Author: Ashley McLellan

Nothing tops off a great Thanksgiving or Christmas feast like a beautifully…

Since New Orleanians are always looking for a way to add a little sparkle to…

Jeanne O’Leary, owner of JEDCO’s 2019 Start Up Challenge winner, Poof Cotton Candy, has made a career out of spinning fun flavors such as King Cake and Toasted Coconut. The treat is finding success with weddings, corporate events, custom gifts…

    Nicola Krebill doesn’t mind getting dirty. After years of boots-on-the-ground nonprofit work in Louisiana, Krebill saw the need to combine efforts with the New Orleans Food & Farm Network—which addresses the issue of food deserts and fresh-food access…

Cookie Dough Bliss Local franchise entrepreneurs Gina LaRose and her husband Chad have moved the joy of eating cookie dough out of the dim light of the late-night kitchen into a bright and airy new cookie dough and dessert café…

It takes a lot of courage to leave what you know behind and take a leap into the unknown. For some, change comes in the form of a job offer they never could have imagined. For another, a simple idea…

  When petroleum engineer Jaime Glas first put on the bulky, made-for-men overalls at her first internship at Chevron in Bakersfield, California, in 2010, she instantly knew there had to be a better option, and that she was going to…

  While TV dinners transformed a generation in the 1960s, prepared meal kits and grab-and-go meals today bear little to no resemblance to those partitioned aluminum trays of the past. Today’s prepared meals can be well balanced, carefully crafted by…

  Operating out of a 1-ton solarium-on-wheels nicknamed “Axil Rose,” FAIT NOLA is one of the most unique mobile businesses in the Metro. The company, founded by sisters Emily and Laura Stirling Joffrion and their mother, Kathleen Robinson, has bloomed…

  Careers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) have been lauded for years as the path to the best jobs with the best pay, but when New Orleans math and science teacher Todd Wackerman tried to encourage students…

  Monique Gougisha Doucette Labor and Employment Law Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 16 years in practice B.S. Loyola University J.D. Tulane University Law School With high-profile cases of sexual harassment making headlines recently, labor and employment…

El Guapo Bitters, Syrups and Tonics features craft cocktail accessories inspired by New Orleans flavors such as “Creole Pecan,” “Crawfish Boil,” “Lemonade” and “Gumbo.” New Orleans and its residents have a long-storied history with the cocktail, from its fabled first…

  Brand-new NOLA-inspired activewear company MoveMe is taking on fitness fashion with a line of clothing as colorful as the city that inspires it. Launched in August of 2018, MoveMe has hit the ground running. The company created 850 items…

  In a city that embraces Jazz Fest, sidewalk buskers and brass bands any time of year, ReStrung Jewelry, the brainchild of local artist Naomi Celestin, has struck a chord with music- and jewelry-loving New Orleanians and beyond. A clever…

Your CBD Store New Orleans owner Crystal Nugent provides personalized information and advice on the FAQs on CBD.   When it comes to alternative medicine, CBD, or cannabidiol, is the new “it” thing. According to an August 2018 article in…

Tony Bertucci (pictured along with his son), owner and mastermind behind NOLA Flyboarding and YNOT Dock, envisioned a place where the young and young at heart could eat, drink, and play while revitalizing the historic Lakefront in eastern New Orleans.…

  Last fall, three local high school friends (Rummel and Jesuit class of 2001) and golf enthusiasts decided to take a swing at a big idea, and their creation, Loft18, has so far resulted in the business equivalent of a…

Created in 2014 as a retail offshoot of the local wholesale company Supreme Specialty Foods, Beyond the Equator has tapped into a growing market of health-conscious eaters, including those with food allergies and sensitivities, along with those always in search…

Cooalla, the first high-end cooler made by and for women, launched by local outdoors writer Ann Taylor in April.

While retail brick and mortars have taken a hit nationwide, the restaurant scene in Southeast Louisiana continues to thrive. The question is, how much can we sustain?

If you stop by Lolo’s Studio at 6107 Magazine Street expecting a raucous cacophony of kids screaming, you may be surprised. That’s not to say that students at New Orleans’ first “yoga and fitness studio for kids” don’t have fun,…

Imagine if only 10 percent of those with cancer in the U.S. received treatment. Such is the case with substance abuse. In 2015, the problem affected 20.8 million Americans, approximately 8 percent of the population. The prevalence of substance abuse…