The slowly vanishing small Cajun towns
The state of Louisiana has an online map and guide to scenic roads and historic towns. It’s called Trails and Byways of Louisiana. I discovered …
Slow travels through the Southwest and South
The state of Louisiana has an online map and guide to scenic roads and historic towns. It’s called Trails and Byways of Louisiana. I discovered …
This post shows photos of Grand Isle, Louisiana in 2019. In 2021 Hurricane Ida destroyed or seriously damaged all homes on this island, the only …
On my way to New Orleans I glanced over the side of a bridge crossing the Atchafalaya River and spied, below, what was obviously an …
While I was out photographing houses in the poor neighborhood behind my hotel, I noticed one guy in a funny-looking outfit: orange t-shirt and black …
Recently, a post online identified the “most googled” interior design searches by state. In California the most popular style was Hollywood Regency–which really surprised me. …
I came across the Elysian Fields neighborhood by accident. It was the end of the line for the St. Claude-Rampart trolley on my “trolley tour” …
As some of you know I write a blog, Hot Gardens, about gardening in hot dry climates. When I began it 20 years ago the …
I am now seeing New Orleans under the influence of three books set in the revolutionary Eighteenth Century: An Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire …
Since I arrived in New Orleans I’ve taken hundreds of photos of people and places around the city. AND–ta-da!–I’ve managed to organize them into folders. …
The AirBnB listing stated something like: “Garden District condo close St. Charles trolley.” Quickly I booked it and when I arrived I discovered that description …
What is smaller than a village? A hamlet? With its population of 1883 I think Delcambre, Louisiana qualifies as a hamlet. And it is unusual …
This is true: a woman and her child were picking crawfish out of a roadside ditch after dark near Lafayette, Louisana a few days ago. …