KOMADE coffee shop is an ethereal pocket of peace offering New Iberia a space to duck into when in need of respite or invigoration. Behind the bohemian setting, towering stacks of pastries and perfect cups of java, is one family’s dedication to coffee and one another. Find out from Faith Gir…
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Moss hanging from live oaks over languid bayou water… sugar cane burning an angry orange in a crisp black night… boats rusting in front of a metal building seemingly constructed of old Barq’s ads. A muddy beach strewn with shells, crabs scuttling under a dazzling blue sky. A majestic Victori…
Author Natalie Baszile can relate to the line by Anne Wilkes Tucker, “I have a field on my mind that needs plowing.” So much so, that it’s the epitaph of her first book Queen Sugar, a nod to Black farmers, family, Louisiana and its sugar cane industry, and over a decade in the making. Speaki…
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KOMADE coffee shop is an ethereal pocket of peace offering New Iberia a space to duck into when in need of respite or invigoration. Behind the bohemian setting, towering stacks of pastries and perfect cups of java, is one family’s dedication to coffee and one another. Find out from Faith Gir…
Moss hanging from live oaks over languid bayou water… sugar cane burning an angry orange in a crisp black night… boats rusting in front of a metal building seemingly constructed of old Barq’s ads. A muddy beach strewn with shells, crabs scuttling under a dazzling blue sky. A majestic Victori…
Sundays Soda Fountain knows how to make every day feel like Sunday with a cherry on top, literally. Their carefully curated menu is filled with funny names, unexpected ingredients. It makes every order feel like an inside joke. Here are four of their most comical shakes and libations.
In a survey by OnePoll done in 2021, 63 percent of 2,000 respondents believed that paranormal activity exists, and 44 percent said they had a personal experience with paranormal presence, whether classified as ghosts, extraterrestrials or cryptids.
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Sitting in a booth at Ton’s Drive-In with a steaming cup of coffee and an overflowing breakfast plate, you almost expect everything to turn black and white, sitcom flashback sequence style. Ton’s is so rooted in nostalgia that its impact is transportive. Continuing the crave-worthy consisten…
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When Lindsey Glass and her husband took their three children to Telluride, Col. this July for a month-long vacation, the artist was so taken by the landscape and the experience that she was compelled to capture it by painting a portrait of the family, amidst mountains, flowers and animals, o…
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What would a Food Edition be without a spotlight on some of the wonderful restaurants here in Acadiana?! Check out our Focus on Food map and make plans to enjoy a meal out this weekend with the whole family, great friends or that special someone.
Ahhh, Taco Tuesday. Confounding to some. A weekly ritual to the enlightened. But tacos every single week? Absolutely! Gone are the days when your only option was a hard corn shell filled with processed cheese and ground meat cooked in a "hot" seasoning mix that was made somewhere in Minnesot…
Looking for a fast and flavorful fresh fish dinner? Combine fresh homemade peach salsa with a quick pan-seared Blackened Red Snapper for the ultimate weekday dinner made in just 15 minutes.
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In the heart of Lafayette, a tech revolution is underway as FlyGuys, an innovative reality data capture provider, secures a monumental $10 million Series A investment, propelling its growth strategy to new heights. FlyGuys' CEO, Joe Stough, and VP of Marketing, Whitney Savoie discuss the imp…
Laurel Hess is grateful for laundry. The bigger the mounds, the better. For her, they are reminders of turning one of the most dreaded household chores into a successful app-based, on-demand laundry service. And it’s all because she pursued the answer to a question she asked herself followin…
The National Trust recently announced that John Warner Smith has accepted the position of executive director of the Shadows-on-the-Teche Trust Stewardship Site. Smith recently talked with this reporter about his vision for the Shadows going forward.