TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR LIFE? I live a very busy, but balanced life. I have an amazing husband who is in the Army National Guard. He is truly devoted to me and he is such an inspiration to my kids and me. I have three beautiful children: Jacqui who is 11; Kaleb Roman, […]
HOLLY LEMOINE-RAYMOND When you meet Holly Lemoine-Raymond, you feel her vibrant personality even before she greets you. Her energetic presence is contagious, and it’s no wonder why she’s highly successful and widely known. As owner and operator of HL Raymond Properties, a boutique real estate brokerage representing buyers and sellers along the Coast, Lemoine-Raymond […]
BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION When I turned 50, I was overweight, sad and felt horrible. I never imagined that one day I would be able to run three feet, let alone a marathon! A pastor said something once that completely explained my life: “You will change when the pain of remaining the same is too much […]
by Adrienne Elliott As a new year approaches, we make time to possibly improve our diet, start that workout regimen again, spend more time with family or work on whatever resolution you make, an all this most likely becomes our top priority. Well, for those of us that love design, we’re inspired to freshen up […]
Every month, individuals and business owners are submitting information forms or making tax deposits or both to the Internal Revenue Service. Imagine if this person-specific avalanche of data and funds were coming at you. Can you imagine the highly organized system you would need to keep up with it? No wonder the IRS puts due […]
BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION All of my life I have struggled with food, my weight and my body image. I can remember feeling self-conscious about my body as early as third grade, and I can remember binge-eating and emotional eating habits as far back as 11 or 12 years old. I’ve cycled through diets and exercise […]
by Brenda Blount Spring is a time when we start anew and that means spring’s 2018 must-have trends are upon us. Everything thing old is new again on the New York and Paris spring runway shows. The color of the moment — wait for it — is ice cream pastels. Yes, they’re back. And I […]
by Deborah Meza One aesthetic procedure made famous by many known celebrities is a Platelet Rich Plasma therapy treatment nicknamed the Vampire Facial. It’s becoming one of the most sought-after treatments that rejuvenates skin and tissue to stimulate collagen using the patient’s own plasma. The healing properties of plasma quickens the healing process with comparative […]
story and photographs by Ellis Anderson A century ago, Model T’s were all the rage. Although paved roads on the Mississippi Coast were rare, consumers clamored for more of the new-fangled automobiles. The Ford Motor company in Michigan shipped the cars in pieces to Bay St. Louis, where they were assembled in a large garage […]
by Melissa Logos The most common issues of an ill bra fitting are when “the girls” fall out of the cup, the underwire is uncomfortable, the band rides up your back, the center does not lie flat on the chest wall, the cup is empty, or maybe the straps do not stay up. In a […]
