Summer reading is back for 2021 and this year’s theme is “Tales and Tails!” Animals are the focus this year. The goal for this year is for each participant to read twenty minutes a day or seven hundred and twenty minutes total over the summer. One of the great additions…
Mindy Groce is a Montessori teacher and co-owner of Southern MagnoliaMontessori School in Abita Springs. She’s a true New Orleans girl atheart, and loves to costume and takes part in parades and festivalswhenever she can. Mindy’s a busy lady, but graciously took the timeto answer these questions for our feature, Parents…
Anything and everything about the fall season gives me that warm and fuzzy, let’s get cozy mindset. I guess it’s that whole Danish idea of Hygge, we just never called it that. Living in southeast Louisiana we may only get a fall or a winter for a week or two,…
The local brewery scene is growing. If you’re looking for a fun afternoon in the city there are many places you can go. There are particular parts of town that you can choose to play in and catch at least two breweries without having to drive too far – we…
Nobody likes that dreadful “B” word: budget. It’s no fun, and needing one can imply carelessness and irresponsibility. We’re adults so we’re obviously responsible, right? Well, friends, I’ll confess that I am a shopaholic. We have a space issue where we live and on more than one occasion, I have…
Whether you need to grab a bottle of wine to bring for girls’ night or want suggestions that can go with a wide variety of food, look no further! You’re bound to like at least one of these – unless you just don’t like wine, of course. I’m not just…
I’m not going to lie – just two short years ago I was telling a coworker I didn’t know how she did all her clothes shopping online, and here I am today, regularly getting packages from multiple online shopping sources. It’s fun because it’s different stuff you don’t always have…
“Exercise Your Mind. READ!” is the theme for St. Tammany Parish Library’s FIRST EVER summer reading challenge for adults. It runs from May 20 – August 13. Starting on Friday, May 20, adults ages 18 and up can register by visiting stpl.readsquared.com or by dropping by their favorite library branch…
I wasn’t born yesterday, and my husband and I are both seasoned travelers, but if you were to look at how many necessities I didn’t pack on our recent trip to San Francisco, you’d think I was a novice. My husband packed much more than I did, which I thought…
A former supervisor of mine always said, “Fake it ’till you make it”. She was referring to my job situation at the time, but that saying can be applied to any situation – even your marriage. My husband and I hit a rough patch, a really rough one, around the…