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Best of Livingston Parish
My mom lives with us now. Her mind is in and out these days. Sometimes she completely understands what Elizabeth and I are doing with the magazine, and other times she just smiles and tells us how …
Best of Livingdton Parish
There is a strange thing that happens when your name and face start showing up around town. People begin to know you. Or, at least, they know of you. They know I’m the girl with the …
My name is Col. Jim, and this is my Old Place. Here you will find good food, better conversation, rockers are available, and the dog doesn’t bite. Up here, around the lake, we all have dogs. …
Faces of the Parish

MS MAYOR

There may be no better introduction to Eileen Bates-McCarroll than the license plate on the back of her Mustang. MSMAYOR. It is funny, confident and just a little unexpected, which, after spending an …

“Rooted” in Service

There are easier places to conduct an interview than inside a working flower shop. Phones ring, deliveries come and go, buckets need filling, stems need trimming and arrangements have to be finished …

The Man Who Shows Up

There are awards you nominate people for. There are awards decided by votes, ballots and popularity. And then there are the ones you just know. When my mom and I decided Living in Parish Magazine …

From Cane to the Bench

here are probably easier ways to interview a judge than over a three-hour steak dinner. But somewhere between the mushrooms, steaks and stories at Ruth’s Chris, I realized an hour-long interview …
Parish Palate and Small Business Spotlight
Small Business Spotlight

Car Connect: Keeping Livingston Parish Moving

For Anthony Bridges, Patrick Deslatte and Jackie Deslatte, Car Connect started with a simple observation: people depend on their vehicles every day, but most do not have the time, knowledge or desire …
Small Business Spotlight

The Idea Station:

Down in the heart of Watson there is a gift shop called The Idea Station that was opened by Marcia Tinsley in 1994. She began making the shop a place where people could come and purchase personal …

Heirloom House and Hems:

Kelsie Kemp, lifelong resident of Watson, is the owner of an embroidery business named Heirloom House and Hems. In the summer of 2021, Kelsie started her business making personalized gift items such …
Education and Youth

The amazing growth of competition swim teams in Livingston Parish and how one determined person can make a big difference

bout 14 years ago, Margot May was a mother of three young children, when she started giving swim lessons to her children and the children of her church friends, at her pastor’s pool. She felt a …
Roads to Roots
Home and Hearth

A Touch of European Elegance in the Heart of the Antique Village

There are antique shops… and then there are places where history practically breathes around you. Where each armoire, each chandelier, each carved chair holds a century’s worth of secrets and stories. That is the experience the moment you step inside Breaud’s Antiques, right here in Denham Springs’ beloved Antique Village — a destination that makes you feel as if you’ve been transported straight into a grand estate off Magazine Street in New Orleans.

A Simple Guide to Planting Summer Cut Flowers

This time of year, I get asked a lot what flowers are actually worth planting for summer. Most people want something that can handle the heat and still be cut and enjoyed inside. The good news is, …

Parish Voices

Behind the Glam

  When the final gown is zipped and the last krewe pin is fastened, the true transformation of a Mardi Gras ball begins long before the doors open. Hair, makeup, and glow are not …

Beauty With Purpose

In every community, there are stories that quietly shape its strength stories of resilience, service, and unwavering commitment. Living in this parish has given me the privilege of both witnessing and contributing to that strength.

Arts, Makers, & Markets

Metal Slinger, Signed Sealed and Discussed at Le Chien

There is something special happening in Denham Springs, and if you have been to one of Chapter Twenty LLC’s monthly book clubs at Le Chien, you already know it. It is not just a meeting. It is not …
parish outdoors

(Re)Defining Wellness

That does it mean to be fit….to be well? Is it having noticeable muscle definition? Is it a number on a scale, or the waist and hip measurements? For many years, and even today we are conditioned to …