For some, the holiday season is enjoyable for all the common reasons. Driving around and looking at lights, going to parties, decorating, participating in family and spiritual activities, cooking and eating, and giving to others are traditions for many. For others, the season brings with it the duality of…
Over the years I have amassed a lot of holiday décor. Seriously my house looks like Christmas exploded inside. I shop at the normal places like Hobby Lobby and Target but I have also found some off the beaten path places to get items too. It’s always fun to have…
Each year in the first week of December my husband and I take all three kids down to the city for our Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt. We came up with this idea a few years back because a lot of the fun things to do at Christmas time are at…
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…
About a month ago, I found my daughter working intently to complete an obviously very difficult homework assignment–except she wasn’t really “working” and it wasn’t homework at all. It was her Christmas list. I miss the days when she was not literate enough to write out a Christmas list. I…
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…
Do you love live music? Are you looking for a new act to fall in love with? Or maybe just want to make sure you don’t miss a classic when it comes to town? Here we profile a few of our favorite shows coming to the New Orleans area in…
Whenever I am schlepping my kids back and forth to Pelican Park for sporting events, I pass by Northlake Nature Center. I’ve always been a bit curious about this hidden gem of woods and wetlands that stretches along Highway 190. I checked out their website to see the different event…
This list was crowd-sourced on our Facebook page. I had a great question here on the site the other day and I couldn’t answer it despite having been in business over four years. Her question? Which neighborhoods around here trick or treat? It was one of the first questions I…