CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • 36 Hours in Central Louisiana

    Borrowing from a regular feature in The New York Times, here’s one local’s perspective on how a tourist should spend 36 hours here in Central Louisiana. Your comments, input, and criticisms are more than welcome. Note: There is no way around it. If you want to explore Central Louisiana, you’ll need to rent a car and prepare yourself for a few short excursions, some of which are off the beaten path. Friday 3:00PM 1) TOUR HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA All roads in Central Louisiana lead to Alexandria, the largest city in the region. Founded in 1805, Alexandria was settled because of its…

  • Giving Thanks and Other Observations

    First, on this Thanksgiving, a special thank you to Dale Genius and the Louisiana History Museum for giving me permission to repost this week’s Picture of the Week, which I find to be particularly timely, considering the recent progress made in the City’s Downtown Hotels Initiative: Quoting from the museum’s website: On the far left is the site of the future Hotel Bentley that will be built in 1908. On the far right is the original City Hall, built before the Civil War in the 1850s and torn down in 1910, shortly after the beautiful old classic design City Hall…

  • Wake Up

    Reposted from a comment I published two days ago: The Arcade Fire may deny it, but their roots are in The Woodlands, Texas, a three hour drive from Alexandria, Louisiana. Accusing someone of malfeasance is a serious charge, particularly when the accusation is made in a public meeting by a public official. Maybe it’s just me, but I think that if you’re going to make such an accusation, you should probably have your facts straight, and you shouldn’t be relying on the idle speculation of anonymous bloggers on the Internet or the gossip you pick up from your friends. Either…