Tag: Louisiana
Deep South in the United States: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, music, balconies, beignets: they all go together. They each, along with many other things, form part of the story …
Black history: have you sought this out in your travels, come across it stories in passing, or passed it by unknowingly? History is about story, after all. Individual story. …
The Mississippi River is central to the geography of the United States. It is also central to natural and social history of the United States. The Mississippi River basin has …
New Orleans: it is known for beignets, jazz, jambalaya, the French Quarter, and Mardi Gras festivities . That is just a hint of the past and present that make …
They say in New Orleans it’s Mardi Gras all year round, and that’s definitely true in Mardi Gras World. This is where they make the giant sculptures that go on …
‘You got beautiful eyes,’ said the waitress as she brought me a bottle of beer. My wife was in the bathroom at the time. The waitress wasn’t flirting, she …
If you look at the southwestern section of Louisiana on a map, there does not appear to be much there worth visiting. Best to blast on through it via …
Scenes that go by quickly on the roadway, the slower pace or country roads, the different perspective that comes from walking along the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest, …
“We’re not exactly an artifacts culture around here,” he said, gesturing to the cramped, two-room museum we’d just entered in New Orleans French Quarter. Around us on shelves were …
The sun had already set, but there was still light oozing through the surrounding forest. My car’s headlights illuminated the mangled historical marker where Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow …
Although Mardi Gras 2013 is a mere memory, I’m still thinking about the hours I spent on a float, throwing beads and gifts to parade watchers in New Orleans. …
If you’re ever near Eunice, Louisiana on a Saturday, you’re in for a jam-packed day of St. Landry Parish music if you know where to go…. In the morning, …
