Ring in the New Year! Now that the holidays are in full swing, 2019 is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about where you’ll be come New Year’s Eve. But between searching for the perfect gift for your hard to please …
Hostess with The Mostess: The Expert Tips on Kitchen Picks
Home chefs often make the mistake of filling their kitchens with the latest tech gadgets and “As Seen on TV” offerings. In reality, all that’s needed to make restaurant-quality food at home are a few choice, precision tools — many of which are often overlooked. …
5 Simple Tips for Hosting Out of Town Guests
1 Provide Hard-to-Pack items If your guests have children or babies, they may need things that take up a lot of packing space, like a pack n’ play, car seat, stroller, sound machine, and alarm clock. If you have these extra items or know someone …
Hostess with the Mostess
An Outdoor Moroccan Dinner Party We love the concept of the backyard dinner party — not only does it make you feel connected to your friends and family, but also being surrounded by things that are living (plants, flowers, herbs, trees) has a calming effect. …
In Be “TWEEN”
TWEEN: The period in between a young child and a pre-teen. Also known as “the awkward stage.” For girls, this is the time when mom and daughter have different ideas of what to wear. Tween years leave the frilly dresses behind and girls find a …
Geaux Bags
Helping one child at a time Here is the complicated, yet simple truth: These children were rescued by a call to 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437), which is the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) help line. Fortunately, concerned family members reported their parents, who were not …
Champagne Charlie’s Bubble Bar
It’s time to un-cork Louisiana’s tastiest craze – and see what’s bubbling Something’s popping in Shreveport and it’s more than the corks to the bubbly. Champagne Charlie’s Portable Bubble Bar is serving up Champagne and Prosecco….um, YES! Just as sparkling and bubbly as the Prosecco …
Beauty and the Brews
Louisiana Ladies’ favorite brews and breweries. Look out boys, there’s a new babe in town. And she loves craft beer. With breweries setting up shop in every major Louisiana city, your laid-back LOLA Ladies are loving the local brews. A perfect place for the girls …
Mother’s Day Memories
All about my “mommy” Alexis Valenti • Shreveport, Louisiana It takes a very strong woman to raise a child without the father, and that’s what my mother did since I was a year old. We always had help from my grandmother and great grandmother who …
