Louisiana Life September/October 2009

Barometer

A compendium of what’s hot & what’s not in Louisiana

ALBANY – Old World heritage takes center stage next month when descendants of Hungarian immigrants host their annual harvest dance celebration in Louisiana’s Hungarian Settlement, just south of Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish.

The rural life

Playing Fair

Claws & effect

How to make crab cakes

Carpenter’s Delight

Stacy Lynn Shearman’s Lake Charles home reflects the creativity of the Charpentier Historic District.

Jenny Ellerbe: Images from the delta parishes

Here is Home”: Those three words say almost everything about Jenny Ellerbe and her remarkable photographs of Northeast Louisiana. Here is Home is about a Monroe artist who has found her visual poetry in the dark bayous and shadows…

Louisiana’s Aviation History

The Wright brothers freed man from the shackles of gravity in 1903. By World War I (with the cavalry still on horseback) our airmen were flying surveillance missions and dropping hand-held explosives, while barnstormers back home promoted Red Cross and…

12 Teams 12 Histories

The best of Louisiana’s college football

Having a Vine Time in Lake Charles

Confused about wine? Think all wine-lovers are snobby? Want to learn which wine pairs best with gumbo? Rouge et Blanc is here to help.

Casting from a Bateau

Fly fishing in Louisiana

What Ails Louisiana

The state's 10 health problems

Around Louisiana: Northern Louisiana

Regional Reports From Across the State

Around Louisiana: Central Louisiana

PROFILEThe Parker House ghostThirty-one years ago, when she was only 5, Brandy Parker moved with her family into a Depression-era house in the community of Tioga. The property, the previous home of her aunt and uncle, sprawled for 3 acres…

Around Louisiana: Cajun Country

QUIRKY PLACESWindow watcherWith its history of hurricanes, American Indians, pirates, the Civil War and Reconstruction –– not to mention the chronicle of sheer human drama –– Acadiana seems filled with unseen voices forever whispering their stories into your ears. Possessed…

Around Louisiana: Baton Rouge/Plantation Country

QUIRKY PLACESHaunted “house”Its arched windows and crenelated towers watch the Mississippi River from a green bluff, looking like a medieval castle. Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Building is a beautifully Gothic 150-year-old structure that was the hot seat of Louisiana government after the…

Around Louisiana: Greater New Orleans

PROFILEGrave transgressionsI can’t imagine the mindset of a person who would rob a grave –– skulking into areas blackened by night to break not only hallowed ground but also the Seventh (if you’re Catholic or Lutheran) Commandment and stealing after poking around the…