From Watsonville, California to Stilwell, Oklahoma, there are quite a few cities who’s claim to fame is the “Strawberry Capital of the World,” but for folks around here that title will forever and always belong to Ponchatoula. For almost two centuries, farmers in and around Tangipahoa Parish have been growing […]
How to Become Blue-Furred and Googly-Eyed
“I’d give you a cookie, but I ate it.” – Cookie Monster I refuse to bake chocolate chip cookies. It’s not because I don’t love baking or hate chocolate chip cookies (perish the thought). It’s the simple fact that I turn into a demon-possessed, chocolate chip cookie-hoarding monster who will […]
Green Stuff
No, I’m not talking about money. I’m talking about something infinitely more valuable … the avocado. Growing up in California, avocados were fairly plentiful especially when they were in season, but they were still on the costly side. Only enjoyed on special occasions, I lovingly recall rare lunches with my […]
What’s in my bag?
Aside from the costumes, face paint, running around the neighborhood with friends (and foes) under the cover of night and trying to fill your pillow case before schlepping it all back home, Halloween, for me, always hit its peak at the end. Exhausted and elated, with a little help from […]