In a How's Bayou? column published a year ago, bed-and-breakfast proprietor Keith Marshall explores entrepreneurship -- on a budget.

T’is the season -- for people to be thinking about getting on the road for Christmas visits with relatives and friends in other towns and cities, or coming back to New Orleans to spend the holidays with Mama [...]

"Fryin' chicken just tends to make you feel better about life," Minnie informs Miss Celia Foote, her new employer, in the movie The Help. TThelma Parker, who oversaw Madewood's kitchen for several decades, would agree -- especially when Louisiana [...]

When you're one of the best in the world, it shows. But it’s never showy. The real pros leave the details for others to hammer out and move freely from event to event, unburdened by little details such as waiting around [...]

Twenty-five years ago my husband bought himself a vintage motor home and began rallying with one group composed of seniors from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma and another from the Southern states east of us. I was working [...]

Hello! You have reached the home and office of Bettye T. Anding, contributor to the Nolavie.com website. Press one if you would like to comment on her latest column, two if you have an idea for a future [...]