Category: Cajun life
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Meet our unique family member: Yellow Bird
Describing my father as a unique individual would be an understatement. He had varied, interesting hobbies and an outrageous sense of fashion. One of his more prevalent hobbies was collecting and restoring antique automobiles. My mom remembers that she and my father originally had a beautiful navy blue 1932 Chevrolet as their first antique automobile.…
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A community comes together – the story of the Gulf Coast Benefit Concert
Today I’d like to revisit an important event that occurred on July 1, 2010. Five years ago, after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, I felt helpless watching the residents of Louisiana suffer as a result of this accident. This situation was not only impacting the region in an emotional and financial way, but…
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Get ‘dat boudin in my belly
I love boudin. I’ve loved boudin ever since I was a kid. My father’s house was right near a great little convenience store/meat market that sold EXCELLENT boudin. I’d head there anytime I was visiting for a few links of boudin for lunch. For those of you who don’t know what boudin is – here’s…
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What being Cajun means to me: Family
As I outlined in a previous post, I’m writing a series of blog posts about what being Cajun means to me – the traits typically found people who identify with the Cajun culture. In previous posts, I blogged about resourcefulness and our joie de vivre. In this week’s post, I’d like to talk about how…
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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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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…