byLeslie Carbone
Ah, summer! that balmy season when the normal rules don’t apply. The daylight is long; the weather is warm. The clothing is casual, and so is the attitude. It’s a time of reward, the few weeks’ sabbatical when we can relax, buoyed by the accomplishments of the past nine months. And it’s a fine season…
byLeslie Carbone
Bossier City sits on the east bank of the Red River, opposite Shreveport, in northern Louisiana. It’s home to four riverboat casinos: Horseshoe, Boomtown, Diamond Jack’s, and Margaritaville, which offer table games and slots and all-you-can-eat crawfish buffets. Horseshoe comped me a spacious hotel room with a view of the other three through floor-to-ceiling windows….
byLeslie Carbone
With a gulf full of fresh seafood and chefs and cooks seasoned with the French culinary techniques that bring out both richness and delicacy, New Orleans is such a great food city that you could eat at a different restaurant every day for a year and never have a bad bite. But if you’re heading to…
byLeslie Carbone
My heart sank as I stepped onto the scale. After nearly a month of trying to lose weight for my week-long trip to the Gulf Coast, I was up another three pounds. My clothes were snug and getting snugger. If I ate everything I wanted on my vacation, I’d be flying home naked, and I…