Professional Services

Thankful Threads & Timeless Vows

Olivier Couture’s mission to honor faith, family, and forever moments Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands The first thing you notice inside Mandeville’s Olivier Couture Bridal Boutique is the color. A hush of pink, soft as dawn, It’s unapologetically feminine, perhaps because Jolie Goodreau, the owner, raised four sons at home. “Pink,” she says, “was my rebellion, my one place to be girly.” Her story begins not in couture but in classrooms. A special education...

Finance + Legal Services

Family. Faith. Gratitude. Growth.

How the Fussell family turned five agents into a gold-standard legacy of thankfulness and service Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Arianna Temples These days, insurance is rarely thought of as inspiring. And yet, in the heart of Old Covington, the Fussell family has built an agency that feels less like a company and more like a community. Fussell Group Insurance Advisors was founded in 2012 with just five agents. Today, it has grown to more than a hundred advisors across the...

Style + Beauty

Laura Cayouette

Hollywood Lights to Louisiana Roots: Commander’s Palace Welcomes a Queen Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Austin Smith of POLA Marketing, Andrew Cooper, James Kong INTERIOR – COMMANDER’S PALACE – MORNING A woman in towering heels stands in front of Commander’s Palace. Her dress, a psychedelic dragon print, dares the morning traffic to look away. We’re shooting a cover. Oak trees offer shade, but the humidity laughs. It’s the kind of wet heat that melts makeup and fogs...

Professional Services

Saving You Money

How Stephen Hammond’s Italian Family Dinners Prepared Him to Serve His Clients Well … and Seek Out Cost-Saving Options We Never Knew We Had Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Katie Patterson Photography When I met Stephen at PJ’s Coffee in Mandeville, I didn’t expect him to look me straight in the eye and tell me he’d rather eat Vienna sausage for a week than sell someone the wrong insurance plan. I did expect a pitch, charts, jargon. But what I got was a conversation with a...

Finance + Legal Services

Charlton Ogden

The Man Who Was Saved to Save Others Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Trent Spann of Images by Robert T. Charlton Ogden III carries his ancestry like a tailored suit: stitched with lineage, lined with resilience. He is the thirteenth generation in a family of attorneys, stretching back to Robert Nash, the first governor of North Carolina. For centuries, the Ogdens practiced law in New Orleans; they were judges, speakers of the Louisiana House, men who etched their names into...

Health + Wellness

A Sanctuary of Self-Care

Inside Hollrah Wellness & Aesthetics, the Northshore’s Beauty Powerhouse Article by Christian George | Photography by Emily Songer There’s a building off the Tchefuncte River with an unmarked elegance. Three floors of clean lines and natural light, tucked behind secluded trees like a well-kept secret. Inside, two sisters are changing the face of beauty on the Northshore. Welcome to Hollrah Wellness & Aesthetics, where glowing skin is only the beginning. This isn’t a whitewashed med spa with a...

Arts + Culture

Rhapsody in Blue {Dog}

The Life and Art of George Rodrigue Article by Christian George | Photography by Rodrigue Studios By now, no vision of Louisiana—or the broader American canvas—feels complete without George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog gazing back at us with those unblinking, iconic eyes. With over four thousand paintings to its name, Blue Dog slipped the Louisiana leash and roamed far beyond the bayou of its birth. From New York to Tokyo to Venice, the cobalt canine broke all the rules—lounging in presidential...

Health + Wellness

Meet the C.E.O.

How Betty Became the Heart of Healthy Body Healthy Soul Article by Rebecca George | Photography by Allyson Lipari, Daphne Frilot, Abby Sands Some stories feel written by fate. This is one of them. On the evening of Sunday, October 1, 2023, Daphne Frilot and Faith Joubert of Healthy Body Healthy Soul lost their dear friend and client Betty Bruce to cancer. Fourteen hours later, on Faith’s usual Monday morning drive to the hospital, she spotted what looked like a discarded stuffed animal on the...

Life + Culture

Exploring Faith

Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church—Celebrating 175 Years of Light, Legacy, and Faith on Mandeville’s Historic Shore Article by Christian George | Photography by Our Lady of the Lake In 1850, when Mandeville was still a blueprint—a quiet stretch of pine suspended between memory and modernity—weary New Orleanians crossed Lake Pontchartrain aboard the steamboat Camellia , chasing breeze and ease. The Northshore was still a whisper then: parasols drifted beneath moss-draped oaks...

Professional Services

Fair Fighting

Dr. Jerry Pounds Gives Couples the Skills They Need to Turn Conflict into Closeness—Right from the Comfort of Home Article by Rebecca George | Photography by Provided Imagine your marriage where disagreements bring you closer together instead of driving you apart. Where even the hardest conversations are met with calm, respect, and care. When you learn to fight fair, you don’t just resolve conflict—you build trust, deepen connection, and remind yourselves that you’re on the same team. On the...