Wellness

A Calling to Care: The Story of Tena Wright

A Woman with A Calling, Willing to Sacrifice Everything Article by Suzanne Pope | Photography by Addie J Photography   For Tena Wright, caring for others has always come naturally. Raised between Arkansas and Memphis in a large, close-knit family, she was surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. “We were always together,” she recalls. “That’s where I learned to care — not just for people, but about them.” Her greatest influence was her grandmother, a petite powerhouse who...

Life + Culture

Why Wine?

Article by Alex Boykin of Gulfcoast Wine | Photography by Provided Do you enjoy wine? Well, this article is actually for the folks who DO NOT enjoy wine, but don’t worry wine lovers, I will need your participation! I know people who do not enjoy wine. I have asked many of them why and their reasons vary from “I can’t taste the difference from one wine to the next,” to “wine is just for snobs.” I have found that a major reason people are not into wine is from a bad experience. Maybe a bad...

Life + Culture

Chef Laura Bernardi Piovesana

From Prosecco Hills to Pensacola Article by Suzanne Pope | Photography by Addie J Photography In the rolling hills north of Venice, in the small town of Conegliano,  “the Land of Prosecco,”  the world’s most celebrated sparkling wine flows as abundantly as the stories that come from it. This is where Laura Bernardi Piovesana’s story begins, long before Pensacola came to know her as the Italian chef who brings people together around a table, whether that table is in a Gulf Coast kitchen or a...

Life + Culture

Savor The Lifestyle: Leisure

Article by Stephania Streit | Photography by Provided Ainsley Durose, a young pastry chef from the US living in Paris, France, beautifully depicts the classical concept of leisure in her short online travel videos filmed just outside of Paris. In one video, she begins her journey with her beautiful, flowing summer dress, swaying softly back and forth in a rhythmic rock while comfortably draping her slight frame, as she boards the train on this day’s outing in the French countryside. As you...