Callin’ Baton Rouge
The only thing in the back was a car seat and boxes of dreams. This is how Meredith Waguespack took to the road at age 31 to drive from Lafayette to New Orleans, trying to kickstart her clothing line by…
Author: Photos by Romero & Romero
Board Games
At a Glance Hometown Ponchatoula Age 28 Occupation Founder/lead designer, Therapy Skateboards Web therapyskateboards.com Clocking out after eight hours of sanding and painting cabinetry, most evenings Brent Coker can be…
Shelf life
Select Photos by Randy Krause Schmidt At A Glance Age 32 Location New Orleans, LA Occupation Co-owner/Co-founder, GoodWood Nola Web goodwoodnola.com Fast currents, rocky obstacles and significant drops are likely. Sudden maneuvers required. Such hazards of entrepreneurship…
Spirit Filled
Hometown Lakeland, Louisiana Age 32 Occupation President/CEO, Oxbow Rum Distillery Web oxbowrumdistillery.com Wheeling through the fields, the pickup bumps and bounds past walls of tall golden stalks. Windows rolled down, a small hand hanging out of the truck…
Louisianians of the Year
Each year, we comb the state in search of Louisianians who stand out in their professions, give back and represent what’s best about the Pelican State. From teachers and artists to culinary pros and conservationists, these are the individuals enhancing…
Skin in the game
At a Glance HOMETOWN Mt. Vernon, Illinois AGE 38 OCCUPATION Skincare creator, founder, Oxalis Apothecary WEB Oxalisapothecary.com Through the wild woods around her home in rural southern Illinois, Erin Wexstten used to run as a child, and that adventurous…
Cymbal-ism
At A Glance Hometown Dallas, Texas (Collin), and Broussard, Louisiana (Roz) Age Collin is 46, Roz is 44 Occupation Jewelry designers Web secondlinejewels.com @secondlinejewels When Phil Collins and his band Genesis need another batch of designer dominoes for…
Candle with Care
At A Glance Hometown | Charenton, Louisiana Age | 49 Occupation | Candlemaker, shop owner, Fifolet Candle Makers Web | fifoletcandles.com Blink and you’ll miss the small, knee-high roadside “Candle Shop” sign out front. But off the main…
Freedom of the Press
With one bare foot steering the large silver press wheel, and two hands secure around the climbing boy’s bottom, his rainboots dangling over her ash-colored shop apron, this tangle of limbs and kinetic energy somehow stands in perfect poise,…
Relief, Found
There are so many activities that are a big part of daily life that people take for granted. That is, they take them for granted until one day those activities become painful and difficult to do. Then seemingly simple tasks…
Covering Lots of Ground
At A Glace Hometown London Age 27 Occupation Illustrator, product designer Website Wemightbeonfire.net Instagram @wemightbeonfire It’s not all that common to find a New Orleanian slowly roaming the French Quarter, camera in hand and enthralled with every curve…
About Face
At A Glance Hometown Greenwood, South Carolina Age 36 Instagram @basqo_ It’s an epic, bejeweled beast of folkloric proportions. Or else it’s a mischievous, spinning sun prop escaped from the set of a children’s TV show and…
Louisianians of the Year
Louisianians are a diverse bunch, but we have a few common traits. For example, many Louisianians, no matter how close we are to our family, have an independent streak. Strength and persistence also come to mind when you consider people…
Annie Barahona
Growing up in Houma, Annie Barahona dreamed of working in the medical field. When it came time to decide on a career path, Barahona chose nursing. Sixteen years after starting her nursing journey, the Louisiana State Nurses Association named Barahona…
Malcolm Vidrine
Retired biology professor Malcolm F. Vidrine enjoyed a career ripe with accomplishments: author or coauthor of 20 books and numerous scientific articles, the discovery of leprosy in wild armadillos, and important work with mussels at the Watson Brake archaeological site…
James Clesi
James Clesi’s restaurant career began as a teenager at the Copeland’s on Veterans Boulevard in New Orleans. He bused tables, then moved to dishwashing. Clesi fell in love with the atmosphere in the kitchen — the smells, the sounds, the…
Annelise Cassar Tedesco
The word Chalmette native Annelise Cassar Tedesco, the 2022 Louisiana Teacher of the Year, most frequently mentioned in her interview was “community.” She strongly believes in the importance of forming a community at Chalmette High School with both her students…
Vitus Shell
Monroe artist Vitus Shell is a remarkable artist who explores the African-American experience through strong, compelling and often unsettling images of Black contemporary life in America. It is art driven by irony, activism and his notion of Black “coolness.” Monroe…
Paper Trail
At a Glance Name Frank Hamrick Location Ruston Business Printmaker and book craftsman Website frankhamrick.com He’s no fortune teller. He makes paper. That’s how Frank Hamrick knows the exact future of the T-shirt he’s wearing, and it’s not…
