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

A memorable post-Katrina New Year's Eve at Madewood included formal attire, a round of "Old Enzyme" and an AK-47.

The 18th-century mistresses of English Stately Homes, with their carefully-chronicled oeconomies, had it right: Watch the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Things were flush on December 26, 2008; and armed with credit cards that [...]

Sometimes the light bulb just doesn't go on. More than a decade ago, a young woman employee at Madewood came to me and announced with gravity, "My husband won't let me work here with the new guy." Mark, [...]

It was Thanksgiving Day, 2004, when we realized our beloved Millie Dog, then a sprightly 10-year old, was a Dumpster Diver. We always had family and friends up to Madewood for the holiday to swell the numbers around [...]

It’s true, OK? I did kiss Celeste, my first girlfriend, in the garage at 406 Walnut St. in Uptown New Orleans when we were 12 years old. It just happened. And it was no more than a peck – [...]