Author: creativecajun
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Remembering the traditions of my Cajun family
Family traditions are something that you’ll always remember. As we all grow older, it’s common to remember those traditions and yearn to create your own family traditions with your family. This morning I had a memory of a tradition that my mother began in our family when I was a small child. On Sunday mornings…
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5 Tips to Make your home cooked Cajun Meals even tastier
We’re Cajun. We cook. We feed people and we love it…it’s what we do. In Cajun country, cooking for others is one way we show them love. What better way to show someone you love them than to cook tasty, healthy meals for them? Now, some of us are better than others in the kitchen,…
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Painting with Mrs. Pearl
During the years when we lived in Washington, we’d have art lessons on most Saturday mornings. Our instructor was a friend of my mother’s who would teach us various painting techniques – usually acrylic on wood. Our classroom was in the attic of a gift shop my family owned. The gift shop was an old Acadian style house…
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Meeting Darth Vader
I met Darth Vader. In real life. When I was a kid. As I explained in an earlier post, my family owned a video store. This means that the stores received posters and other promotional materials when new movies were released. Movie posters were a dime a dozen and as store employees, we’d call dibs…
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Donut lovers unite! Meche’s in Lafayette is calling your name
If you love donuts (and who doesn’t love donuts) – then you need to head to Meche’s in Lafayette. Trust me, they’re better than those KK doughnuts and galaxies better than the ones that supposedly “America runs on…”. Trust me on this, people – I have friends who have taken my taste test challenge and…
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A Cajun girl goes skiing: A tale of misunderstanding
It’s no secret that I was born and raised in Louisiana and it’s likely that you’ve figured out that Louisiana doesn’t get much snow. We did have a light dusting when I was in second grade but it was only at our house in Washington, which is about 45 minutes north of Lafayette. The “snow”…
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What being Cajun means to me: Joie de Vivre
As I outlined in last Monday’s post, I’ve started to ponder what being Cajun means to me – the traits typically found people who identify with the Cajun culture. Last week, I blogged about resourcefulness. This week, I’m going to blog about how Cajuns like to have fun. Cajuns are usually described as having “Joie…
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Meeting the Landry’s from Swamp People – A dream come true
We’ve waited YEARS for a Cabela’s store to open in Georgia. My husband and I have always been big fans of Cabela’s and we’ve visited their flagship store in Sidney, NE on road trips out west to see his family. Their products are top notch and their stores are like a giant toy store for…
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Video Store Galore – The story of our family business
In the early 1980’s, my Uncle Bob had a great idea for a business – we’ll rent videos to individuals to watch at their home on this awesome new technology – a VCR. Folks, this was back in the days of the BetaMax vs. VHS format wars – I mean old school video store stuff.…
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A community market – Corner Pantry
I’ll never forget the small neighborhood grocery market just up the street from our house on Sunny Lane in Lafayette. The name was simple – “Corner Pantry” and they carried all of the grocery essentials, plus the market featured a restaurant tucked just inside the store’s front door. We’d stop in there frequently with my…