Cajun Country Blog

Off to Lafayette

My roommates and I have confirmed flights to Lafayette for next weekend! We hope to work at the pet shelters…

September 10, 2005

Chad Meaux of Kaplan in Newsweek

Mom bought a Newsweek - September 12, 2005 issue and was going thru it when she recognized a face from…

September 7, 2005

Kaplan and Katrina

I found some international news that talks about our hometown of Kaplan, population 5,000. They pronounce a couple things wrong…

September 6, 2005

Childhood Hurricane Memories

So Katrina is about to hit Louisiana and like everyone else, I'm pretty worried. The warning only goes as far…

August 28, 2005

Cajun Roadkill

Pooh Yie! I been to Holly Beach! Last week, I went to Louisiana to get as much video as possible…

May 6, 2005

An Open Letter to Sonic Drive-In

A Cajun friend and I were talking about how much we dislike being known for cooking "blackened" food even though…

May 5, 2005

A Gift from Maw-Maw

My mom, the Maw-Maw of RealCajunRecipes.com, got really creative and decided to frame my niece and nephew's favorite recipes and…

April 5, 2005

Census Repost

I finally got ahold of a super nice lady at the ethnic department of the Census bureau. My last post was…

April 2, 2005

Crawfish Boils

One of the most popular pastimes in Sothern Louisiana is having a big ol' crawfish boil. I think that was…

March 31, 2005

The Cajuns: Americanization of a People

I've been reading the book, The Cajuns: Americanization of a People, by Shane Bernard and I highly recommend it. I think…

March 30, 2005