June 2015
SARAH BAKER: Meet the mother fighting for your heart / WHEEL WOMEN: Twin City Knockers bring roller derby to city / RECIPES TO COME HOME TO Beauty in Bloom: Fresh ideas to spruce up your garden

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Editor’s Note
An official at the bout let media photographers stand in the middle of the rink to get the best shot. She pointed at a box taped off as a safe space for photographers. “you don’t have to go into the middle rink, but that is were all the fun happens,” she said with a big smile.

All is Not lost
Because of that, I didn’t want to write about Father’s Day this month. In the midst of my struggle and my loss, I would rather bury my head in the sand until Father’s Day passes and it is safe to come out again. I would rather ignore the Facebook posts and the stream of photos capturing happy fathers and daughters.

Beauty and Her Bike
I gotta say, though, ever since the night I met her, if I see Harvey out and about or while she’s working (She works at the Robinson Film Center and Chicago in downtown Shreveport,), she makes it a point to say hello and genuinely ask how I am doing..

Graduation Parties
There is a universal truth this time of year – somewhere, someone you know is having a party. The weather is beautiful, the short sleeves have come out and the porch beckons. As I write, I am currently in Colorado celebrating my goddaughter Molly’s graduation from high school.

Lesson to teach our chiLdren
Let’s face it; our society puts most of its emphasis on improving a child’s athletic skills, popularity, physical appearance and/ or academic excellence than placing any importance on the growth and development of the very important characteristic of compassion.

Cream of the Crop
makes a BB Gel I am in love with that treats and heals blemish-prone skin. ALL BB creams are not created equal depending on the brand. Alisha suggests looking for a BB or CC cream that has the benefits you want along with coverage and shade best for you.

Green Thumb
My maternal grandfather was an avid gardener as well. It probably helped he was a forester by profession and knew just about everything there was to know about plants. If it required soil, sunlight and water and survived off photosynthesis, he was your guy to call to answer all your questions.

Outdoor Décor
The Jackson family desired a space to relax, eat and enjoy being outside, but, also wanted a bit of privacy. Outdoor rooms have become outrageously popular over the past several years and oddly, this was my first one.

Bistro Bites
Taking a quick lunch break from a safety workshop, I was driving down Line Avenue intent on introducing a fellow attendee to a favorite Greek lunch spot, only to arrive and find that the restaurant had unexpectedly relocated. The choice of what to do next was easy.

Make a Wish
“I was looking for something different to do,” Martin said. She soon discovered princess parties, parties featuring young women who dressed up as fairytale princesses for birthdays and events. She found these companies in cities like Houston and Dallas, but nothing like this existed in Shreveport.

Sarah from the heart
Sarah Baker moved here with her husband, Stephen, a few years ago and has fallen in love with Shreveport-Bossier City. She loves her job as the Northwest Louisiana regional director for the American Heart Association, and her mission is to educate our community on the risks of heart disease.

Shooting Shreveport-Bossier
A passion for photography started at an early age for Mollie Corbett when she discovered her father’s old 35 mm Minolta. When she found that camera, she found a part of herself. To this day, Corbett still feels the same passion of telling a story through photography.

A Role Model
Susanne Neal Golden came to Shreveport from Carthage, Texas, in 1960 to attend Centenary College and Northwestern University where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees respectively. During that era, Shreveport was home to the prestigious modeling schools of John Robert Powers and Mister Lynn who set the curve high for their students.

Wheel Women
The all-female roller derby team has players ranging in age from 18 to their late 40s from all walks of life. The players are strapping on their skates and not only showing their athletic prowess, but also sharing a common goal of promoting athleticism, leadership and sportsmanship while helping women in the community through charitable work.

the POWER of the PURSE
We send our readers right to your business. No digital middlemarketing directing traffic to a website rather than your store location. Our readers like to hold us in their hands and savor all the great stuff our content and advertisers offer.

The Biggest Bang
It is hard to experience springtime in Louisiana without dreaming of lush gardens and carefully-styled outdoor entertaining spaces, but the reality is that the best spaces take lots of time and money. Even a little effort, however, can result in a big pay-off for your own garden.

A Little Landscaping
Most people who choose to reside in townhouse communities consider freedom from yard maintenance a major advantage. Although I’m drawn to this lifestyle and have always loved my cottage size townhome, I prefer to be hands-on and directly involved in the appearance and upkeep of its exterior surroundings.

OFFICE CHIC
Include the wonderful items you work with everyday. Fill your workspace with any of these adorable accents to gain a few additional complements at the office..

Pretty in Pink
Karmen Rubin is one of those stylish young professionals you can’t help but notice. Rubin is the a mother of a 4-year-old and works at Goodwill Industries of Northwest Louisiana. Not only is she beautiful on the outside, she has a big heart for her community.

Dinner is waiting
It’s obvious I love to cook as I suspect most of you do too. But there are times in everyone’s life that coming home having to cook a meal isn’t always in the cards. When that’s the case don’t immediately assume you need to plan on stopping at another fast food joint or order another pizza.

AGENDA
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 4; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 5; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 6. FlyBoard inventor Franky Zapata will present a HoverBoard demonstration at 4:30 p.m. June 6. An LED-lit nighttime FlyBoarding demonstration will be presented on Saturday night following the trophy presentation at 7:30 p.

JUNE AGENDA
FUN WITH THE GIRLS JUNE 20: SOUTHERN BELLE BRUNCH, hosted by the Northwest Louisiana Affiliate of Susan G. Komen. Come sip mimosas and mint juleps wearing your favorite southern belle hat as we celebrate and support breast cancer survivors. Silent auction begins at 10 a.

Pink Party
Fantasy in Pink was the theme of the 22nd annual Pink Party, a benefit for Easter Seals, held May 2 at the Shreveport Convention Center. One man from Chicago said he hasn’t missed the event since 1998. Exhibitors included the Philadelphia Center and Louisiana’s Problem Gambling Helpline.

ASEANA FESTIVAL
Event presents Asian flavor, culture.

Wine and Swine
Wine County Bistro & Bottle Shop hosted their wine-tasting and pig roast: Wine & Swine on April 12. The party, which spilled out into the parking lot as well as into the inside corridors of Pierremont Mall, featured dozens of wines and a tasty buffet of food, which centered around three whole roasted pigs.

Derby Day
Under the shade of pine trees on the front lawn of the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in historic South Highlands, the inaugural Shreveport Derby Day Festival was hosted May 2. More than 600 people donned their seersucker suits and clever fascinators for likely the grandest celebration of the Kentucky Derby Shreveport has ever seen.

Losing Yourself
Carmen’s not-so-perfect life gets shaken even further when her 17-yearold half-sister Gracie runs away from their addict mother and is found squatting at a rundown motel that belongs to their sickly aunt. Carmen insists Gracie stay with them until their mother is ready to be a mom again.