NONFICTION: An American woman traveling for love and bliss in Belize is taken hostage by a mentally unstable man posing as a cab driver. In The Jaguar Man by Lara Naughton, readers come to understand Naughton’s terror and incredible will to survive her kidnapping – where compassion is her only hope. She orchestrates the narrative […]
Sometimes, late at night, I can hear a train whistle in the distance. I am not sure where the sound is coming from. It is most likely along the track that winds through Metairie, crosses into Lakeview, cuts through City Park and lands in a local freight year or heads out into the world. Whatever […]
“A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s” You can experience the grandeur of Venice without the eight to 10 hour plane ride with “A Life Of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s” at the New Orleans Museum of Art now through May 21. New Orleans is the only American stop for this exhibit depicting the […]
I once met Bud. He was walking along with a man named Robert Davis toward the beachfront restaurant at what was then the fledgling Seaside development along Highway 30-A east of Destin. I had no idea that Bud, who accompanied us quietly, would become a symbol of the Gulf Coast’s reawakening. He seemed too unpretentious […]