Finance + Legal Services

Introducing Erin Rowan

Meet the Northshore’s Leading CPA Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Kali Norton Erin Rowan is not your typical CPA. Raised in a family with deep roots in Mandeville, Erin remembers when Hwy 190 was still lined with trees. “I just love this city,” she says. “I loved Mandeville before it was cool to love it.” She grew up watching her father, an architect, shape many of the structures that define the community, including Lake Harbor Middle School, the Mandeville branch of the...

Home Services

Meet Kristen Pannell

Say Hello to the Woman Transforming the Northshore with 24-Hour Luxury Laundry Delivery Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands and Rip Stoltz In a season devoted to love, few gifts feel more meaningful than time returned. For Kristen Pannell, founder of The Laundry Atelier, love looks practical, tender, and folded with care. A mother of three homeschooled children, Kristen knows how quickly laundry can become a burden. “I want to take laundry off your plate,” she says...

Health + Wellness

Loving Your Healthcare Again

How Covington Trace ER & Hospital Revolutionizes Emergency and Hospital Care Across the Northshore Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Ken Schallenberg For most of us, Valentine’s Day conjures roses, Hallmark cards, chocolate, and romance. But Saint Valentine, or Valentinus , a pastor living in third-century Rome, wasn’t remembered for inventing love. He was remembered for practicing it, tending to the sick through acts of compassion. Standing in the vein of that tradition is...

Event Planning + Services

Love Is In the Air

Tips for Brides Seeking the Perfect Wedding Venue … and the Perfect Day … on the Northshore Article by Rebecca George | Photography by Tiffany Chabert and Corine Tran Ashlee Richardson, Membership and Sales Director at Beau Chêne Country Club, shares expert insight into the premier wedding destination for couples on the Northshore. Rebecca George: For brides dreaming of a wedding that feels romantic, effortless, and unforgettable, what makes Beau Chêne Country Club stand out as the perfect...

Life + Culture

Ring In the New

A New Year’s Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church Sixteen years after Mandeville was founded in 1834, Alfred, Lord Tennyson published Ring Out, Wild Bells , a poem whose rhythm moves like real bells with each stanza a clear strike that encourages us to ring out the old and ring in the new. In these stanzas, Tennyson wasn’t interested in polite optimism or surface polish. He was chasing something deeper...

Finance + Legal Services

Redefining Wellness for Northshore Families

Meet attorney Zara Zeringue, who helps families regain emotional steadiness, reshape communication, and move toward healthier futures. Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands To understand how Zara Zeringue practices law, start with this: she once bungee-jumped 140 feet off an old train bridge with her mother just to see what fear felt like. Zara has always been drawn to what waits on the far side of fear, and that’s why clients find her when everything in their lives...

Wellness

Heal Thy Body, Heal Thy Soul

The Revolutionary Energy System That’s Restoring Health and Wellness Throughout the Northshore Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands, Allyson Lipari, Christian George When the (surname) family walked into Healthy Body Healthy Soul with their son Anthony, a nonverbal child with autism and a seizure disorder, they carried the weary tenderness familiar to so many parents of neurodivergent children: the long nights, the constant vigilance, the quiet ache of uncertainty. ...

Shopping

Pink Magnolia Marketplace

Natasha Buckholtz Transforms Challenges Into Charm, Creating a Marketplace that Celebrates Beauty, Belonging, and the Unstoppable Strength of Entrepreneurship Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Trent Spann The magnolia is a paradox: delicate yet unshakable, blooming like silk but surviving like stone. It’s the quintessential Southern emblem of strength in disguise. “Life is about shifting,” says Natasha Buckholtz, owner of Pink Magnolia Marketplace. “The path you’re on today...

Beauty

Giving the Gift of Color

How Jan Rivers Uses Color Analysis to Restore Confidence and Transform Lives Article by Christian George, PhD | Photography by Abby Sands Jan Rivers has always been coloring. What began with crayons and coloring books evolved over time into a lifelong calling: a gift for helping people rediscover themselves through color. Shades of Childhood   Jan grew up in a small Alabama town with pine trees, long summers, and hospital corridors bright with florescent light. Her sister was born with...

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...