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....

Lucky for me none of the staff at Where Y'at Magazine loves classic rock. I've been comped great seats at a succession of arena concerts at the Smoothie King Center and Mercedes Benz Superdome in exchange for a five-hundred-word review of the show. From Paul Simon and Elton John to Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones, each show has gotten more grandiose in both music and production. Last night's Queen+ Adam Lambert show was no exception;...

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...