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These candles with crystals can help your healing and focus

By Very Local Staff / July 20, 2020

Candles and crystals are said to help realign your focus and energy. And living in New Orleans, one can’t help but feel a spiritual bond with this city and our neighbors. But since we’re all home right now, we wanted to focus on how these items can bring different intentions into our space. Here’s a list of our favorite ones that may help you cleanse your spirit.

Go fourth in your backyard: What you need for the perfect socially distant shindig in NOLA

By Very Local Staff / June 29, 2020

Holidays have been a little different since the COVID-19 pandemic started. We’ve learned to celebrate everything from birthdays to Easter to now the Fourth of July in the comfort of our homes.

Hurricane season is upon us — here’s what you need for your survival kit

By Very Local Staff / June 24, 2020

It’s that time of year again; hurricane season. From June 1 through November 30, New Orleanians prep for the worst and hope for the best. Here are some of the things you need to make it through the storm.

Scrub a dub dub: handmade New Orleans soaps for your tub

By Very Local Staff / June 24, 2020

Soap is ESSENTIAL, so whether you’re looking for suds that look like gems, or whipped soap that smells like monkey farts, here’s some handmade treasures to keep the sudsy party going.

Riders use light-up bikes to cruise the Crescent City

Put the pedals to the pavement: what you need to hit the bike trails in New Orleans

By Very Local Staff / June 22, 2020

Ever since we’ve been quarantined, we appreciate outside so much more. Sure, walking is cool, but biking is it. You cover more ground, you feel the breeze in your hair and best of all, it’s just plain fun.

Too Hot to Handle: Nine Louisiana candle makers you can support today

By Very Local Staff / June 22, 2020

Sure, you can grab them from any store, but shopping local keep the dollars in our community AND helps local merchants keep making delicious scents like Zulu coconut.

Cooking more during quarantine? Here are some tools to help make it stylish

By Very Local Staff / June 9, 2020

Because I love my kitchen more than ever, here are some ways that you can show off how stylish you are to your virtual cooking clubs.

These sustainable stir sticks bring functional art to your cup of chicory

By Very Local Staff / June 1, 2020

What if you could add a splash of color to your cup of chicory and help the environment?

Tell me more! Tell me more! Like, do you have a car? Pop-up drive-in theatre screens ‘Grease’ in Bucktown

By Very Local Staff / May 25, 2020

Attendees arrive to watch the movie “Grease” at a pop-up drive-in theatre at Bucktown Marina Park in Metairie. With indoor theaters in many places still closed due to coronavirus, drive-in theaters have seen a rise in attendance.

Coffee is life: a few things to make your cup of joy even better

By Very Local Staff / May 13, 2020

We all know coffee is the sunshine of our lives, the pep in our step, the bright spot in many of our mornings. Here are a few things to make that cup of morning glory even better.