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HAVING CHANGED GOVERNMENTS 10 TIMES since the French first hoisted the "tricolor" in 1721, you can bet Baton Rouge has been in the middle of things more than once, and as the state capital of Louisiana and midpoint between the Cajun country of Lafayette and the birthplace of jazz in New Orleans, the town whose name translates as "red stick" is stuck in the middle and savoring every last bite.
Location and relaxation play a starring role in this laid-back, walkable destination on the banks of the Mississippi.
"New Orleans is the strongest drawing card for the state, and we’re right on I-10, so people coming from Texas come right by us as we’re only an hour from New Orleans," says Lynn Boutin, general manager and owner of local standout Boutin’s Restaurant, "and the hotel accommodations are fabulous in Baton rouge—we have more than 10,000 rooms."
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A Read on 'The Rouge'
Grady C. Wray, PhD., is certainly a man of letters, being an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literature, and Linguistics for the University of Oklahoma, but he’s also become an ad hoc meeting planner in his role as executive director for the South Central Modern Language Association.
His 350-strong group of English and modern language professors and graduate students—located in the six-state area of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee—recently wrapped its Oct. 29-31 annual meeting in Baton Rouge, and the city’s affordability, walkability and agreeable price point proved to be a real "page-turner" in his eyes.
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