Prolific Writer Covers All Topics from Travel, Food, and Romance to Paranormal Mysteries Cheré Dastugue Coen, an award-winning journalist, has been writing her whole life. Never experiencing writer’s block, she is the author of books of local interest such as “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana,” and “Exploring Cajun Country: A […]
Celebrate April, National Pecan Month, with a Visit to Cane River Pecans!
You may love eating pecans, but did you know that they are also a heart-healthy food? According to https://www.health.com, they have more than twice the flavonoid content found in almonds, cashews, and pistachios, and seven times the amount in walnuts. Pecans are also a great source of thiamin, zinc, manganese and copper. Most of us, […]
Lauren Bercier of Something Borrowed Blooms Providing Stress-Free, Cost Effective Floral Options for Today’s Bride
Our guest on this episode of Discover Lafayette is Lauren Bercier, co-founder and CEO of Something Borrowed Blooms, a rent and return floral boutique in Upper Lafayette located at 102 Max Drive. Created with her cousin and co-founder Laken Swan in 2015, Something Borrowed Blooms’ design team creates wedding flower collections using premium silk flowers. […]
CGI’s Will LaBar – Committed to Community Growth and Educational Opportunities for All
Will LaBar, Vice President of CGI Federal’s Digital Service and Onshore Delivery Center Programs, is our guest. A native of Somerset County, New Jersey, he graduated in Finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Upper State New York. After college, Will moved to Northern Virginia where he met his future bride, Carlee Alm. He dated Carlee […]
Attorneys Tommy Guilbeau and Jim Lambert Discuss the Death Penalty in Louisiana
Our guests today are local attorneys Tommy Guilbeau and Jim Lambert who both believe that Louisiana should outlaw the death penalty. Along with fellow attorney, Paul Hebert, they will be speaking on behalf of the Friends of the Humanities at the Hilliard Art Museum’s Lunch and Learn Series on April 5, 2019, at noon, in […]