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Maurice Trill Chill A 1,500-square-foot frozen yogurt venue, Chill-House, opens in May (9611 Maurice Ave. in Maurice) with ample seating designed to accommodate patrons gathering for sweet treats while listening to live bands performing. Chill-House is partnering with local vendors…

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Maurice Trill Chill A 1,500-square-foot frozen yogurt venue, Chill-House, opens in May (9611 Maurice Ave. in Maurice) with ample seating designed to accommodate patrons gathering for sweet treats while listening to live bands performing. Chill-House is partnering with local vendors…

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YOUNGSVILLE Timed for Crawfish Season Veteran crawfish farmers, Keith and Kelly Broussard, co-owners of C’est Bon Crawfish, are building a boiled seafood restaurant in Youngsville. Slated to open in April, 2020 at 3301 Chemin Metairie Parkway, the 4,000-square-foot restaurant and…

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LAFAYETTE Of Wax, Wine and Wicks If you enjoy giving or receiving scented candles, then make a party out of it. Kick back with friends and create candles while sipping vino at Bougie Bar, a new custom candle-making, BYOB concept…

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YOUNGSVILLE, CARENCRO Foodie Newsflash POUR Restaurant and Bar (River Ranch) will soon open its second location in Youngsville in the former Growler USA. Youngsville also welcomes a French Quarter-style brunch at the new Bourrée, located in the new Central Market…

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YOUNGSVILLE, CARENCRO Foodie Newsflash POUR Restaurant and Bar (River Ranch) will soon open its second location in Youngsville in the former Growler USA. Youngsville also welcomes a French Quarter-style brunch at the new Bourrée, located in the new Central Market…

Texas Welcome

Like an old friend, the Texas Gulf Coast promises fun, food and easy relaxation

Face of the Forecast

For decades, Lafayette TV weatherman Rob Perillo has been Acadiana’s source when it comes to storms and sunshine.

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Hurricane Museum Underway Lake Charles As South Louisiana residents recall Hurricane Rita during its 10th anniversary in September, on the heels of hurricane Katrina’s 10th in August, a positive development is taking place in Lake Charles that’s designed to save…

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Better Cajun Blues For Your Ears The much anticipated new album by slide-guitarist Sonny Landreth, Bound by the Blues, debuts June 9 and features a radical departure from his prior two albums, 2012’s classical jazz fusion Elemental Journey and 2008’s…

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New “Man Cave” in Lafayette Twin Peaks recently opened its doors at 5801 Johnson St. in Lafayette next to the Acadiana Mall featuring several large flat-screen TVs for sports viewing, hearty made-from-scratch comfort food and beer poured into huge mugs…

Cruisin' the Crescent

I was on my way to my cousin’s wedding in New York a few weeks ago when my flight was delayed several hours due to weather. I was with my family, and we decided to grab a bite to pass…

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        International Events Slated First, it’s time to start making plans for attending the fifth Congres Mondial Acadien (cma2014.org), August 8-24 in the Acadia of the Lands and Forests, mainly in the Edmundston and Madawaska County area…

Zeus Café Opens Crowley Franchise

CROWLEY – Local restaurateur Nidal Balbeisi figures if the good people in Lafayette and Lake Charles gobbled up the then-foreign concept of quick, affordable Mediterranean and Greek cuisine, why not try a location between the two? Balbeisi’s popular Zeus franchise…

Flipping the Script

Although not from central casting, St. Martinville attorney Allan Durand has somehow found himself rubbing elbows with Hollywood’s elite screenwriters.

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Special Cajun IDs and Plates to Benefit CODOFIL BATON ROUGE – If you’re Cajun and you know it … show your license?      As if the music, language, cuisine and overall cultural uniqueness weren’t already enough, two proposed legislative…

The Mother of Acadiana Profile

    Although starting a magazine for South Louisiana was the brainchild of my dad, Bob Angers Jr., my mom, Geraldine Beaullieu Angers, was right there working with him in the tough, formative years beginning in 1968. And she worked with…

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Ragin’ Cajuns Win Again in Postseason LAFAYETTE – For the first time in school history, the Ragin’ Cajuns football program posted back-to-back postseason wins as ULL secured its second consecutive New Orleans Bowl title, this time downing East Carolina 43-34…

The Trembling Prairie

It has been repeated so much that it has become a cliché. Worse than a cliché, it has become an accepted reality as certain as the sun rising in the east and the falling of leaves in autumn. Complete the…