Louisiana Life - September/October 2025

Editor's Note: Finding Your Louisiana

Whether September and October are still hot or hopefully, notes of coolness have hit the air, these months are the perfect time to start thinking about fall travel. Unlike summer travel, which often includes pools or beaches, fall adventures feel more like…

Hit the Road: 21 Fun Fall Travel Ideas

1 | Alexandria The Alexandria Museum of Art is home to a large collection of artwork (both from renowned art icons to lesser-known artists from every corner of the globe). Be sure to…

Isn't it Grand?

Grand Isle is Louisiana at its most concentrated; a distillation of every unique taste, adventurous spirit and cultural memory that makes the Gulf South special. An 8-mile-long stretch of beach and wetlands, the state’s only inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle…

Tenacious Talent

The music industry knocks down more than it lifts up. But for Maggie Koerner, a bluesy singer/songwriter who has done more than her fair share of time in the trenches of the music machine, talent was never in question and…

Shreveport's Chicken and Blues Fest, Hammond Airshow and more

The first annual Chicken and Blues Festival (October 4) features iconic Southern chicken dishes by celebrated chefs and a musical lineup that includes gospel soul singer Jamal Roberts, the dynamic hip-hop, bounce and street soul diva, Sweet Nay, and the…

A Poetic Place

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” writes Joan Didion in her essay collection…

Swing Set

A short stroll from the oak- and magnolia-studded canopy of Baton Rouge’s Highland Road Park curves a quiet street with a curious structure standing out both literally and figuratively. It’s…

Food, Friendly Folks and Fun Times

We walked into Downtown Jeaux at about 10 a.m. comin’ in hot and hungry from our drive into Houma from New Orleans. I claimed the last open table while Mark staked a spot in the growing line. It was a…

Unsung Heroes

Sometimes things are hidden in plain sight. And when asked to describe those hidden things, it is always a surprise that someone not from Louisiana knows about them. That is what we will be exploring in these recipes ­— the…

What We Are Reading This Year

September - October Misty Milioto “Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman. This story follows a man and his cat who must survive a deadly alien-run dungeon crawler game that has replaced Earth. While it’s a totally different genre for me,…

Archetypal Meditations

The Louisiana landscape, nature, dreams, the female body, the moon and the “archetypal stories and mythologies” that passed through time are spiritual and metaphysical forces that give expression to Lafayette artist and filmmaker Cayla Zeek’s art. At first glance, her…

Delving into Other Worlds

The Devil in Oxford “The Devil in Oxford” is the third book in the Ruby Vaughn Mystery series by USA Today best-selling, New Orleans author, Jess Armstrong. Armstrong follows the adventures of Ruby Vaughn, who works for Mr. Owen, owner…

Down by the River

“Dogtown” might be fighting words in North Little Rock. Some residents embrace the nickname — as does the city, which is home to an…

Fall Travel

Down the bayou or just up the street, there’s something new and exciting for you to discover around every corner of Louisiana! Lafayette CVC Fall is the perfect time to visit Lafayette. Cooler weather and warm vibes create the ideal…

Remembering Rita, “The Other” Hurricane

By Autumn of 2005 the subtle suggestions of a changing season were being felt, not in a big way like in places where the leaves turn orange but in subtle ways: the cane fields being harvested; an occasional chill; embers…