If you’ve ever attempted to bake your own gluten free pastries, you know it can be quite challenging. Ingredients often don’t react in the same ways they would in typical baking, and good gluten-free baking typically requires a cocktail of special additives that most bakers, even experienced ones, are unfamiliar…
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January 11th King’s Day Parade. 5PM. Mandeville Lakefront. Event features the Mandeville Milkshakers. Celebration afterwards at the Mandeville Trailhead. St. John’s Fools of Misrule. 6PM. A Twelfth Night Marching Club they march in the streets of downtown Covington beginning at the Columbia Street Tap Room. For a full map of…
New Year’s Eve Changes dramatically when you have children. For many of us it means we’re staying home rather than going out on the town. So what are you supposed to do now? We have some great ideas for celebrating this event with little people in tow. Noon Year’s Eve…
Now in it’s seventh year, NOLA ChristmasFest opened today for the 2019 season. I was lucky enough to preview this event last year and other years in the past. I can definitely say that they have raised the bar each year I have visited with more offerings and activities for…
It’s that time of year again! When you find yourself at home with the kids for a long break and everyone is getting a little cabin fever. Here are a few places to go to have some fun over the break. Last Chance Holiday Themed Activities On the Northshore Visit…
This list is updated for 2019 Hammond Hammond Ballet Company Columbia Theater, Hammond December 13th, 7PM December 14th, 7PM Tickets available online. Tickets range in price from $15-$39 Mandeville Ballet Apetrei Mandeville High Theater Friday, November 13th. 7PM Saturday, December 14th. 2PM and 7PM. Tickets may be purchased in advance by…
For most of my life I didn’t like Christmas. It felt forced and stressful and not at all magical. Really, it felt more like the biggest to-do list in the world had been handed to me. Recently, however, that’s started to change. I’ve managed to find my version of Christmas…
As a kid I remember right after Christmas dinner at my grandma’s house in Jefferson, we would drive to Metairie so we could take a peek at Al Copeland’s house all done-up for Christmas. I feel like maybe over-the-top Christmas lights are a dying art form or something because I…
This post is brought to you by Christie Tournet and Associates. This is a concern with aging baby boomers and illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Dementia. The quick answer: All persons are presumed to have capacity to donate (La CC Art 1470). So, only people who have been interdicted (Ruled to lack capacity by a…
