Millie and I were couch potatoes before Dan Quayle misspelled the singular of the tuber. We've been ahead of the curve for most of the sedentary pleasures computers have brought us, and Millie laps up social media. ... Read More »
It's hard not to love life along Bayou Lafourche, "the longest street in the world," especially when you encounter a painted concrete bench in the shape of an alligator with a bagpipe backup of "Amazing Grace" wafting soulfully ... Read More »
Is Dr. Tichenor's the new crack? On a recent visit to a CVS drugstore to replenish my stash of Dr. Tichenor's Peppermint Mouthwash Concentrate & First Aid Antiseptic -- as the colorful label reads these days, it was ... Read More »
My charming wife, Millie, whose father was convinced she wasn't nearly as liberal as she thought she was, has always maintained that if she'd been born a few years later, she'd have been Janis Joplin -- with ... Read More »
There are times you know you've done something good. Because Madewood is like a huge ante-bellum vacuum cleaner (yes, they had them back then, powered by the push of a human hand), sucking up every dollar I can ... Read More »
It was almost 40 years ago that freebies entered the world of New Orleans commerce. For the first time, you could get a small appliance for opening an account at the newly-minted International City Bank (ICB), housed ... Read More »
This is the story of a portrait that had a much happier ending than Dorian Gray's. It all begins with an interview, "Astrologer Leaves Reporter with Stars in Her Eyes," published on March 6, 1971, in The Times-Picayune, ... Read More »
We called it The Frat Trifecta, The Triple Crown Royal. We'd signed Madewood up for three fraternity parties in two weeks. Were we crazy, or just willing to do anything to pay the bills? Madewood had hosted the ... Read More »
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