Not-so-Wild at Heart
Like a lot of picky children, for much of my young life I avoided unfamiliar foods. I was raised on a farm so regional fruits and veggies, beef, chicken and pork were recognizable and safe, while everything else was suspect.…
Louisiana Life - March/April 2023
Bicentenaire de la paroisse Lafayette
On April 27, 1928, at a recording studio in New Orleans performers gathered for what would be an historic session. Joe Falcon and his future wife Cléoma Breaux immortalized a song that would become an anthem for a culture. He…
Call of the Wild
SPRING/SUMMER Spring and summer are the seasons seafood lovers look forward to during the cold, gray winter. Shrimp, crab, red snapper and redfish are some of the most longed for delicacies. Start dinner with crab cakes and then have red…
Charming Details
Architect of addition William Sonner Interior Design Jillian Freiberg Square footage 2,500 Outstanding features Eighteenth-century French hardware in master addition, antique salvaged glass windows, original oak floors, herringbone floors added during a renovation, French doors, abundant natural light, antique…
Raising Cane
Location Pointe Coupée Parish Parish seat New Roads From Easter until sugarcane harvest, the 19th-century bell in front of the Alma General Store in Lakeland rings twice each day. The first bell, at 7 a.m., signals the start…
Bicentennial Festivities
Lafayette’s year-long bicentennial revelries continue with the Celtic Bayou Festival bicentennial celebration March 17-18 (celticbayoufestival.com) followed by the March 26-30 Festival International de Louisiane bicentennial celebrations (festivalinternational.org). Chartered by the Louisiana Legislature in 1823 two years after its founding, the…
Mountain Time
Asheville, a small city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, is known for its quirky charm and beauty. With a thriving culinary and arts scene, a walkable downtown bursting with shops, art galleries and restaurants, and…
Irish for a Day
In 1986, Mabyn Shingleton, her husband, TV personality Pat Shingleton, and her baby son Michael in a stroller, lined up at the Baton Rouge City Park Golf Course and headed toward Perkins Road where the couple owned Zee Zee Gardens…
Abstract Narrative
Commemorative statues are everywhere in Louisiana. We have them for soldiers, explorers, musicians, sports figures, politicians and saintly people. Now, New Orleans has a new monument that celebrates the work of the nationally acclaimed New Orleans artist John Scott…
Harbingers of Spring
Other states may herald…
Mixing It Up
Seeds of love The Weeds: A Novel New Orleans writer Katy Simpson Smith takes readers on a journey across the ages in her latest novel, "The Weeds." The book follows two women, one in 1854 Europe and the other in…
Spirit Filled
Hometown Lakeland, Louisiana Age 32 Occupation President/CEO, Oxbow Rum Distillery Web oxbowrumdistillery.com Wheeling through the fields, the pickup bumps and bounds past walls of tall golden stalks. Windows rolled down, a small hand hanging out of the truck…
Great Expectations
A great egret fluffs its feathers, which is a post-preening behavior to remove dirt and dust and get feathers back in place. Houma
Big skies & wine
Drinking and driving? That’s dangerous! But nobody says you can’t shuffle a few steps from the wine bar to your comfy bed using your own two feet after a few tipples. Romantic, beautiful to behold, and a way to…
Laura M. FitzGerald, CPL
With a passion for all things ‘oil and gas’, CEO and owner of Ilios Resources, Inc., Laura FitzGerald helps mineral owners navigate the oil and gas industry as pertains to their interests. After early career success and experience as a…
Traveling Around Louisiana
Whether you’re filling your days with the flavors, sights, and sounds of Louisiana at popular events or escaping to the quiet waterways and woods to connect with nature, there’s nothing like the spring sun on your skin and the breeze…
Stephanie Aldret, DO, CAQSM
Building a passion for health literacy and sports medicine, Stephanie Aldret, DO, CAQSM, a Louisianan by choice and graduate of Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, currently serves as Chair and Associate Professor for Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine…
Kristen Brown
Serving as President of Louisiana’s largest certified woman-owned general contracting company, Kristen Brown of Brown Builders, Inc. (BBI), continually strives to build a better Louisiana. Kristen has been active in many civic organizations throughout her career and was recognized for…
