New Orleans: Gal Holiday
New Orleans: Gal Holiday
New Orleans: Gal Holiday
It’s no secret that I’ve got a serious crush on Gal Holiday and her band, the Honky Tonk Revue. I hear some pretty fabulous music all over the world, but no other singer has stolen my heart quite like Gal (Vanessa Niemann). The band rocks, the music is fresh, and her voice is like butter…
@WheresAndrew’s Top Louisiana Eats
@WheresAndrew’s Top Louisiana Eats
@WheresAndrew’s Top Louisiana Eats
Our Digital Nomad, Andrew Evans just got back from Louisiana where he spent four weeks fishing, chasing alligators, exploring spooky cemeteries, hanging out with vampires, and of course, eating amazing food. He made us insanely jealous throughout this trip, tweeting photos of tasty crawfish, sugary beignets, and the world’s best jambalaya. Want to relive Andrew’s…
Women of New Orleans
Women of New Orleans
Women of New Orleans
Just like French literature, the plot of a city often lies in the women who live and work in that particular place. It was Alexandre Dumas who first counseled readers to “cherchez la femme” (look for the woman), and literary critics often use the same approach for revealing the heart of a novel or film.…
Where’s Andrew? Chasing Alligators in Louisiana
Where’s Andrew? Chasing Alligators in Louisiana
Where’s Andrew? Chasing Alligators in Louisiana
What’s more fun than seeing a baby alligator? Getting to hold one! At least, that’s what our Digital Nomad Andrew Evans thought when he visited the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast recently.
Baby Alligators
Baby Alligators
Baby Alligators
I say, nothing’s cuter than a baby alligator, especially when you get to cradle it in your hands! I know I’ve been lucky with my wildlife encounters. So far in my travels I’ve been able to cuddle baby Tasmanian Devils, swim with baby sharks, hatch baby green sea turtles, and feed a baby moose.
Where Oysters Come From
Where Oysters Come From
Where Oysters Come From
Not everyone likes oysters, I realize this. But I do. Oysters are a kind of culinary litmus test and folks tend to fall on one side or the other — enthusiastically for or vehemently against. But traveling in Louisiana has quickly taught me that oysters are truly a way of life around here. Oysters live…
Gator Girl
Gator Girl
Gator Girl
Shelby is pretty much your typical, all-American girl. She’s in the 4th grade at the school down the street and she likes living out in the country on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. She has a pig named “Tiny” that she’s raising for 4H . . . and she once had a pet alligator named “Wild Cajun.”…
Cajun Jam Session
Cajun Jam Session
Cajun Jam Session
It begins in the cluttered corner of a closed music shop. A lone, white-haired man tunes his viola, gliding his horsehair bow across the bridge and sending out one sweet note of music like a suspended sigh. Soon a guitarist steps up and offers him a C; the viola answers back with a harmonious A.…
Hot Momma
Hot Momma
Hot Momma
Could you eat hot sauce all day every day? That’s exactly what Louisiana-native Leslie Hall does for her job at McIllheny Co. where she works as the Quality Assurance Industrial Specialist for Tabasco sauce. While visiting the Tabasco factory on Avery Island, I caught her dipping a plastic spoon into a giant plastic jar of…
Where’s Andrew?
Where’s Andrew?
Where’s Andrew?
Announcing Our Digital Nomad’s Next Adventure Have you found our Digital Nomad? Andrew Evans hit the road last Friday just over a week after returning from Japan, and he kept his followers guessing on Twitter about his new mystery location. If you haven’t figured it out, here are some clues . . . . @WheresAndrew:…
Bayou Bonjour
Bayou Bonjour
Bayou Bonjour
Welcome to Louisiana everybody! After zipping all the way around the world, my taste for the exotic has only strengthened. This time, though, I’m finding it so much closer to home. My flight to Louisiana was less than three hours from home, but right away, I felt as if I’d landed in a separate country.…
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