Lucy The Cow: A Sequel
In the last issue of this magazine (May/June) I wrote this column about Lucy the Cow. When I was a kid, a neighbor had a farm (and yes, he was actually named McDonald) and, with the agreement of my parents,…
Louisiana Life - July/August 2022
Literary Lovers Travel Guide
Marie-Madeleine Hachard arrived in New Orleans in the early 1700s with a group of Ursuline nuns. She wrote of her new home in the French colony and that collection of personal accounts would become one of the first books about…
Top Hospitals
There is one major source that provides credible ongoing analysis of hospitals: Medicare, which, as the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older, as well as certain younger people with disabilities, often provides funding for many of the…
Powerful Plumage
A Great Egret, the symbol of the National Audubon Society, wades through wetlands at Avery Island. To submit your photos, visit louisianalife.com
Classic New Orleans with a Twist
This house began on a napkin,” said Mia Jahncke, referring to the initial drawing by her father-in-law, New Orleans architect Davis Jahncke, who designed the house as his last project before retiring from a career of more than a…
Embracing Salad Season
These are the dog days of summer when appetites wane and sweating over a hot stove is the about last thing anyone wants to do. In other words, it’s salad season. Fill up the salad bowl, pour a cold beverage…
Freedom of the Press
With one bare foot steering the large silver press wheel, and two hands secure around the climbing boy’s bottom, his rainboots dangling over her ash-colored shop apron, this tangle of limbs and kinetic energy somehow stands in perfect poise,…
The Beasts Will Teach You the Beauty of This Earth
The ancients believed birds were messengers of the gods linking humans to the supernatural world. Baton Rouge artist Mary Lee Eggart’s colorful drawings of various birds represent her deep spirituality, faith and love of nature. More recently, however, her…
Summer Reading List
Fantastic Journey The Ballad of Perilous Graves Music, mystery, magic and suspense, “The Ballad of Perilous Graves” by Alex Jennings casts a spell that will keep readers turning the page until the very end. Main characters Perilous “Perry” Graves, his…
A City with Soul
While barbecue and the rich music scene are reasons enough to visit Memphis, it turns out that the Bluff City has much more to offer. Of course the hopping nightlife on neon-lit Beale Street shouldn’t be missed, nor should…
Preferred Natives
In March 2022, three months into her role as caretaker of Briarwood Nature Preserve in Saline, Bayli Quick turned off Louisiana Hwy 9 to find the tall pines along Caroline Dormon Road ablaze. Rather than turn back, Quick drove…
Cooling Off
Summertime and the living is … hot! Louisiana may be a sportsman’s paradise, but finding places to cool off this time of year can be daunting, especially in the great outdoors where waterways veer toward tepid and slow-moving. For those…
Relief, Found
There are so many activities that are a big part of daily life that people take for granted. That is, they take them for granted until one day those activities become painful and difficult to do. Then seemingly simple tasks…
Decadent Dining
The retro glamour of Baton Rouge’s swank new hotspot, the Supper Club, owned by Brandon Landry (founder and CEO of Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux) is enticing diners with its seductive décor and luxuries such as Beluga caviar, baked Alaska and crème…
Traveling Around Louisiana
Photos courtesy Helis Foundation; Eatlafayette; Alexandria Zoo Revel in the cool A/C of a hopping restaurant while sampling regional flavors or satisfy a craving for creativity by viewing art installations across the state. Park the RV at one of…
With Completed Campus Transformation, Children’s Hospital New Orleans Advances Care for Patients Near & Far
As the first and largest freestanding children’s hospital serving Louisiana and the Gulf South, Children’s Hospital New Orleans was already the regional child health leader, providing the highest level of care for the area’s sickest babies, children, adolescents and young…
Visit Mississippi
Mississippi is clearly an inspired place—creativity teems in its waterways, grows as tall as its oaks, adds flavor to its food, and can be heard in the diverse voices of the state’s many musicians and writers. From the beautiful…
