Almost every Orleanian knows somebody who came to town for Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest or another local celebration -- and stayed here. One of my former co-workers met his cute wife, in from Dallas with a bunch [...]

For local folks, spring is as much a time for reunions as it is for festivals; indeed, some of the festive occasions are occasions for reunions. Who doesn’t know somebody who’s expecting a crowd of relatives or friends, [...]

On a morning in 1962,  I stood on the neutral ground on St. Charles at Louisiana, infant daughter in my arms, and watched President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade pass by. Laughing and with thick, reddish-brown hair blowing in [...]

Right after I came to New Orleans 54 years ago, a date took me to get my first beignet. There were two places to go between the French Quarter and the river, and he chose Morning Call, a [...]

A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way down the aisle at her wedding. Wearing a short, frothy white dress, she glanced into the gathering of guests and spied a star of local television [...]

About 30 years ago, in Houston for a convention with my husband, I invited an old college roommate who lived in a small town nearby to join me for lunch at our hotel. We made catch-up chat for [...]