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In the Electric Mist with the Onion’s 2 Lovers
This week I decided to lump together my NetFlix and Cable reviews into one post, and make them much shorter. Unless I think a movie deserves the full treatment of course. In the Electric MistTommy Lee...
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Yankee Gumbo Foxtrot
This Yankee tried his hand at making gumbo on Sunday night. From scratch, roux and all. It turned out a little more like etoufee in the end because I’ve only had thick gumbo, and it’s supposed to be a...
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Southern Discomfort
I saw Southern Comfort on HBO in the early ’80s long before I knew who Walter Hill was; I liked The Warriors and Streets of Fire and 48 Hrs. (full review) but I hadn’t connected them as the work of one...
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Beer & Oysters – Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout
“‘Twas a brave man, who first ate an oyster.“ –Jonathan Swift I’m really enjoying Flying Fish Brewery‘s NJ Turnpike Exit Series of beers. It’s so quintessentially New Jerseyan to celebrate one of our...
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a message in a bottle, sending out an S.O.S. to the Gulf
As you know, Abita has been one of my favorite American craft microbrews since Firecracker introduced me to Purple Haze back when we met. Nowadays my faves are their staple Amber, their oddly named...
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Everything’s Coming Up Roses
My roses win at the County Fair every year, even though I tell my secret to anyone who asks. They say Myra, how do you get them to bloom so red and full? And I tell them it’s the blood. Some folk...
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Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Happy Mardi Gras! If there is a catfish to be had in Jersey (outside of the pond) we’ll be frying some up with cheddar biscuits and shrimp jambalaya this evening, tipping an Abita and wishing we were...
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Adios, Bonnie & Clyde…
Adios, Bonnie & Clyde… I visited the ambush site of Bonnie & Clyde with a relative of Sheriff Henderson Jordan, who participated in the attack. The article is on Criminal Element today. I spoke...
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If you like iced coffee, try it Louisiana style.
I was never much of an iced coffee drinker before I visited Louisiana with my wife. She introduced me to Community Coffee, or CC’s, as they call the coffee shops down there. I’d compare them to...
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True Detective, episode two: “Seeing Things.”
True Detective, episode two: “Seeing Things.” I’m greatly enjoying the new HBO series True Detective, by Southern gothic / crime writer Nic Pizzolatto. Here’s my take on episode two, which airs...
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Blood on the Bayou
I’m thrilled, twitterpated, and titillated to announce that my Jay Desmarteaux story “Gumbo Weather” will appear in the 2016 Bouchercon anthology edited by Greg Herren, Blood on the Bayou. Jay’s debut...
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Blood on the Bayou available for pre-order!
Blood on the Bayou, the Bouchercon 2016 anthology edited by Greg Herren and published by Down & Out Books is now available for pre-order! My Jay Desmarteaux yarn “Gumbo Weather” appears with...
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Where to give to Louisiana flood relief:
My family and friends in Louisiana have been hit hard by the flooding. We have bought supplies for shelters, and now we are giving to the Baton Rouge Area Flood Relief Foundation. Below is my inlaws’...
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Reviews During Wartime
Happy new year! I’m getting over the flu, which I contracted while researching the next Jay Desmarteaux novel, wandering around Iberia and Vermilion Parishes in Louisiana. I visited the grave of...
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At Home in the Dark and Skin & Bones
Why hello there, Dear Readers! I hope November is treating you well. I binged on horror movies last month, and a favorite of mine is Night of the Creeps, where the exasperated detective fighting the...
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