The International Festival in Lafayette
By: Smith Schwartz |
We rolled up to Aaaah T’Frere’s in Lafayette, Louisiana just on the heels of Twilight Time. Just as soon as our hosts could say bienvenue and offer us a crab crustard, they asked, ”y’all here for the festival?” Well, I suppose we are now! We were just looking for a fun place to stop for the evening on our drive...
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Laura: A Creole Plantation
By: Smith Schwartz |
About halfway between Lafayette and New Orleans alongside the Mississippi River lie a row of plantation homes. All of theses homes are no longer functioning as operation plantations, but they are now open as historical museums. Laura Plantation is the most modest of the homes, as it was run by a Creole family. In Creole tradition, they used the home...
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