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 The Coach and I took a little trip this month, something we don't do too often. But it was my birthday weekend, and I only wanted one t...

Everyone has heard of Mardi Gras. It's Fat Tuesday , the day before the start of Lent, when everyone -- Catholic or not -- indulges in ...

At an unknown hour on an unknown day in the last week, this little slice of literary heaven reached an amazing milestone. Someone, either ac...

  I always knew that one day she would fly the nest. Everybody told me. It's in all the parent books. I mean, it's The Goal, right? ...

They called him The Bummer -- short for Bill Bumgarner, the veteran sports writer for the old Times-Picayune who has been a fixture on sidel...

   Having spent more than 30 years researching my family history, I've learned a lot about my people.  I'm a little bit Irish, a who...

My daughter's wedding took place on a warm, humid night in June, in the courtyard of a unique little venue that once was a small town ba...