It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

Thomas Cole found America so polarized that he no longer wanted to live here, and moved to India. That was 1969. Thomas stayed in India, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Afghanistan for 16 out of the 20 next years where he became what we don t dare call a "rug merchant." Thomas a far more elegant title for that occupation, and now he has a new, double barreled occupational handle and achievement he s an author photographer. Thomas s new book of photographs is called Standing in the Shadows New Orleans in Focus. It s an elegant and impressive pictorial chronicle of the city. Roger Johns is an award winning author. His award is Georgia Author of the Year, because he lives in Georgia, but he s a native Louisiana boy from Alexandria. Roger s books are crime novels, with a main character called Wallace Hartman who s a woman detective. The stories are set in Baton Rouge, which Roger describes as "the most interesting city" he s ever been in. And he s not kidding. You never forget your first. That s why Joy Clark will rem