Jada Durden, a Shreveport-based travel and food blogger and freelance writer, is a well-known personality in Shreveport-Bossier’s restaurant community. If there’s a specialty dish, secret menu item, or signature cocktail in town, she has likely chronicled it for her blog, Loving This Life Jada, or her Instagram account. Jada is …
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum photo by Jim Noetzel. Dennis Beckman has been very busy. Not only is he King XXIV of the Krewe of Highland – being Mardi Gras royalty can be as demanding as a full-time job (granted, it’s a fun job) – but he’s also overseeing the completion …
Featured Image: The enormous Krewe of Centaur Parade rolls down Clyde Fant Parkway in Shreveport in 2014. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Do you love outstanding barbecue? Are you ready to kick-off Mardi Gras season? Can you get to Tyler, Texas on Friday, Jan. 27? If you answered “yes” to all …
Each Mardi Gras season in Shreveport-Bossier, there are always some smaller, off-the-beaten-path festivities that pop up in the days before or after major parade weekends. In the language of Louisiana, these events would probably be considered “lagniappe” – not the main attraction, but a little something extra. With the Krewe …
