Scotty Rogers
Scotty Rogers proudly puts on a new uniform. After a career in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot and a few years flying for a major commercial carrier, he understands the importance of professionalism. He respects his previous…
Louisiana Life - Summer 2007
Summer - JULY1-SEPT.30
Northern LouisianaJuly 1. 6th Annual Monroe Jacee/Ryan Chevrolet Water Front Festival & Fire Works Show, Forsythe Park Boat Launch, Monroe, (318) 325-9018.July 1-8. American Junior Brahman Association Show, Ike Hamilton Expo Center, West Monroe, (318) 325-9160.July 4. 4th of July…
Cruising from Louisiana
“So be my guest, you’ve got nothin’ to loseWon’t you let me take you on a sea cruise?”Frankie Ford, “Sea Cruise,” 1959DONN YOUNG PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY PORT OF NEW ORLEANSIf Frankie Ford is willing to foot the bill for a cruise…
Louisiana Destinations - Special Advertising Sections
The best thing about living in Louisiana is the variety of destinations for easy summer travel. From the picturesque wetlands to the vibrant urban areas to the epitome of small town America, Louisiana has it all. This summer, with gas…
Louisiana's Top 10 Recreational Lakes
Few states even come close to Louisiana for offering so many water activities. Abundant waterways across the Sportsman’s Paradise naturally draw people to engage in recreational options, including fishing, canoeing, water skiing, swimming or boating. Of course, no list could…
Wildest Dreams
The story of Stewart and Juli Juneau is part hometown-boy-makes-good tale, part Jungle Jim adventure and part inspirational account of one family’s urge to share the fruits of their labors with underprivileged and inner city children. The saga begins and…
La fayette (the Man) Has A Significant Birthday
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, called simply Gilbert by family, was born Sept. 6, 1757, at the Château de Chavaniac in the Auvergne region of France, 250 miles south of Paris. He showed an affinity for the colonists’ cause…
Visiting History
Our family calls it “La-La Day” – Louisiana Purchase/Louisiana Statehood Day, April 30 – and this year’s was a good one. My Louisiana belle was off on a sister-sister getaway but our (ahem) doc and juris-doc sons Paul and Matthew…
Color it Blue
A s the early morning fog lifts from the river and settles on Jackson Square, an eighteen-wheeler grinds its gears to beat the stoplight on Decatur Street. The musty smell of the Mississippi River and roasting coffee from upriver fill…
An Artist and his Mansions
Located on Bayou Teche near Jeanerette in St. Mary Parish, Albania was built between 1837 and 1842. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Imagine owning two Louisiana historic plantation mansions and an 1873 upstate New York mansion…
Louisianians Barbecue too, ya’ll
Barbecue is so deeply ingrained in the psyche of the South that natives from North Carolina to Texas will argue heatedly and endlessly about the merits of their local barbecue traditions. But Louisiana usually gets left out of the conversation.…
The Rural Life
Ed. note: With this issue we introduce a new column, “The Rural Life” by Melissa H. Bienvenu. Ms. Bienvenu (no relation to food writer Marcelle Bienvenu), lives with her husband and family on a farm near Franklington in Washington Parish.…
In the land of the cochon de lait
A sign on the edge of the fairgrounds announces that Mansura is La Capitale de Cochon de Lait. That claim has remained unchallenged by other capitals including London, Moscow, Rome or Paris. Nor is it questioned by El Mansura, Egypt…
