The Rusty Pelican has long been a community favorite in Mandeville. Luckily for people living further west, they’ve now put in a location in Terra Bella. The Rusty Pelican features a wide variety of family favorites including po boys, fried baskets of chicken or seafood, and hamburgers. They also offer…
We’re in month (or is it year?) seven of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s almost Halloween and while you’re at the point where you aren’t bleaching your groceries anymore, you’re still not comfortable with groups of people and going door to door to homes where people will likely greet you unmasked….
In my opinion, the Barn Hill Preserve Pumpkin Patch is 100% worth the drive. Located in Ethel, Louisiana, the Preserve is about an hour and a half to two hour drive, depending on where you live on the Northshore. I know that sounds a big daunting, especially if your kids…
If you are looking for a place to venture out on the weekends you should try one of our local weekend brunches. The Northshore has an array of restaurants doing some interesting things with your traditional brunch items. 5 Girls 305 LA 21 / Madisonville New spot to check out…
I feel like we are at that point in the pandemic where we need to find joy in even the smallest things. Here are a few of my favorite things at all of the price points. Free: Disapproving Corgis on Facebook: I found this right around the beginning of the…
This is not a hagiography of Ruth Bader Ginsberg (RBG), the Supreme Court Justice, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyer for the ACLU, or law professor. This is a story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the working mother and wife well ahead of her time. How Ginsberg got…
For a variety of reasons, more and more parents are considering homeschooling their children. As the popularity of homeschooling grows, so do local resources to help parents. There are so many more businesses geared to homeschooling than there were even a few years ago. Below you’ll find the local businesses…
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Toni McClung. Toni and I have been blog buddies for close to fifteen years now and I have always admired her writing. This post originally appeared on her blog Fighting Insanity which is a wonderful mashup of wisdom and real life….
I’m sending my kids back to school. Am I selfish and would rather my kids die and/or spread a deadly virus than deal with them myself? No. I am just as terrified as anyone could be. I have weighed my options, looked at my past experiences, and made a decision…
The first day of kindergarten is a milestone my 5 year old and I have been anticipating for a long time. We would talk about what it would be like, what things she would learn, and how much fun she would have. In all this anticipation, we did not anticipate…