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Kayaking In SWLA
By Danny Garrett It’s July, and we’re deep in summer in Southwest Louisiana. The weather’s warm, and everyone’s outdoors making a time of it. In town, many of us have different interests when it
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PEPPER POPSICLES, OSTRICH FEATHERS AND GOAT’S MILK SOAP Diversity Is The Big Thing In This Year’s Downtown Development By Brad Goins It’s time for Lagniappe’s annual update on new businesses and business developments in downtown Lake
Read More »The 10 Commandments For Driving In Louisiana
X. Thou shalt not go when the light turns green. This commandment is for everyone’s safety. Drivers in Louisiana think green means go, yellow means go fast, and red means go really fast. Therefore,
Read More »Pizza, Curry, Hummus And More
By Mario Pacetti I’ve had so much good food lately that I’ve decided to highlight some of it. I’m still amazed by all the different types of food we have in this small piece
Read More »Matt Bell’s Meteoric Rise To CrossFit Greatness
By Danny Garrett Born to Run, written by Christopher McDougall, is one of my favorite books. McDougall tells the story of the Tarahumara, a reclusive group of indigenous peoples from the Mexican Copper Canyons.
Read More »A Fond Look At What’s Been Lost
Lost Lake Charles by Adley Cormier. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2017, 136 pp., $21.99 A Review By Brad Goins Photos provided by McNeese Archives Adley Cormier isn’t the first person to publish a
Read More »On A Mission From God
Stephen Hebert Is Driving His Bluesmobile In The Great American Race Story By Brad Goins Photos By Jason Carroll – monsoursphotography.net Special Thanks To Port Aggregates Stephen Hebert retired young. Today he lives with his family in his
Read More »An Informative Q & A Session With The Alliance For Positive Growth
Curated By Brad Goins Goins: I gather your growth so far has been pretty brisk. Why are people so interested in your group? Is your group meeting some need that has gone unaddressed? APG:
Read More »W. Brent Lumpkin
A Conversation With Commercial Real Estate Developer, W. Brent Lumpkin By Scott E. Raymond When I meet commercial real estate investor, developer and broker W. Brent Lumpkin at his downtown Lake Charles office for this
Read More »Into The Wild
A Passion For Saving Wildlife Leads Lake Charles Natives Into The African Bush By Lydia Crochet Around the world, animals are losing their habitats and their lives due to environmental degradation. Some species are
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