By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
May 22nd, 2018
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article by Vanelis Rivera | photography by Federico Villaseñor “I need a prettier sound. It doesn’t sound sharp enough,” insists Asa Stone, lead singer and second guitar of Jig the Alien. Styling grungy jeans, a multicolored plaid shirt, wild-maned Stone pauses, then shoots out, “I’m just not getting...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
May 1st, 2018
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This year’s St. Jude Dream Home in Monroe was completed under the direction of several volunteers, artisans, designers and sponsors. article by MARÉ BRENNAN | photography by STEVEN MYERS St. Jude, the patron saint of desperate causes, found an earth angel in entertainer Danny Thomas, who founded St. ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
May 1st, 2018
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article by Dan Chason OVER THE YEARS IN MY CAREER IN THE OUTDOORS, I have met fellow enthusiasts who were good duck hunters, good turkey hunters, good dog trainers, good anglers and all around good woodsmen. I have met very few who were outstanding at more than one. I always prided myself in being a ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
May 1st, 2018
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THE EGRET LANDING HOME OF KILA AND CESAR GONZALES article by MARÉ BRENNAN | photography by STEVEN MYERS The newly-established subdivision of Egret Landing is nestled between the gently sloping banks of our bayou waterway and the protected wild areas of Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge, where life...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
May 1st, 2018
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Getting Your Children to Step Out of Their Comfort Zone article by Cindy Gist Foust Season’s Greetings BayouLife community, because that’s what it feels like outside…Christmas. If April showers bring May flowers, what do April avalanches bring? Good grief! The entire BayouLife community will look lik...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
May 1st, 2018
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Architecture professor Guy Carwile lives at the intersection of scholarship, design, and family article by MICHAEL DEVAULT | photographer by BRAD ARENDER Guy Carwile remembers going to his father’s office as a child and watching him work. The elder Carwile was an architect, and Guy was fascinated. So...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
May 1st, 2018
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Chipotle-style action has hit the intersection of Oliver Road and Tower Drive in Monroe. Recently opened restaurant Javi P’s models the fast-casual restaurants that have been winning America over. ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVEN MYERS Self proclaimed “novelty fresh Mex,” Javi P’s ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
May 1st, 2018
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EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE, JULIE CREWS WAS DRAWN TO THE CONTROL AND INDEPENDENCE SHE FOUND IN ART. NOW, AS A WIFE AND MOTHER OF FIVE, JULIE HAS TO BALANCE THE PUSH AND PULL OF HER WORK BETWEEN BEING AN ARTIST AND HER FAMILY LIFE. By April Clark HonakerPhotographs | by Kelly Moore Clark As […]...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
May 1st, 2018
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article by Erin Sharplin Love With a five and three-year-old at home, I can’t imagine a day that my children will not be living with us. However, I know that one day they will leave to have their own careers and families. Many of you will experience this “empty nest” as graduation and wedding season ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Mar 28th, 2018
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MEREDITH PARDUE CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN SHE WASN’T PAINTING. BORN AND RAISED IN MONROE, SHE MOVED FROM ONE COAST TO ANOTHER AND NOW CALLS AUSTIN HOME. PARDUE IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST WITH WORKS IN PRIVATE AND NOTEWORTHY COaRPORATE COLLECTIONS. ARTICLE BY APRIL CLARK HONAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHY...
