Participants in our shopping guide paid a small fee to participate, but as always we only work with brands we would recommend to our friends and family. Have you ever considered all the work that goes into running a small business? Now imagine all that work with the additional stress…
Christmas is quickly approaching which means you are narrowing down your Christmas list and your kids are probably working on theirs too. If your house is anything like my house, you do not need any more toys. No matter how many times I ask for people to put money in…
How long do you have to live on the Northshore before you really feel like you know the place? I’ve been here for ten years now and I still feel pretty new. But my husband has been here since the mid-nineties so maybe that’s why? Despite my newness, I have…
With category one storm Hurricane Nate predicted to hit the New Orleans area late Saturday evening, some events in our area are being cancelled this weekend. We’ll be keeping a list below: The Mandeville Live Concert scheduled for Saturday evening at 6:30PM has been rescheduled for the spring. Classes are…
An RV Park has been proposed for Madisonville riverfront–specifically the area surrounding the old lighthouse. Plans seem to indicate an RV park with 55 pads, a rental area for paddle boats, a rebuilt road to the Old Lighthouse, and ten lots for permanent residences (these appear to be houses and…
Have you heard about these things called Little Free Libraries? They are decorated wooden boxes or booths placed around communities that are stocked with books. They provide you with the ability to basically exchange books for free with other citizens. Stewards of the libraries maintain them and check on them…
Two years ago, the “low tire pressure” light came on in my husband’s car. The vehicle was only 2 1/2 years young and still had fairly low mileage, so he took it to the nearby dealership. When they recommended that he should purchase all new tires (and we heard the…
Northshore Parent Mom’s Night Out is a little less than a month away and I don’t know about you but I have been thinking about what I am going to wear. If you haven’t started planning yet now is the time because stores are transferring out their hot pink and…
You may have heard something yesterday about an eclipse. That little solar event that people all across the United States we tweeting, facebooking, texting, and snap-chatting about. We loved seeing so many of our readers and friends getting in on the action so we thought it would be fun to…
One thing that can stress a mother to no end is family pictures. From picking out the outfits to the right photographer to making sure all the kids are actually smiling it’s enough to make you want to drink a bottle of wine when it is all over with. Summer…