Louisiana Life - November/December 2022

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The Greatest Speech

With the new year will come a gubernatorial election, a quadrennial event that is only out- rivaled by the LSU-Alabama game for fan interest. This year the attention should be especially high because Gov. John Bel Edwards is term limited.…

Top Doctors

With over 25 years’ experience researching, reviewing and selecting Top Doctors, Castle Connolly is a trusted and credible healthcare research and information company. Our mission is to help people find the best healthcare by connecting patients with best-in-class healthcare providers.…

Knowledge of Place

  At a Glance Location Union Parish Flora Pondberry, Ozark Chinquapin, American alumroot Fauna White-breasted nuthatch, summer tanager, prothonotary warbler   The home Amy and Kelby Ouchley built in Rocky Branch, 14 miles north of West Monroe, contains no…

On The Hunt

Beneath the tall loblolly pines near the Ouiska Chitto Creek in Allen Parish, two dogs hunt to the tune of electronic birdsong. Their orange tracking collars chirp in intervals, first from one dog, then from another, until, briefly, the birdsong…

Season’s Readings

CULINARY Easy Does It From flips to shrubs, spritzes to smashes, toddies and teas and more, if you’re zero-proof curious, or can’t or don’t want to drink alcohol for any reason, “Craft: The Eat Fit Guide to Zero Proof Cocktails,”…

‘Tis the Season for Sweet Potatoes

The Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission is celebrating its 70th anniversary with various promotions that feature growers. René Simone, director, says it’s been a good year for our nutritious, delicious Louisiana sweet potatoes. The Beauregard harvest usually ends in mid-November. It…

Texas Chic

Art and architecture lovers in search of a city break should look no further than skyscraper-peppered Dallas, which boasts an enormous urban arts district. Weighing in as one of the largest in the nation, the artsy expanse stretches for…

Cymbal-ism

At A Glance Hometown Dallas, Texas (Collin), and Broussard, Louisiana (Roz) Age Collin is 46, Roz is 44 Occupation Jewelry designers Web secondlinejewels.com @secondlinejewels   When Phil Collins and his band Genesis need another batch of designer dominoes for…

Get Stuffed

I used to say travelers know they have reached South Louisiana when hot boudin is available at roadside gas stations. That was once a reliable indicator, but I doubt that it still is. Fields of sugar cane and crawfish ponds,…

Get Lit This Season

The Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights, a connection of cities along Interstates 20 and 49 that promote the holidays to visitors and residents, have added two new destinations. Ruston and Logansport join the festivities in Shreveport-Bossier, Minden, Natchitoches, Alexandria-Pineville and…

Electric Art

For over six decades, Monroe artist Don Cincone has been on a remarkable journey that has taken him from a sharecropper’s cabin in Richland Parish to San Francisco, New York’s fashion district, movie sets in Hollywood, down to Mexico…

A place for children to thrive and find joy, in the hospital

Play time, discovery, learning and just being a child are key components to growing into healthy and thriving children and adolescents, even amid a hospital stay. Through a partnership between nonprofit, Kids Join The Fight and Children’s Hospital New Orleans,…

Traveling Around Louisiana

November and December are lovely months to roam the state and get better acquainted with its cultural offerings and diversity. Destinations across Louisiana—museums, cities, and parishes—welcome visitors and residents to enjoy the season with new art and history exhibits, spectacular…