Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lafayette’s camera-enforcement program is a major money-maker. The council needs to be party to extending it.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
By Walter Pierce

As Lafayette Parish voters decide whether a substantial property tax increase for our school system is worth it, consider this: We’re low on the tax-burden totem pole and will be even if the proposition passes.

C'est Bon
Hell hath frozen over and, verily, the swine are aflight.

Pas Bon
Is it really a debate when the incumbent doesn’t show?

Couillon
But for the grace of God U.S. Rep. John Fleming, R-La., is this close to the soup line!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
By Heather Miller

For the dozens of Lafayette residents still waiting for their prepaid furniture and décor to arrive from the now defunct W. Home Furnishings in River Ranch, a group of Baton Rouge shoppers is looking to join your victims’ club.

Wednesday September 21, 2011

Dwight Andrus Insurance and MidSouth Bank return as presenting sponsors

A lifelong stutterer, flutist Roldon Brown speaks eloquently through his music.
By Emily Henagan   Photo By Robin May

When Roldon Brown ordered two mini chocolate chunk cookies at CC’s Coffeehouse, he labored to articulate the request because of his severe stuttering. When he plays the flute, he releases the most beautiful, eloquent notes with the simplest of ease, his voice in his music.

“If you want to see who can set a record for taking the longest time ordering a double chees

Heaven in a Glass
Ahhh! What a perfect way to enjoy the rest of the summer — with a perfectly shaken concoction from Village Café in River Ranch...

I got to the ticket window at the Hirsch Coliseum, baby whiskers on my chin, and found myself 80 cents short. The ticket people would make “no exceptions” and turned me away. Undaunted, I headed into the abysmal parking lot where folks were partying with much joy, looking to bum 80 cents from some sympathetic soul...

Hot Food Express is one of those spots that can only come out of the cultural mire that is Louisiana.

Sept. 23-25
You kill ‘em, they grill ‘em: Roadkill Diner: An Original Musical Comedy is running all weekend, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. matinée at Cité des Arts. This is (as of this writing) its last weekend of performances.

The best-looking six decades Party Girl has ever seen got quite the surprise in September when she walked into French Press downtown, expecting a quiet dinner with her family. Kiki Frayard’s husband Rick and the couple’s daughter, Katie, pulled off the perfectly planned birthday bash, inviting about 25 guests to help celebrate the milestone in the dimly lit private dining room next to the restaurant. David Egan provided musical entertainment, with Kiki joining him for a few numbers, includin