Seasonal

Things kick off w/ the Molly Ringwald's on September 13th. The season wraps up with the Downtown Holiday Celebration, featuring the Pine Leaf Boys, on Wednesday Nov. 27th.

I'm delighted that Peyton and Eli Manning have three Super Bowl titles, and Super Bowl MVP Awards between them. They're pretty funny guys, too!

The Saints have been suiting up at their training facility in Metairie, and so has Sarah Thomas.   What?... A woman at an NFL training camp? Thomas is a former college basketball player, who might become the NFL's first female official.

I can't sufficiently stress the importance of buying domestically produced crawfish. "Bugs" from China are considerably less expensive, but they're terrible on several levels.

Another Sun Belt record is set

I had pet frogs, toads & turtles. The frogs & turtles were tiny. These pictures take me back.

Sixteen practice sessions will be open to the public, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be moved indoors, and closed to the public because of limited space.

Cold drinks, ice cream, cold beer & iced tea are summertime staples. This may sound crazy, but spicy food & a cup of HOT tea are actually more effective at cooling your body down. They encourage perspiration.

Recent surveillance data from Lafayette Parish indicates an outbreak of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus. Recent test results obtained from dead birds, sentinel chickens and mosquito pools indicate a high level of the Virus.

The typical summer picnic, including hot dogs, cheeseburgers and other fare cost an average of $57.20 for 10 people. That's $5.72 per person. That's a better deal than a fast food combo.

Virtually every building & vehicle in South La. is air conditioned, but you still have to go outside. Here's an amusing guide to surviving summer heat.

Did you ever think you'd see the day when MTV, VH1 and CMT would actually play nothing but music videos?  They say they will but there's a catch.

I was listening to the radio a few days ago and someone mentioned that Father's Day is less special than Mother's Day.  I thought about it for a second and came to the conclusion that it might just be true.

This summer, you may find yourself in your favorite grocery store trying to decide how to tell which one of the hundreds of watermelons in front of you is the ripest, there are two ways to find the sweetest ripest one for your family.

Life is short, and so are summer vacations!

Summer has arrived, all full of possibilities and adventures. Besides vacationing, there are a few things that make summer summer. Here's my list of things I must do for summer to be summer!

! I recently visited my daughter & 7 year old grandson. He'd built a fort in the living room & cajoled me into a sword fight.

MoJeaux was originally scheduled to perform at Rhythms On The River April 11th. The event was rained out. They've rescheduled for Thursday, May 30th, from 5:30- 8:30 pm, in the River Ranch Town Square. Rhythms is presented by River Ranch Development, and sponsored in part by 99.9 KT...

The number one problem in public pools is not number one as you might expect, but instead, number two.

The weather service said Friday residents could expect anywhere from one to three inches of additional rainfall.