"..ill-fitting garments are all it takes for me to call up Diana Vreeland’s pronouncement that fashion must be intoxicating release from the world’s banality."
Boudin, Bourbon, Voodoo and The Feast of the Assumption - Essays and Interviews
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Oscar de la Renta’s Blue Velvet Gown - Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Essay
"..ill-fitting garments are all it takes for me to call up Diana Vreeland’s pronouncement that fashion must be intoxicating release from the world’s banality."
Friday, December 1, 2017
My Louisiana Brothers’ Cajun Food, T-Coons Restaurant, Billeauds Meat and Grocery, Billeaud's Too, Billeauds No. 3 - David Billeaud, Billy Billeaud
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Wayne Gilbert: Now a Film - Essay - A Closer Look

"It remains a fact that Wayne Gilbert is the only person I’ve ever met who has been written about in "People" magazine..."
Friday, October 27, 2017
Sunday, October 1, 2017
A Closer Look at Beignets - Hot Beignets at T-Coon’s Restaurant
"favorite theories about the origin of the New Orleans Beignet is that the Ursuline Nuns brought it from France..."
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Bas Poulos: More Talk - Essay
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Earl Staley “Two Lovers Surprised By Death” - A Closer Look - Essay

"Being in my twenties and fond of Jack Daniels and weed might account for my not remembering much about 1978. I do remember however that despite legal challenges..."
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Ten Gas Station Foods Worth the Detour - MSN.COM Food and Wine Rates Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery Top Ten

"Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery is often regarded as the home of the best boudin and crispy pork cracklings in Cajun country..." MSN.COM Food and Wine
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Edgar Degas "Etude pour La Fille de Jephte” - A Closer Look - Essay
"...nearly lost my composure when I saw a lovely sketch by Degas. I decided it would be fun to provide a tiny bit of art historical background..."
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Wing It: Roberta Harris - Essay
"When Roberta Harris exhibits her art, I often think about the younger artists who will view it, most of whom were unborn or tiny snots at the time she..."
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Monday, May 15, 2017
Adiós Utopia Contemporary Cuban Art - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Essay
Monday, May 1, 2017
Some Thoughts about the Menil Collection's Dogon Sculptures - ReCollecting Dogon - Essay
Monday, April 10, 2017
Gus Kopriva “Spiritual Journeys” Exhibition Catalogue - Hilliard University Art Museum Lafayette Louisiana

“Ah ate Crawfish Pie at the Bon Temps Grill,” Kopriva told me, managing to pronounce the French words properly...
Monday, March 27, 2017
Matty Matheson’s “Dead Set on Life” Visits Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery - A Closer Look
"...expressions on the faces of the customers who entered the store while Matheson and his confrere ate Boudin and Cracklin near the entrance..."
Friday, March 24, 2017
Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch - A Closer Look - Essay
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Monday, March 6, 2017
"Road Food" rated T-Coon’s Restaurant “Legendary” - Worth Driving from Anywhere - “Road Food” Warriors
What does “Legendary” mean? According to “Road Food,” Legendary as opposed to “Memorable” or “Good,” means “WORTH DRIVING FROM ANYWHERE."
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Peter Ricchiuti KRVS Public Media OUT TO LUNCH Interviewed David Billeaud T-Coon's Restaurant and Herbie Schilling

"..Ricchiuti's no baloney introduction was refreshing...David Billeaud and Herbie Schilling...Hear how they earned your money and what they did with it.”