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A Louisiana Christmas Tradition: Bonfires on the Levee

Wed, 10/31/2018

The Great River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge can lay claim on one of the more unusual public December holiday lighting displays. It’s here on the earthen levees containing the Mississippi River that local Christmas lights aren’t colored bulbs, but instead dozens of 20-feet-high flaming pyramids of burning logs. The Christmas...

Author: Jeff Richard

Cool New Attractions Showcase Prime New Orleans Offerings

Fri, 08/14/2015

Ask any tourists why they are visiting New Orleans and the likely answers are for the jazz and for the food. It’s easy to understand how two of the newest attractions, the New Orleans Jazz Market and the Southern Food and...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: Culinary | Culture
Learning About the Louisiana Purchase

Mon, 07/27/2015

Louisiana is a close to 50,000-square-mile boot-shaped tract of land on the Gulf of Mexico coast. But our state is a fraction of the original Louisiana Territory, acquired by a young and fledgling United States from France in...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: History & Heritage
Louisiana Music Essentials Revisited

Wed, 07/08/2015

We launched the Only Louisiana blog about a year ago with a crash course in Louisiana music for our state’s visitors. In addition to being one of the top two draws for travelers (the other being our cuisine), it’s the most...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: Music
Camping at Louisiana's Lake Bruin State Park

Tue, 06/30/2015

Hidden in the piney woods of the Mississippi Delta in northeast Louisiana is a tiny but sparkling jewel of the Louisiana State Parks system. Lake Bruin State Park offers a serene camping getaway on an oxbow lake created when the...

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Author: Sharon Broussard

Related Topics: Family Fun | Outdoors
Visiting Hollywood South - Louisiana on the Silver Screen and Small Screen

Thu, 06/18/2015

Louisiana’s official state nickname is Sportsman’s Paradise thanks to rich and abundant natural resources and the fish and wild game that call it home. Related nicknames for our state include The Pelican State, in reference to...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: Entertainment
Great Golf, Among Other Things: Louisiana's Audubon Golf Trail

Thu, 06/11/2015

The premier public golf course in Uptown New Orleans is Audubon Park on St. Charles Avenue, the historic Garden District’s largest park. Just 10 minutes from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the city’s central business district,...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: Outdoors
Now Open: Adventure Point

Wed, 05/27/2015

When I walked up to the front porch and through the doors of the new Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point, I was immediately beneath an oak with Spanish moss nearly dripping on my head. I heard the chirps and quacks from the birds...

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Author: Megan Hartman

Related Topics: Culture | Outdoors
5 Reasons You Shouldn't Miss Bayou Country Superfest

Wed, 05/13/2015

I am a music festival groupie. I plan my vacations around which acts are playing where. And as a longtime country music fan (my first concert was LeAnn Rimes in 1996), I look forward to Bayou Country Superfest every year. In its...

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Author: MC Iles

Related Topics: Festivals & Events | Music
Louisiana Cities and Towns: What’s In the Names Part III

Wed, 05/06/2015

Continuing from Part I and Part II, here are more Louisiana places with really unusual stories behind their names. A touring dignitary’s endorsement: Zwolle in Sabine Parish was indirectly named by a respected Dutch businessman...

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Author: Jeff Richard

Related Topics: Culture

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