Sticker Shock
Unfortunately, swinging the fridge door wide revealed only a cavernous abundance of empty space surrounding one edible item: a lonely bag of shredded cheese. Tired, stressed and real meal-deprived from days of last-minute arts market prep, Daneisha Davis…
Pelican Briefs: Market Marvels
Chef Cory Bahr is bringing together growers and artisans from surrounding parishes to offer their produce, meat and hand-crafted products on Thursdays for “Grow the Roe Farmers Market,” situated on a lot beside his Parish Restaurant in downtown Monroe. “We’re…
Louisiana Made: Moving Spirits
Even when it’s 17 below, one can only drink whiskey neat for so…
Surface Safari
Connecting her bedroom to her sister’s and to the den, the triangular fireplace in the middle of the old 1910s home designer Hope Johnson grew up in provided not only ample opportunity for post-bedtime whispers — “mostly, I…
Booming Business
Flipped cars, towering fires, powerful explosions — the kind that send bits of dust and metal sailing through the air — all constitute a regular day at work for New Orleans-area resident Matt Kutcher. The 53-year-old founder of Slidell-based Spectrum…
Booming Business
Flipped cars, towering fires, powerful explosions — the kind that send bits of dust and metal sailing through the air — all constitute a regular day at work for New Orleans-area resident Matt Kutcher. The 53-year-old founder of Slidell-based Spectrum…
Louisianians of the Year
music PJ Morton Grammy-winning recording artist, keyboardist for Maroon 5 and New Orleans native PJ Morton released his new album, “Gospel According to PJ,” in August. He said people often asked him if he would do a gospel album, in…
The State of Women's Health in the State
A look at the health of Louisiana women over the past 10 years, challenges, solutions and why it matters in the first place
Adventurous Classics
Lake Charles’ Andrew Green of 1910 blends traditional techniques with innovative concepts.
Adventurous Classics
Lake Charles’ Andrew Green of 1910 blends traditional techniques with innovative concepts.
Robert Larson
TJ Ribs, Baton Rouge
James Clesi
Clesi’s Crawfish and Catering, New Orleans
Fighting Ebola
Louisiana doctors take on the challenge
Medical News
Health updates from around the state
Louisiana Medical News
Health updates from around the state
Health Beat
Maria Blanco, Assistant Professor at the Human Development Center in the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions, now serves as an Act Early Ambassador for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) “Learn the…
Our Top Picks for June 2013
Where You Need To Be This Month
Local Professionals Answer Your Wedding Music Questions
Think of your wedding music as the soundtrack to your most romantic occasion. You’ll want to personalize it to your taste, of course, but also provide some crowd-pleasing hits for your guests after the ceremony is over and everyone is…
Health
Bedroom televisions link to obesity in children Baton Rouge – Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently published a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, revealing that children who watch television in their bedrooms are at a greater risk for…
Health
Flu arrives early in Louisiana SHREVEPORT – With the onset of colder weather, the expected arrival of the influenza virus has been confirmed by the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory of LSU Health Shreveport. The influenza virus detected locally is a type A,…
A Louisiana Life: Garrett Hartley
Kicking it Up a Notch for the New Orleans Saints
Health
CUTTING DOWN ON TELEVISION COULD LEAD TO LONGER LIFE BATON ROUGE – Does TV viewing affect life expectancy? Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., associate executive director for Population Science and LFPA Endowed Chair at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, recently co-authored a study…
Health
NIH Awards Grant to Research Aging-Related Disability Shreveport – The National Institutes of Health awarded a four-year grant totaling more than $1 million to assistant professor Michael Salvatore, Ph.D., of LSU Health-Shreveport. Dr. Salvatore and his research team are testing…
Health: Medical News in Louisiana
Surgery Patient Tracker debuts at Rapides Regional ALEXANDRIA – Family members of people undergoing surgery now have the ability to track their loved ones’ progress, thanks to technology at Rapides Regional Medical Center. The new Surgery Patient Tracker provides up-to-the-minute…
Olde Tyme Grocery
For those who are ragin’ for a poor boy
“Chew”sing An Education
LSU’s dental school makes its mark.
Health
LSU Hospital Achieves Joint Commission Accreditation SHREVEPORT — LSU Hospital in Shreveport recently earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval. The accreditation indicates compliance with the Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety, Joe Miciotto, hospital…
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