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It has been insanely hot in New Orleans (and practically everywhere else, apparently) so I was thinking about places that sounded cool -...

I drove up to Donaldsonville to visit the River Road African American Museum, which I’d heard so much about, but also because I wanted to...

French Quarter Festival just wound up with only one glitch as a massive rain storm hit early Saturday afternoon, but performances had...

Because New Orleans is overall a Catholic city - historically, you know, the French, the Spanish followed by Italians and Irish among...

Photo credit: OzarksRazorback By 1790, plantations flanked the Mississippi River from below New Orleans all the way to Natchez and above....

No need to travel to the Serengeti when you can visit the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, Louisiana, 1-1/2 hours north of New Orleans....

Kept sailors from running ashore. After several rainy days, the weather was actually magnificent, so I decided to drive out to New...

of the pirate Jean Lafitte The pirate Jean Lafitte was rather notorious across the Gulf Coast in the 19th century, having established a...

Defending against bland food For my first blog post, I chose to make a day trip to Avery Island, a place I’d wanted to visit for a long...