La (press release) – The Karen B. Yoh Foundation donated $50,000 to Grand Isle's Oleander Hotel restoration project, bringing the total funds raised to $343,000 of the organization’s $400,000 goal. “We’re deeply grateful for the Karen B. Yoh…
The Wonders of White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area
“The airboat is ready to go,” says Lance Ardoin, but before we step into the cauldron of a South Louisiana August morning, there’s something I need to understand. In his office south of Gueydan, a well-thumbed copy of Aldo Leopold’s…
Grand Isle: From Chopin’s Day to Today
Grand Isle, early August. Bathed in golden light, dozens stand waist-deep in the calm Gulf waters. Spread across the beach behind them march families — children, parents, grandparents. They carry fishing rods, shrimp nets and crab lines. Between calls of…
Florida’s Navarre Beach is a Naturalist’s Paradise
Situated between two Florida hotspots — Pensacola and Destin — lies a more natural coastal getaway. Navarre Beach sits nestled around the Santa Rosa Sound with a quick bridge crossing to Santa Rosa Island with both public beaches and the…
Protect and Preserve
At a Glance Location Cameron and Vermilion parishes Fauna Each year from November through January, biologists conduct aerial waterfowl surveys that cover more than 550,000 acres of LDWF’s coastal wildlife management areas and refuges. Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge opened to public…
Beach Bound
Festivals are coming back in a big way to Alabama beaches, including the enormously popular Hangout Music Festival May 20-22, which combines music, food and activities such as roller disco and beach volleyball. Speaking of volleyball, the National Collegiate Women’s…
Natural State: Preserving and Protecting
On either side of the boat stretches the vast wetlands of south Louisiana. Farther south, several miles beyond this ruler-flat landscape, lie Vermilion and West Cote Blanche bays — and beyond,…
LA NOUVELLE LOUISIANE
Nothing stops the innovators, trailblazers and entrepreneurs of Louisiana. Last year may have taken the wind out of our sails with hurricanes, freezes and a worldwide pandemic, but the Bayou State never faltered in producing new and interesting products, culinary offerings…
Houma: How Sweet She Is!
There’s no question you’ve entered some place special when you drive down south into Houma, which lies in the coastal parish of Terrebonne. Its one-of-a-kind topography is riddled swamplands, bayous, and wetlands; hence its title “Louisiana’s Bayou Country” is apropos. …
Swept Away by Grand Isle
When you’ve got some of the best fishing, softest beaches and hypnotizing surf right off the coast of Louisiana, who needs anywhere else? Adding to its allure, Grand Isle oozes a presence unlike any place on earth – and is chock full…
THE GREAT FLOOD: AN ANNIVERSARY
Several years ago I sat down with my mom and one of her cousins to talk about the Great Flood of 1927. They were both little girls then at a time of life when the adventures of a spring flooding…
Bayou Hopping
The woodland waterways of northeast Louisiana offer a world of adventure seemingly little changed since the days of De Soto, Mark Twain and Audubon. Here gators glide, pelicans preen, frogs hop, turtles bask on stumps and part-sunken logs while impossibly…
Going Coastal
Things to do this summer along the Gulf Coast
Gifts From the Gulf
It doesn’t get any fresher.
Dining Across the Gulf Coast
It is true. You can look it up. There simply is not a stretch of America that cuts through four states, abutting large bodies of fresh and salt water, where the food is as good and indigenous as ours, right…
Cajun Claws in Abbeville
Bad News: Crawfish Season is over. Good News: Next Season is Only Six Months Away
Traveling the Foodie Trail in Luscious Louisiana
Chasing delectable bites, from the back roads to the storied neighborhoods, funky enclaves and hip city streets.
Robust Progress
Encouraging news about the state’s economy
Hit the Road
Start the New Year off with a bang! Hit the road this winter and experience some of the state’s hidden and not-so-hidden gems. While Mardi Gras tends to take center stage during this time of year, other events and attractions…
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