Adulting…is for the birds

Lola MagazineLouisiana Ladies, Payton Denney

Once, while attending a cocktail party, I caught on fire. It was New Year’s Eve, and I had allowed myself to be roped into attending a party with a bunch of strangers. In 2001, no one carried cell phones. There was no Facebook or Instagram …

Girls that pack some heat

Lola MagazineAngela Vinet, Cat Salley, Louisiana Ladies

Ladies are channeling their inner firepower in unprecedented numbers – the future of firearms has the ladies leading the pack. Ladies, it’s time to lock and load – your future is calling and it involves firearms. The shooting range is no longer just a boys’ …

Girl Tribe: Together We’re Better

Lola MagazineLouisiana Ladies, Payton Denney

After a lengthy war with infertility treatment, I convinced myself that getting pregnant and having kiddos is the hardest part of parenting. How naïve could I possibly be? After the twins were born at 34 weeks gestation, I quickly discovered how wrong I was. There …

Everyone Has A Story

Lola MagazineLouisiana Ladies, Teri Netterville

Keeping It Real With Teri Netterville “Everybody has a story, guys. Remember that. Everybody.” Dad would remind us of this truth many times throughout our childhood.  While in the check-out lane at the grocery store, I noticed that the grocery clerk had a poor attitude. I …

Seasons of Change

Lola MagazineAngela Vinet, Lola Shreveport, Louisiana Ladies

Four Decades of Hair Trends later, Cindy Locke is passing the hair styling torch to her daughter, René Coffield. For the past 40 years, My Friend’s Place Salon has been trimming locks, playing with color, and watching the hair trends shift from the 70s setting …

Missing What Once Was

Lola MagazineCommunity, Hugh Johnson, Louisiana Ladies

Barbara Sugar: A Tribute to Celebrate a Life Well Lived Loss is a state of missing what once was and we are here to celebrate the beautiful life that was Barbara Sugar, and to acknowledge that we will never again experience the brilliance in which she …

Gemma Zuniga: From Her Perspective

Lola MagazineCommunity, Louisiana Ladies

When I left Shreveport in pursuit of my legal education three years ago, I left with a sense of hopefulness, eager to be one step closer to achieving my goal of becoming a business lawyer. I understood that the years ahead would be difficult, in …

Is it TRUE?

Lola MagazineDonesa Walker, Louisiana Ladies

How to Survive the Uncertainty of the Post-Truth Era Have you ever heard of quicksand? I have, but I have never personally experienced it although I have seen it used as a plot changer in lots of movies/TV shows, as well as in many books. …