By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Artist
Sep 25th, 2017
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Article by April Honaker, Photography by Kelly Moore Clark Ratcliff is a potter, painter and professor who has spent a career teaching others his craft. Now retired, Gary looks to nature to inspire him and hopes to produce work that is uplifting and positive. When Gary Ratcliff left his hometown of D...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Eats
Aug 28th, 2017
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Article by Mary Napoli and Photography by Martin G Meyers Joe and Rene Cascio have revived the family business with Cascio’s Chateau, a venture which pays homage to the family restaurants that preceded it. The Cascio family has spent decades providing locals with incredible food in an amazing atmosph...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Artist
Aug 28th, 2017
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Along with her girls, Cynthia Bailey Ryan is crafting fashionable, one-of-a-kind jewelry. Her designs are anything but ordinary and her unique style shines in each piece. Pablo Picasso famously said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Cynthia Bailey Ry...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Icon
Aug 28th, 2017
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For more than 40 years, Pat Costanza didn’t just follow fashion trends. She helped set them. Pat Costanza is a striking woman. Petite with dark, almost raven hair, her olive complexion and dark eyes belie her heritage – she was born a Miletello, one of Monroe’s oldest Italian families. Like ma...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Outdoors
Aug 28th, 2017
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The old saying that there is “more than one way to skin a cat” could not be more true when it comes to fishing. If you talk to 100 anglers, you will get 100 different perceptions on what is the go-to bait or lure in the summertime. We all have our preferences but one thing […]...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Outdoors
Jul 31st, 2017
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As I sit here preparing this month’s article, I do so with a very heavy heart. A couple of weeks ago, I received a call advising me that my only brother.Steve, had been in a car accident. He had suffered a seizure which caused him to black out and wreck his truck as he was […]...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Eats
Jul 31st, 2017
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Bayou Roux has people talking. From the Southern-accented menu down to the distinctive décor, this place reflects the laid-back elegance of the small town North Louisiana. Eclectic but approachable, this new-to-the-scene restaurant embraces the modern South on all fronts and serves up unforgettable d...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Icon
Jul 31st, 2017
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Chef Pat Nolan has a zest for life and a passion for food. For nearly 20 years, she has delighted guests with her premium cuisine. Some people simply think of cooking as the blending of ingredients to form a final product. It’s easy, it’s necessary, and it does not go beyond filling a basic human [&h...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Artist
Jul 31st, 2017
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For artist Ann Johnston Currie, art is woven into every aspect of her life, she lives and breathes it and rarely goes a day without creating. When her kids were growing up, she would sometimes stay up painting in her studio until three or four in the morning and said it was like their roles […...
By Katie Sloan
In Bayou Kidz
Jul 31st, 2017
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Happy back-to-school eve, BayouLife readers, as I am sure this column will find many of you buried on the school supply aisle or racing to the check-out with savings on your child’s back-to-school clothes. Wow…that was a mouthful. Yes, here we are at the month I like to think of as the “holiday eve,”...
