By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
May 21st, 2014
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KIA: Fallujah, Iraq 23 June 2005 article by Dan Chason Every father dreads the day that his daughter finds the man of her dreams and moves on with her life. I am and was no different. My daughter, Danielle is an exceptional woman. To understand how exceptional, I will divulge some things that hav...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
May 21st, 2014
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Bayou Icons: Carole and Tex Kilpatrick article by Michael DeVault | photography by Joli Livaudais At first, it’s a biography fitting of many couples borne of post-World War II America. Carole and Tex Kilpatrick met, married, started a business and a family, and along the way became philanthropi...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
May 21st, 2014
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New Orleans’ Saints tight end, Ben Watson, talks to BayouLife about football, his passion for family and his foundation One More. The country song “Chain of Love” was released in 2000 and sung by Clay Walker. It was a song about how one random act of kindness can be passed along and somehow it ends [...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 21st, 2014
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Four Masterpieces to Becoming a Well-Rounded Reader article by Michael DeVault Sitting at a dinner party, you hear two friends discussing characters and events that sound familiar, and you start to play closer attention. They’re talking about a book, a classic that maybe you were supposed to ha...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
May 21st, 2014
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article by Michael DeVault | photos by Joli Livaudais Unseasonably cold temperatures in May might have put a damper on thoughts of Summer, but with the mercury rising, cool weather could be just about ready to give way to a scorching hot summer. But don’t despair. BayouLife has a way to help yo...
By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
May 21st, 2014
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Governor’sCigar and Pipe article by Mary Napoli | photos by Joli Livaudais The most congenial cigar smoker and tobacco connoisseur in town is Friday Ellis, proprietor of Governors Cigar and Pipe. The establishment, located at the corner of Oliver Road and Forsythe, has a modern feel with old s...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
May 21st, 2014
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Preparing and Eating Meals Together as a Family article by Cindy G. Foust Happy mid-year mark to the BayouLife nation! As we welcome June with temperatures still in the 50s, we celebrate graduations and school being out for the summer. Really? Yes, just like that, someone pushed the fast forward butt...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
May 21st, 2014
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The Home of Mark Turrentine article by Maré Brennan | photos by Joli Livaudais Live oaks shade the façade of local business executive Mark Turrentine’s exquisite home nestled on a unique oval cul de sac located in the heart of River Oaks neighborhood in North Monroe. Originally Mark was working on pl...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Apr 25th, 2014
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Roosevelt Wright’s gambit to change the game of education with his new school, Excellence Academy. article by Michael DeVault | photography by Joli Livaudais When the Monroe City School Board approved granting a charter for a new middle school, few people in the community believed the organizers woul...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Apr 25th, 2014
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How to Protect Your Loved Ones From Financial Abuse by Angela Genusa “Granny!” sobbed Justin* into the phone, in a voice she barely recognized because of the muffled crying, “If you don’t send me $1,700, they won’t let me out of jail here.” Here was the Dominican Republic, of all places, where Ju...
