Where Y'at

I was born in Lafayette, spent my teen years in Mandeville, and currently live in New Orleans, where my family tree goes back nearly 300 years. I've spent my life (minus some picky childhood years) eating the cuisine that my family and most of the citizens in these areas had been feasting upon for a long time; however, I don't anymore. It's not that it's unappealing to my taste buds. I'm honestly worried about what it's doing to my body and...

A visit to the DMV is mostly described as a thoroughly humiliating experience and a topic of epic conversations over adult beverages; very few of us have ever had overtly pleasant times there. "I got my number, went out for a run, had some lunch, and when I went back, they still hadn't called my turn."
You'll hear stories like this from every other person that has gone to the Louisiana motor vehicle processing centers....

Javed, played by Viveik Kalra, is a Pakistani teenager living in England of 1987. He wants to be a writer but doesn't have the confidence to show his poems and journals to anyone, plus his strict father (Kulvinder Ghir) doesn't consider writing a respectable profession for a Pakistani man. Unemployment and anti-Pakistan sentiments are also stressful parts of Javed's life. Eventually, Javed finds inspiration and solace in the music of...

It's always a nice feeling for a critic to be pleasantly surprised by a film. Director Gene Stupnitsky's comedy Good Boys is a much better movie than its crass trailers and commercials indicate.

Three 12-year-old friends (Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon) are just becoming interested in girls. They find out about a spin-the-bottle party, but their efforts to prepare for the event lead to a series of...