Find Cheap Flights to Anywhere in the World; The Ultimate Guide

The question I get most often from people who know how much I travel is “how do you afford that?!”  Usually followed by a judgemental “must be nice”, which I hate, but if you’re one of the people who genuinely wants to know how to save hundreds of dollars that can be used to book…

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What A Year?!

I don’t even know where to begin an annual recap of 2016.  It was just a really rough year.  I experienced some pretty jarring personal loses this year, that’s cause my life to change in a very noticeable way, but it’s also just been hard year for humanity.  We’ve lost a lot of people we…

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Louisiana Film Prize

If you read my last post about the movie industry in Shreveport, Louisiana, then you already know that many Hollywood big wigs have been coming to Shreveport to film since Hurricane Katrina. (If you aren’t familiar with my last post, you can get up to speed here.  Go ahead, I’ll wait)  While bringing in film…

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Movie Magic in Shreveport, LA

The term “Hollywood of the South” has a little competition, but Louisiana certainly claims it (don’t tell Georgia).  New Orleans has a long history in the pictures, but North Louisiana came about their “Hollywood” moniker in a uniquely opportunistic way. Back in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and left film studios scrambling to find…

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Shreveport, LA- The Coolest City Ever?

I just returned home from a Thanksgiving trip to visit my family in Shreveport, LA, reportedly the “coolest city ever.”  What’s that?  You haven’t heard that? or even really heard of Shreveport?  Let me assure you that it is in fact a thing… it says so on this sign. Bonus points for anyone that can…

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Dos and Don’ts in New Orleans

  I’m not going to make this post about “rules” per say, the great thing about New Orleans is that there really are no rules. Oh no! The cemetery is closed? Not a problem, just grease the guy inside!  $20 for a personal after hours tour! You want to draw on someones grave? That’s fine…

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