#100: One Hundred Things We Love About Baton Rouge
Oh yes... there's a list:
Blues Fest
Mina Estrada
LTK Crawfish
Stanford Beach and Lakes
Hooper road bike trails
Pastor Jetson and Metromorphosis
Sunsets
Biking the levee
Radio Bar and their terrible parking situation
White Light Nights & Hot Art, Cool Nights by Mid-City Merchants
The canon in the concrete across from Magpie Downtown
Mid-City Makers Market + Red Stick Farmers Market
The glassed-in reading room and rooftop terrace at the Goodwood Library (Meeting Room - free for public use)
District Donuts Vietnamese Coffee
Ebb and Flow Festival
Wing Snack - Sweet Heat wings and Ghetto Punch
Fried Rice at Ed’s Donuts
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
Chicken Shack's greasy paper bags
Uptown Climbing
White Star Market
Elsie’s Plate and Pie
Omelette and french toast at Frank’s
LIT Pizza - The Subway of Pizzas
Zeeland St. Market
The Mothership pizza from Red Zeplin
Third Street Singer Songwriters Festival
Bouillababes
The Parlor
Jacked Up Shrimp at Don’s Seafood
The Sweet Tea at Yvette Marie’s
The outside venue at Curbside - Pig Pen
The Brussel Sprouts and Steam Buns at Overpass Merchant
City Pork - The Big Pig and brisket sandwich
Meals at Kenny’s House
Christina Stephens - Writer for the Advocate (http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_ded87492-4fc6-11e8-a443-bf24b17a00ba.html)
Gordan McKernan Billboards, Flags and Inflatables
Nick Hufft
The dining area at Whole Foods
The pencil in the ceiling of the senate chambers in the State Capital
BREC Parks
Mary Lee’s donuts
Mango’s Beach Volleyball
The stretch of road on South Harrell’s Ferry where the lights make you feel like you’re in an action movie
The people with Christmas lights covering the massive oak tree in a neighborhood off South Harrell's Ferry
The Grand Cinema (now, Celebrity Theaters)
Rouses Market
Fried Okra at Burgersmith
OG food trucks - Curbside, Taco de Paco, Ninja Snowballs
St. Paddy’s Day Parade
Chelsea’s
Walking the Garden District
13th Gate Escape Rooms
Forward Arts
Alyssa Carson
Maxine Crump
BR Kickball League
All the awards at MESH
David Jones’s hair
Franz Borghardt (Wingamania and Capital City MacFest)
Front Yard Bikes
Curtis Vann (Emprint)
Jolibois Christmas Cards
TogetherBR
Albasha
Albasha Express
Happy’s Running Club
Dang’s Vietnamese - pho
Highland Coffee when school isn’t in session
Overpass at Acadian every time it rains for more than 10 minutes
Community love in times of crisis
Mayor Broome
Fountain at Shaw Center
Walls Project Murals
The spray paint silhouette of a guy who looks just like me on the AC unit by the Jefferson Highway Park Volleyball courts
The Water Institute
USS KIDD
TEDxLSU
Louie’s
Millenials here getting things done - Laura, Kenny, Raina and Sherin, David Jones, Thomas Bros, Jody Johnston, Luke St. John McKnight, Dustin LaFont
Filmmaker friendliness of people and spaces and support
Tech Park
Overgrown Cemeteries
The consistency and reliability of horrible traffic on the bridge and Essen and politicians doing nothing about it
Smoked Boudin - Ronnie’s Boudin on Florida
Bacon kolache from Kolache kitchen
Fireworks on the levee for 4th of July
Baton Rouge Magnet High
Brisket Taco at Rum House
Upstairs Seating Barnes and Noble by the Christian books
225 Magazine
Rock the Rowe
The conversation that occurs after someone says “You wanna go the Cove?”
