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January 2022

Hats for Every Occasion

Hats have become the hottest new fashion accessories, and for great reasons. They’re fun, flirty, and functional! In this special section, you’ll find stories that feature a wide variety of Southwest Louisiana businesses that sell an array of hat styles – fashionable boleros and berets; custom formal, frilly glamor hats; […]

January 2022

Your Best You In 2022

Many of us start off the New Year with grand plans for self-improvement. But where to start? So many factors play a role in overall wellbeing – nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management and mental health, even our finances! In this special section, our goal is to get your New Year […]

January 2022

Cool Jobs

A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker . . . doesn’t it seem that other people always have the Cool Jobs? Their careers are exciting, stimulating, challenging but in gratifying ways. They’re thrilled to get up in the morning and no two days are alike so they never get bored […]

January 2022

Healthcare Innovations

Medical science is an exciting industry, ever evolving and striving to learn, improve, and create new and better technology, techniques, and programs to better serve healthcare consumers. In this special section on Healthcare Innovations, we spotlight what’s new at healthcare facilities across Southwest Louisiana. You’ll find stories on surgical robotics, […]

January 2022

First Person with Melinda Tilley

by Angie Kay Dilmore Melinda Tilley was born and raised in Moss Bluff, the youngest of five children and the only girl. After high school graduation in 1984, she went to Louisiana College in Pineville, La. on a full scholarship and planned to major in social work, but after one […]

January 2022

New Year’s Resolution: A New Street

from Solutions Counseling & EAP by Keri Forbess-McCorquodale, MS, LPC, LMFT, CEAP New Year’s Resolution: A New Street Aah, January . . . land of the New Year’s Resolutions. Over the years, I have written many times about resolutions for the January issue of Thrive. I’ve given you my general thoughts […]

December 2021

Magical Moments Picnics

Styled Picnic Business Comes to Lake Charles There’s a new way to party in Southwest Louisiana – styled picnics. Magical Moments Picnics brings joyous picnics to your backyard, literally. Elegantly curated décor and custom low tables bring the picnic of your dreams to life, whether for a romantic date, girls’ […]

December 2021

Visit Lulu’s over the Holidays for Cool Sweet Treats

This Snocone stand serves more than flavored crushed ice. And they’re open year ’round! by Angie Kay Dilmore Lulu’s Specialty Cones & More dared to open in the summer of 2020 during the height of the pandemic, and then navigated through the myriad natural disasters of two hurricanes, […]

December 2021

Helen St. Bakehouse Finds a New Home

by Matt Dye In the framework of Daley’s Gym, where for 100 years fists pounded punching bags, Helen St. Bakehouse is doing a different kind of pounding, and then kneading, twirling, and baking some of the best bread that you may have already experienced and not realized. Currently, Helen St. […]