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The 5th Annual Oak Street Po-boy Festival takes place on November 20th, and Sunday has never looked or smelled so good! The fest will run from 10:00am-7:00pm and will take place on Oak Street at South Carrollton. In true “poor boy” spirit, this is a free admission event. This year’s po-boy fest will be presented by [...]

In case you didn’t know, there’s a war coming this weekend. Two teams of valiant, strapping young men will compete against each other with the winner possibly fated for the BCS. The LSU Tigers will take on the Alabama Roll tide this Saturday in Tuscaloosa at 7:00pm CDT! There’s a long checklist of things you [...]

You have 15 minutes to get ready for that big Halloween party you just saw the invite for on Facebook. But, wait. In all of your SEC obsessed mania, you haven’t landed on your ensemble for this weekend. Relax… with a quarter hour, things around the house and our guide to quickie DIY costumes, we’ll [...]

Things on our radar this week… Candy, Candy, Candy Is your office candy drawer looking a little sad? Halloween is the perfect excuse to re-stock with “left-over” candy that you hid from Trick-or-Treaters. Diet starts November 1st anyway. OPI Spookettes If you plan on passing out candy, make sure your nails are in Halloween mode! [...]

LSU and Auburn battle it out on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.  Always an exciting game, these two teams have been football rivals dating back to 1901. That’s why for this week’s Mlog we are recommending tailgate etiquette for anyone heading up to Baton Rouge this weekend as well as giving you a brief overview of [...]

  PUMPKIN CARVINGS We’d Like on our Porches 1. Bieb-O Lantern Be one less lonely girl this fall with your very own Justin Bieber pumpkin.  Simply grab the correct tools and your favorite picture of Justin and carve away! Caution: you’ll need to provide pumpkin security since all your trick-or-treaters will be screaming 12-year-old girls. [...]

Friends, New Orleanians, Manly Men, lend your stomachs and ears. We come bearing news of meat. Meat and beats that is! Meat has long been the ultimate silencer of the growling human belly.  Cave men craved raw meat before they laid down to slumber every night. Even old ladies upon arrival to parties demand, “Where’s [...]

The Oak Alley Fall Festival this weekend got us thinking in the office about what it would be like to live on a plantation in the 1800s. This discussion turned into this week’s Wish List Wednesday Topic: if it were 1850, which plantation would you want to live on? Evergreen Can you imagine how fun [...]

When you work on a farm, you naturally look forward to the Rodeo. Especially in Louisiana, where our maximum security prison is called “The Farm,” this logic holds true. The Angola Prison Rodeo would boggle the minds of most Texans because it takes place at the Louisiana State… Penitentiary and features the incarcerated inhabitants of [...]

In honor of Oktoberfest, we wanted this week’s blog to spotlight what we love most about this annual German festival and fun facts that may surprise you. Got Bier? Besides the beer, the size of the beer mugs is the basis of Oktoberfest’s appeal. “Big Beers to Go” on Bourbon doesn’t hold a candle compared [...]