By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
May 2nd, 2023
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article by Vanelis River photos by Kelly Moore Clark Interior Designer Julie B. Mays working with homeowner Tina Newton to transform her two-story, French country-style home into a space indicative of her forever home. For the most part, interior design is aesthetic. It aspires to please the eye with...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
May 2nd, 2023
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark LARRY JAMES HAS DESIGNED over 5,000 custom house plans and has sold predesigned plans for over 15,000 homes throughout the United States and many countries as far away as Japan. These homes range from the on trend “tiny houses” at 240 square ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
May 2nd, 2023
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article by Starla Gatson photography by Kelly Moore Clark Entrepreneurship and creativity run in Benicia King’s family. King’s maternal grandfather, Robert Cornwell, was a reverend, photographer, and musician in Grambling. But he wasn’t the only creative or ambitious Cornwell; other members of t...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
May 2nd, 2023
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by Erin Sharplin Love There is just something about springtime that welcomes the new, clean, and refreshed! For me, spring is the time to breathe new life into my home and spaces, especially the closet. After months of heavy, cold- weather clothing, it is finally time to bring the dresses...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
May 2nd, 2023
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article by Cindy G. Foust Greetings loyal readers as we stare into the eyes of the month of May, the proverbial “end of school” month of the year. I don’t know of anyone in the world that can look back on their educational career, whether they stopped after high school, or took it as far […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
May 2nd, 2023
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article by Meredith McKinnie photography by Kelly Moore Clark Hanna Herrington Lavergne was raised in a family of entrepreneurs, notably female small business owners who put their fashion stamp on the Monroe community. Hanna’s mother Debbie Herrington and aunt Cindy Stone opened HerringStones in...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Fashion
May 2nd, 2023
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photography by Kelly Moore Clarkhair and makeup by Meka Bennettmodel: Mallory, Elle, and (Baby) Kirksey From linen dresses to oversized blazers, these looks are perfect for spring outings. Find this and more at area boutiques. HEMLINE MONROEThis lilac linen midi dress features cut out details and fra...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 2nd, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.” Whitehead’s gripping novel is based on The Arthur G. Dozier School...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Four-year-old Wavy and her little brother Donal are raising themselves on a meth compound. The sporadically present parents are emotionally neglectful and physically abusive, as Valerie struggles with addiction and mental illness and Liam resents the children’s existence t...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel Lessons in Chemistry showcases a sucker punch narrative laced with social commentary. With the ever changing dynamic for women’s roles and perceptions in society, Garmus looks back at where they’ve been. In the 1960s, Elizabeth Zott is an aspiri...