The Old State Capitol (castle)
Circa 1857
The people who know all the other people - Melissa Thompson, Renee Chatalain, Lluvia, Rodneyna
#IAMMIDCITY
Cafe Mimi wings
Coffee Call Beignets
. Spencer Callahan Jingle - Spencer Callahan is the one to see, call 387-2323
#100: One Hundred Things We Love About Baton Rouge
Oh yes... there's a list:
Blues Fest
Mina Estrada
LTK Crawfish
Stanford Beach and Lakes
Hooper road bike trails
Pastor Jetson and Metromorphosis
Sunsets
Biking the levee
Radio Bar and their terrible parking situation
White Light Nights & Hot Art, Cool Nights by Mid-City Merchants
The canon in the concrete across from Magpie Downtown
Mid-City Makers Market + Red Stick Farmers Market
The glassed-in reading room and rooftop terrace at the Goodwood Library (Meeting Room - free for public use)
District Donuts Vietnamese Coffee
Ebb and Flow Festival
Wing Snack - Sweet Heat wings and Ghetto Punch
Fried Rice at Ed’s Donuts
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
Chicken Shack's greasy paper bags
Uptown Climbing
White Star Market
Elsie’s Plate and Pie
Omelette and french toast at Frank’s
LIT Pizza - The Subway of Pizzas
Zeeland St. Market
The Mothership pizza from Red Zeplin
Third Street Singer Songwriters Festival
Bouillababes
The Parlor
Jacked Up Shrimp at Don’s Seafood
The Sweet Tea at Yvette Marie’s
The outside venue at Curbside - Pig Pen
The Brussel Sprouts and Steam Buns at Overpass Merchant
City Pork - The Big Pig and brisket sandwich
Meals at Kenny’s House
Christina Stephens - Writer for the Advocate (http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_ded87492-4fc6-11e8-a443-bf24b17a00ba.html)
Gordan McKernan Billboards, Flags and Inflatables
Nick Hufft
The dining area at Whole Foods
The pencil in the ceiling of the senate chambers in the State Capital
BREC Parks
Mary Lee’s donuts
Mango’s Beach Volleyball
The stretch of road on South Harrell’s Ferry where the lights make you feel like you’re in an action movie
The people with Christmas lights covering the massive oak tree in a neighborhood off South Harrell's Ferry
The Grand Cinema (now, Celebrity Theaters)
Rouses Market
Fried Okra at Burgersmith
OG food trucks - Curbside, Taco de Paco, Ninja Snowballs
St. Paddy’s Day Parade
Chelsea’s
Walking the Garden District
13th Gate Escape Rooms
Forward Arts
Alyssa Carson
Maxine Crump
BR Kickball League
All the awards at MESH
David Jones’s hair
Franz Borghardt (Wingamania and Capital City MacFest)
Front Yard Bikes
Curtis Vann (Emprint)
Jolibois Christmas Cards
TogetherBR
Albasha
Albasha Express
Happy’s Running Club
Dang’s Vietnamese - pho
Highland Coffee when school isn’t in session
Overpass at Acadian every time it rains for more than 10 minutes
Community love in times of crisis
Mayor Broome
Fountain at Shaw Center
Walls Project Murals
The spray paint silhouette of a guy who looks just like me on the AC unit by the Jefferson Highway Park Volleyball courts
The Water Institute
USS KIDD
TEDxLSU
Louie’s
Millenials here getting things done - Laura, Kenny, Raina and Sherin, David Jones, Thomas Bros, Jody Johnston, Luke St. John McKnight, Dustin LaFont
Filmmaker friendliness of people and spaces and support
Tech Park
Overgrown Cemeteries
The consistency and reliability of horrible traffic on the bridge and Essen and politicians doing nothing about it
Smoked Boudin - Ronnie’s Boudin on Florida
Bacon kolache from Kolache kitchen
Fireworks on the levee for 4th of July
Baton Rouge Magnet High
Brisket Taco at Rum House
Upstairs Seating Barnes and Noble by the Christian books
225 Magazine
Rock the Rowe
The conversation that occurs after someone says “You wanna go the Cove?”
The Old State Capitol (castle)
Circa 1857
The people who know all the other people - Melissa Thompson, Renee Chatalain, Lluvia, Rodneyna
#IAMMIDCITY
Cafe Mimi wings
Coffee Call Beignets
. Spencer Callahan Jingle - Spencer Callahan is the one to see, call 387-2323