Wrapping up National Burger Month
After last week's look at some of Baton Rouge's best burger joints, we gave the mic to our readers so they could let us know their favorite places to get the American classic.
DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Dine) First Bite
Prints a million
Here at Avenue Rouge, we're currently crushing on everything printed. Happily, many spring and summer arrivals at local boutiques are awash with eye-catching prints. Take the Trina Turk skirts, dresses and tops at
DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: (AR) Fashion & Boutiques
Youth day camps, training programs in jeopardy
With East Baton Rouge Parish Schools letting out next week, the clock is ticking on the fate of some summer youth programs—including day camps and job-training programs—for which several Metro Council members have requested funding in...
DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Arrested Development and 24? Come on!
What year is it? Apparently the past decade was all a dream and we're still in 2003, because the big news out of Hollywood this week is that 24, with star...
DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: The Movie Filter
A cautious comeback
The days of “if you build it, they will come” are pretty much over.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
What does new ownership mean?
The news was already half a day old when the press conference announcing John Georges' acquisition of The Advocate took place. But the May 1 media briefing officially passing the torch of ownership was noteworthy not so much for what was...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Let’s use Yellow Pages test
In his 1997 book The Twenty-First Century City, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith proposed what he called the “Yellow Pages test”: “If the phone book lists three companies that provide a certain service,” he...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Rolfe McCollister
B.R. gets the Gun
Our food critic responds to Rien Fertel's "City Portrait" of Baton Rouge, published in the March/April edition of Garden & Gun magazine
DATE: May 07, 2013 | CATEGORY: News (225)
Capitol Views: Are there cracks in the budget coalition?
Gov. Bobby Jindal steps up his counteroffensive today against a bipartisan effort in the House to rewrite his proposed budget. The House plan being discussed by both Democrats and the Republican fiscal hawks would reportedly raise over $300 million...
DATE: May 07, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Irony of ironies
When it was first announced that I would lead Gov. Bobby Jindal's tax reform efforts, I was bombarded with concerns from many stakeholders about the "process." Statements such as "The end does not justify the means" and "Do not ramrod these reforms...
DATE: May 06, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists
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