It’s almost Carnival Weekend, y’all, and I am beyond excited to be heading to New Orleans today to celebrate Mardi Gras for the first time in, oh, seven years. It’s going to be epic. Photography I may have squealed when I saw the following images. Little Friends Photo, Seth Casteel’s photo company, is featuring a […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012


This past weekend, I joined five other ladies in running the Rouge-Orleans Relay. The race snakes back and forth along Mississippi River levee between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It’s 126.2 miles. It’s grueling. And it is probably the most challenging thing I have ever done in my life. Not only was the course more […]
It was 2006, and my roommate, Liz, called me to ask if I wanted to join her in viewing Pride and Prejudice with her. Warily, I agreed, and I was utterly blown away by the love story, the script and the music of the movie. Since watching the movie, I have read the novel several […]
Happy, happy Friday, y’all! I cannot believe it’s the weekend already. Why, you ask? Because this weekend, I am doing something a little different. I am running from the Rouge-Orleans Ultramarathon – a relay race that 126.2 miles from Baton Rouge to New Orleans on the Mississippi River levee – with five other incredible ladies. […]
Apparently, there is a bowling scene in Baton Rouge. And the United States Bowling Congress is taking up residence in town for the next few months, bringing 60,000 bowlers from all over our fair country to Louisiana. (And if you’re a serious bowler, you can still register to take part in the tournament!) I remember […]