This Thanksgiving I remember Joan of Arc and her resistance to British Invasion to gleam insights into Colonialism in the New World.
Read MoreRead Gabriel De Clieu's polemic of his responsibility for the harvesting of coffee in the French American colonies translated into English.
Read MoreAt the Bullock State Museum in Austin, Texas I contemplate the murder of La Salle by fellow settler Pierre DuHaut. Read more about the failure of France’s first attempt to colonize Louisiana.
Read MoreOne of the initial investments into developing Louisiana was a hunt for gold. One of our early governors, Antione LaMothe, Siuer de Cadillac (Also the founder of Detroit), went to France to advance the search. He brokered a deal with Antione Crozat at the very location where their Ritz-Carlton is in Paris. Read more…
Read MoreGambit is one of the more popular members of the X-Men. Did you know he grew up in the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans? Abandoned at birth at Charity Hospital because he was a mutant, this entry tells the tale of a New Orleans kid growing up as a thief in a city that’s not so Big and definitely not that Easy.
Read MoreOne of our specialty espresso drinks is named the Rougarou. But what or who is the Rougarou? Learn about this amazing coffee beverage and the Louisiana folklore that inspired it.
Read MoreA brief account of my visit to the village where my family (Famille Gabourel) originated in Lorraine, France.
Read MoreWalking along the shores of Le Havre my mind’s eye pictures sail ships on the horizon…
Read MoreRemembering a ships journey from Saint-Malo, Benin, to Louisiana.
Read MoreWhile in Lorient, France I visited the Museum of the Company of the East. The establishment of New Orleans’ economy is linked to this French institution. One of its exhibits reveals the institution that ignited the wealth the city would cultivate.
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