ʻO ka puʻuwai kaulana loa o Louis Caia County,ʻo iaʻo Kefayette,ʻo ia hoʻi ka puʻuwai kaulana o Cajun, kahi kūpono e hele ai eʻike i ka hoʻoilina o ka'āina. ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 125,000 i piha me nā hale kiʻi nui, nā mele mele hāmeʻa, nā haleʻaina o ka honua, a me nā kiʻiʻenehana maikaʻi, aʻoiai he mea pili i ka politika o ke ao nei, ua lōʻihi ke kūpono o ke kūlanakauhale ma nā pili pili i nā pilikanaka, He home ka Lafayette i kahi kaiāulu LGBT maʻalahi.
Hāʻawiʻia ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Acadia Pride Festival i kēlā me kēia Malaki. Aia ma kaʻaoʻao o ka pūnaewele I-10,ʻo Lafayette kahi liʻiliʻi ma kahi oʻelua hola i ke komohana o New Orleans , kahi o kahi hora hora ma ke komohana o ke kūlanakauhale moku'āina,ʻo Baton Rouge , a me kahi mamao ma ka hikina o Lake Charles.
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He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi loaʻo Lafayette i ka wā e hele mai ai i ka pilina o ka pōloli,ʻo ia wale nō i ka heleʻana o nā kaola a me nā'oleka me ka wikiwiki maʻaneʻi, aʻo ka manawa i hala aku nei uaʻikeʻia kēia hiʻohiʻona. ʻO kahi maikaʻi a kaulana loa i ke kūlanakauhale o ka pāʻani,ʻo Bolt Bar & Patio (114 McKinley Street) kekahi wahi ola a mahalo i nā po likeʻole a me nā hana maʻamau. Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi wahiʻoluʻolu a me ka leʻaleʻa o ke kauhale, aia mau ke Office Bar (307 Jefferson Street), kahiʻoi aku ma keʻano me kaʻoluʻolu ma nā paia, nā papaʻaina, a me ka papa inoa o cocktails, beers , a me ka waina.
Ma waena o nā kī nui, nui nā wahi e pili ana i Lafayette e hāʻawi aku i nā mele ola weliweli. ʻO ka Moon Moon a me ka mea hoʻokipaʻo Moon Moon he mea pono no Zydeco, Cajun, a me Soul. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi koho hoʻolimalima maikaʻi, hoʻokipa, a me ka hoʻolālā pono'ī (kohoʻia mai nā lumi kūpono i nā hale kūʻoki, ua hoʻonaniʻia lākou a pau me ka nui o keʻano).
ʻO kēia'ōpili, kahi hāmaʻomaʻo o ka poho honky, he wahiʻoluʻolu ia e maloʻo ai, inu ai, a hoʻohui pū ai i kahi pō wela mahana. Eia kekahi ma ke kūlanakauhale a me ka pono e nānā aku,ʻo ka Palani Palani (214 E. Vermilion Street) kahi haleʻaina i hoʻokipaʻia ma luna o ka haleʻaina no kaʻaina kakahiaka a me kaʻaina awakea, akā hāmama nō hoʻi no nāʻahaʻaina i nā Pōʻalua a me nā pō Pōpule. ʻO ka lumi kuke maʻaneʻi eʻikeʻia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa i kēia manawa ma ke kūlanakauhale (ʻo ka huahua Cajunʻo Benedict,ʻeleʻele i nā poʻokua ulaʻula, a me ka umauma pīpī i ka potato potato potato spaetzle). ʻO ka aneane e like me keʻano o ka maʻalahi aʻoi aku kaʻinoʻino-home bistro hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo e loaʻa ma ka District Garden ma New Orleans.
Ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, kahi hapa o Lafayette eʻoliʻoli nui nei i ka hoʻokele i nā makahiki i hala iho nei,ʻo ia ka muliwaiʻo Ranch, kahi noho pili i ka wā kahiko e pili ana i 5 mile ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma waena o nā hui waena o nā hale kūʻai me nā haleʻaina i luna, eʻikeʻoe i kahi mau wahi kūpono no ka inuʻana a me kaʻahaʻaina, a ma waena o lākou ka Hale Paʻi a me nā Kōkua Hanau (Label Handcrafted Coffee Handbook). (1042 Camellia Blvd. # 6), kahi i hoʻolaʻaʻia aʻike ai ua puka aku nā meaʻaeʻa i ka mea kiʻekiʻe, i nā meaʻai'alapalapa i nā lā a pau (ʻoiai ua weheʻia a hiki i ka hola 10 o ke awakea i nā pō Pōʻalima a me nā Pōʻalua o ka pō, e hana ana i kēia kaʻina o kaʻaina ahiahi no ka pilina).
Eia hoʻi ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Lafayette, e noʻonoʻo i ka Social Social Table & Bar (3901 Johnston Street), kahi i loaʻa ai ka inoa no ka hoʻonāukiuki i nā mea o ke kai a kūikawā hoʻi i nā pākani liʻiliʻi, nā mele cocktails, a me nā mea hana maʻalahi, ka mea maʻamau.