Jeffrey Roedel

1 month ago | louisianalife.com | Jeffrey Roedel

Along the quiet of the white brick wall that elbows off of New Orleans’ Magazine Street and leads to the LAKAN studio and showroom, hangs a small brass plaque declaring “open by appointment or by chance.”It’s an ironic serving of allegory for designer Lakan Golden’s womenswear that strikes this same balance between order and whimsy. Focused on highly motivated women who appreciate sustainable luxury in their style, LAKAN gets creative by playing with the rules, not breaking them.

Feb 28, 2025 | louisianalife.com | Jeffrey Roedel

Bordered by Crescent Park’s half-moon slice of greenspace and the Mississippi River levee is an old power station building in downtown Donaldsonville. Now painted church white, the vast structure is home to a small-batch distillery operated by Chip Noel who stays busy meticulously making a variety of unique rums and vodkas under his family’s brand Noël Spirits inside the same cavernous space where he used to pay his electric bill.

Aug 30, 2024 | louisianalife.com | Jeffrey Roedel

Age 34Hometown Lafayette, LouisianaOnline magnoliafloralpreservation.com, @magnoliastudiosla on InstagramThere was plenty of seafood, too, but for Lynn Jenkins, the real harvest of her family’s trek to go crabbing at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in remote Cameron Parish was not found in the dark Gulf waters, but on the side of the road.

Jul 1, 2024 | louisianalife.com | Jeffrey Roedel

One bread delivery at a time She calls it soap bombing. The batches of fresh, chemical-free soaps Marissa McBride cooks herself and stuffs into friend Rosalie Moyer’s mailbox are less of an exchange, and more of a joy offering for her genuine friendship with the Lafayette-based bread baker who has been making a name for herself since the summer of 2022 when she launched Levain of Acadiana from her home kitchen.

May 31, 2024 | gulfshorelife.com | Jeffrey Roedel

The cure to what ails us is often found when we don’t settle, when we forge through new territory and keep going. The benefit to journeying four blocks south of Second Street in Downtown Fort Myers is a simple, white building in the Gardner’s Park district. Once a grocery store, the nearly century-old space is now home to the boutique and wine shop Remedies Parlor. If not for the inscription reading ‘Provisions,’ ‘Notions’ and ‘Potions’ on the facade, you might think you’re in the wrong place.