Louisiana

As a Louisiana company, I wanted to bring some Louisiana flair to Kataphileo so you will notice the photos are changing. If you have ever been to southern Louisiana and even northern Louisiana where Kataphileo is located you will have noticed the old antique red brick and tons of azalea plants. As you walk through the streets of New Orleans, you will notice all the old homes with black wrought iron fences and large grand shutters. Louisiana has so much history. As a kid, I grew up walking the streets of New Orleans, going to Mardi Gras, visiting plantation homes and eating the most wonderful food you have ever tasted... No one can beat true Louisiana food! I have photos when I was about 3 years old in a stroller at a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade with nearly 100 beads around my little neck. Its amazing how far New Orleans has come since Hurricane Katrina. Not perfect but its residents are rallying to bring back the city that is hard to forget. If you ever get a chance, go to New Orleans, not just at Mardi Gras because I guarantee you will still get that Mardi Gras feeling any time of the year, people will still throw beads at you and Bourbon Street will always have the faint smell of Hand Grenades (no one knows the exact mixture for this alcoholic drink) and Pat O'Brian's Hurricanes but go at a time when you can take a horse drawn carriage through the French Quarter. You will learn why broken bottles line the tops of homes (to keep burglars out when they try to climb over) and you will get to experience the city when it is filled with New Orleans jazz on every street corner. Stop by and have some coffee and beignets at Cafe Du Monde and go by the French Market to see the locals and pick up some great food. Louisiana is a state all its own with very little in common with other states. Don't believe me, check out what other state in the U.S. has parishes instead of counties. It brings its own culture and history that you will not find in any other place of the world. It is unique in its people and its attitude. Now if only we could get this hot, sticky weather under control, it would be perfect!