| December 8, 2005 |
Medical Staff Wants to Make You Laugh
The staff at St. Charles Hospital isn't just concerned about your physical health. On Wednesday, December 14th they're determined to make you laugh at the debut of the play, "The Luling Bunch," written, directed and produced by internist and playwright Dr. Raj.
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| November 24, 2006 |
Party on the Bayou -- Bayou Gauche boat parade
The North Pole ain't got nothing on Bayou Gauche where the Dunn clan are cooking up big plans for Post Katrina yuletide. The annual Bayou Gauche Christmas Boat Parade is an event where Santa heralds in the holidays by boat instead of risking FEMA, blue roof sleigh rides. |
| November 24, 2006 |
St. Charles Parish annual tree lighting ceremony
St. Charles Parish’s annual tree lighting ceremony should literally light up the yuletide spirit. Look for Santa to arrive via a fire truck with carolers, hot chocolate and goodies, stockings and gifts for the kids around a tree decorated by parish employees. Sponsored by St. Charles Rotary Club, the nearly decade old ceremony will feature Rotary donating a check to the local United Way. The event will be held Dec. 8 at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling at around 5:30 p.m. |
| Sept.
22, 2005 |
Lost:
The reality show
Throughout the annals
of history, great legends have sprung up around people getting
lost. Amelia Earhart. The missing colony of Roanoke. Ben Affleck’s
career. Heck, apparently they’re even giving out Emmy awards
for it now. Well, friends, I’ve got something that makes those
guys stranded on that island look like a golfer digging for
his ball in the rough by comparison. |
| Sept.
17, 2005 |
St.
Charles made out okay
Two and a
half weeks later, we’re still piecing things together. Homes,
businesses... even families that got hit by the massive onslaught
of Hurricane Katrina are still trying to rebuild.
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| Sept.
10, 2005 |
Katrina:
Wrath and resolution
It was supposed
to be a vacation. My
birthday was Aug. 25, and my girlfriend Erin was coming from
her home in Pittsburgh to visit for a few days. This was a
chance for her to meet my family and friends and see some
of the beautiful city of New Orleans. I’d taken time off work
here at the newspaper to spend with her. We made plans to
see the Aquarium of the Americas, Café du Monde, maybe even
the Audubon Zoo if it wasn’t oppressively hot. I was going
to do the whole “tourist in your home town” thing for once. |
| September
Jambalaya 2005 |
The movies of September
What the heck
has happened to September, friends? It used to be a cinematic
wasteland, a place where movies came to die. Well... to
a degree, it still is, but it seems like there are more
major releases this September than I ever remember -- and
a couple of them are actually movies I’m very interested
in seeing. Let’s take a look, shall we?
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| Aug. 27,
2005 |
A
spin o' the dial
With the new fall
television season staring us in the face (don’t blink or it
will win), we here at Think About It Central thought we would
take a moment to peruse the television dial and see what’s
currently on the air. This way we can scientifically examine
the current state of the media, observe trends and patterns
of programming, predict the outcome of the new series and,
most importantly, write an entire column of TV-based jokes
without actually having to have a point to it. Let us begin.
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| Aug. 20,
2005 |
Sticky
shoes and bad movies
With August mostly
over, friends, the bulk of the summer blockbusters have come
and gone, and with them, our patience. A lot of press has
been given over to the fact that movie ticket sales have been
in an enormous slump this year, a trend that has been attributed
to dozens of possible causes: increasing popularity of DVD,
fans tired of watching commercials before films and even the
fact that last year’s blockbuster “The Passion of the Christ”
skewed the numbers by drawing in huge audiences that don’t
frequently go to the movies. In fact, the Motion Picture Industry
has tagged just about every possible culprit for a slump except
for the obvious one: the fact that most of the movies this
summer really stink. |
| Aug. 13,
2005 |
Back to school blues
In just a few
days the children here in St. Charles Parish will be packing
their lunches, ironing their uniforms, sharpening their
pencils, ripping their hair out in frustrated, bloody clumps
and going BACK TO SCHOOL, an event of such monumental cultural
significance that we felt it deserved being spoken of in
all capital letters.
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| Aug. 6,
2005 |
Hollywood
south
On Tuesday, movie
crews were in New Sarpy filming scenes for the upcoming Ashley
Judd film, “The Bug.” The movie, which is being filmed in
New Orleans, will include scenes shot at Migliore’s Grocery
and Boomerang’s Bar, both in New Sarpy. |
| Aug. 6,
2005 |
The
only way to travel
With only a few
weeks left before the kids are back in school, parents across
the country will be scrambling to take some time off, pack
up the suitcases, get somebody to pick up the mail and newspapers,
put the dog in a kennel and head off to Bermuda to celebrate.
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| August
Jambalaya 2005 |
Summer
Movies: The Finale
Ah, August. The
kids are going back to school, the parents are breathing a
sigh of relief and the movie studios are making one last push
to get all of their films out before the typical fall duldroms.
The problem is, of course, that not a lot of really good movies
come out in the end of the summer. But what there IS out,
we here at Jambalaya will tell you all about.
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