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…
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Hidden Louisiana: There's More to the Bayou State than Meets the Eye
We brake for anything weird, unusual or off the beaten path and a tour through Louisiana never disappoints. Everyone knows…
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…
A Poetic Place: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Evangeline” and St. Martinville
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” writes Joan Didion in her essay collection…
Houma Has all of the Ingredients for a Day or Weekend Down the Bayou
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…
Strolling on the Bridges of North Little Rock, Arkansas
“Dogtown” might be fighting words in North Little Rock. Some residents embrace the nickname — as does the city, which is home to an…
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…
Historic Oleander Hotel Added to National Register of Historic Places
GRAND ISLE, La (press release) – The Oleander Hotel, a two-story structure that has withstood time and storms on Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places—a significant milestone in the campaign to…
Grand Isle Wins Louisiana Life's Best Town Award
GRAND ISLE, La – This spring, Louisiana Life Magazine held a contest for Best Town in Louisiana. After months and thousands of votes, Grand Isle won Best Town out of the over 130 towns eligible for the contest. Readers overwhelmingly…
Beaver’s Bend is Booming
Oklahoma is like Wonderland: You won’t find it on a map. What you’ll find is an amorphous area encompassing the southeast corner of Oklahoma with Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend…
Carencro Retiree Gerard Guidoni's Bayou Cigar Box Guitars
Cajuns and Francophiles in Acadiana might see “BCBG” and take it as short-hand for the French catchphrase “bon chic bon genre” (“Good style, good class”). Anyone with a Ramones shirt or Blondie bob might read it quick and see an…
Exploring the Vibrant Dining and Cultural Scene of Hammond
The infatuation, as so many do, began over a cup of coffee. Specifically, an oat milk latte made with precisely measured and pulled espresso using thoughtfully sourced and expertly roasted…
Looking for the Wild Azalea Trail
Located southwest of Alexandria, the Wild Azalea Trail is a part of the Evangeline Unit of the Calcasieu Ranger District of Kisatchie National Forest. Designated for hiking and cycling, the trail’s start and finish points are…
Michelin Moment, Fête Feasting and Other Happenings Around Louisiana
The whisper of Michelin Guide’s undercover inspectors finally turning their gaze toward Louisiana has ignited a firestorm of finesse and competitive swagger. Among the profusion of notable new contenders in New…
The UK's Josh & Jase Take Louisiana
The United States has long been… intriguing to those outside of the country. As someone who follows British pop culture pretty well, the British people especially find us as Americans, and as a country, interesting. See also the current debate…
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