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July 2025

Sculpting: Skincare Secrets to Aging Well – Local Expert Hannah Grogan, FNP, Shares Her Approach

When it comes to restoring youthful radiance, few people understand Lake Charles skin better than Hannah Grogan, FNP, founder and lead aesthetic injector at The Sculptry. Thrive spoke with Grogan about what truly works for aging gracefully. Here she shares her top secrets to sculpting a fresher, more confident you. […]

July 2025

How to Age Healthfully

by Kristy Como Armand The idea that from midlife on it’s all downhill is as out-of-date as cassette tapes, phone booths and typewriters. Life isn’t over at 50. In fact, 50 really might be the new 30. Aging experts agree that while reaching the 50-year milestone signals the beginning of […]

July 2025

COOL JOBS: Louisiana Coffee Company – Regional Coffee Roasting Done Right

by Matt Dye It’s the age-old question, “What came first, the coffee or the bean?” and while the answer can be debated, in the instance of Louisiana Coffee Company, it was the brew that led to the berry. “We were born from the energy and momentum of Coffee:30,” Hillary Robertson, […]

July 2025

AUGUSTINE: Dave Evans Embraces Upscale Dining

by Kerri Cooke If you’ve recently passed by the Phoenix Building where the old 1910 was located, you will see a small sign with a rose motif announcing new restaurant Augustine. The brainchild of Dave Evans, who has had great success with Luna Bar & Grill downtown for 21 years […]

July 2025

National Ice Cream Month

by Angie Kay Dilmore ICE CREAM IS EASY TO FIND IN SWLA. Beyond the usual corporate chains, this cold, creamy confection can be sourced in some unexpected places. Several coffee shops, like Stellar Beans Coffee House & Edibles and The Buzz Coffee & More, offer hand-dipped ice cream. Giggles Ice […]

June 2025

Protecting Your Landscape from Storm Threats

by Kristy Como Armand Residents of Southwest Louisiana are all too familiar with hurricane preparation and hurricane recovery, not to mention the damage repeat storms can deliver. Chad Everage with Landscape Management offers advice on adding storm resistance and protection to your landscape investment. Everage says when a major storm […]

June 2025

Are You Covered? Stay Up-To-Date on your Homeowners Insurance and Hurricane Plans

by Madelaine Brauner Landry In Louisiana, we all know it is not IF hurricanes will show up annually, it is when and where. Every homeowner knows the drill: Prep your home, vehicles, boats, etc.; create emergency plans, including stockpiling supplies and preparing which documents you must take; make arrangements for […]

June 2025

Hurricane XYZ: The History Of The Hurricane Naming System

by Kerri Cooke Every year a new list of names for potential Atlantic Ocean-birthed hurricanes is released. But how did we decide on how to name these ferocious storms? In Louisiana history we know of the 1856 hurricane, which tied 2020’s Hurricane Laura and 2021’s Hurricane Ida for the strongest […]

June 2025

FIRST PERSON: Wade Hampton – Chief Meteorologist, KPLC-TV

Wade Hampton is widely known in SWLA as a steady presence in the face of severe weather as chief meteorologist for local TV station KPLC. After all, he will have been forecasting the weather here for 20 years come August. A native of Arcadia, Florida, Hampton holds a bachelor’s degree […]