225 Magazine

11/08/2025

The temperature is dropping and so are new fall foods. Yes, autumn is here, and local restaurants are taking note with seasonal menus 🍎🍁
Check out the pumpkin-free fall food finds Baton Rouge has to offer at the link below.
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https://www.225batonrouge.com/food-drink/non-pumpkin-menu-items-to-snack-on-all-fall-long

11/07/2025

We combed through the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s digital collection of over 200 historic postcards. Here are our favorites. 🐌💌

We’re spoiled when it comes to communication these days. With a few taps, we can chat with long-distance friends and family. At all hours, notifications chime the instant someone is trying to get in touch via text, call, DM or email. In the era before cell phones and high-speed internet, most reli...

11/07/2025

Over the past two decades, we’ve placed 278 editions on newsstands, including our monthly print issues and standalone publications like “225 Extra” and “Tiger Pride.” 📸🗞️
Here’s a look at 20-plus top performing covers that became particularly hard to find from each year we’ve been in print.

Discover 20+ of 225 Magazine’s most popular and hard-to-find covers, celebrating Baton Rouge’s best stories, people and places.

11/07/2025

From sweet cakes to savory pizzas, fall menu items are dropping all over the Capital Region. And while pumpkin flavors seem like an obvious choice, some spots are going away from the popular gourds for other in-season ingredients. 🍎🍁

The temperature is dropping and so are new fall foods. Yes, autumn is here, and local restaurants are taking note with seasonal menus. And while pumpkin flavors seem like an obvious choice, some spots are going away from the popular gourds for other in-season ingredients. Eateries all over the Capit...

11/07/2025

[Sponsored] Here's more from Cardiovascular Institute of the South about venous disease, or venous insufficiency, which occurs when the veins in the legs don’t return blood properly to the heart. About 15 percent of people live with venous disease, often without realizing it.

Sponsored by Cardiovascular Institute of the South Venous disease, or venous insufficiency, occurs when the veins in the legs don’t return blood properly to the heart. Instead, blood flows backward and pools in the legs. Over time, this can cause serious complications if left untreated. About 15 p...

11/06/2025

Over the last few years, The Elegant Needle owner Catherine Pletsch noticed more people coming into the needlepoint shop with the intention of getting off their devices and learning how to eventually make gifts for their friends and family.🧵🪡
Instead of racking up receipts and stalking celebrity gift guides this holiday season, some gift-givers are choosing to make handcrafted presents, like needlepointed pieces, for their loved ones. After all, nothing says a gift is from the heart like one that was handcrafted.
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https://www.225batonrouge.com/style-home/how-local-shop-the-elegant-needle-is-helping-customers-stitch-handmade-holiday-gifts

11/06/2025

The LSU Board of Supervisors selected Wade Rousse to serve as LSU’s next president and James Dalton to serve as the university’s executive vice president and chancellor.
—Reporting by Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

The LSU Board of Supervisors on Tuesday afternoon selected Wade Rousse to serve as LSU’s next president and James Dalton to serve as the university’s executive vice president and chancellor. Rousse has served as president of McNeese State University since July 2024. At McNeese, he also served as...

11/05/2025

Nothing says a gift is from the heart like one that was made by hand🧵🪡 Instead of racking up receipts and stalking celebrity gift guides this holiday season, some gift-givers are choosing to make handcrafted presents for their loved ones. Needlepoint is trending online as crafters show off their handmade ornaments, stockings, bag charms and even dog leashes–all destined to go under the tree. No matter what patrons are looking to gift, local needlepoint store The Elegant Needle’s walls are covered from floor to ceiling in hand-painted canvases of almost every design imaginable. And there’s an entire hall and room dedicated just to Christmas, with ornaments and stocking templates aplenty. Tap the link in our bio to learn more about this nimble-fingered art form.

11/05/2025

When “225” launched in 2005, new suburban projects, fresh energy downtown and an influx of Katrina evacuees gave the city momentum. Two decades later, Baton Rouge is still evolving—culturally, economically and socially—as residents continue to define what life in a capital city should look like. 🏙️📍

Twenty years after asking if Baton Rouge was becoming cosmopolitan, 225 finds the city still evolving and redefining life in Louisiana’s capital.

11/05/2025

Needlepoint is trending online as crafters show off their handmade ornaments, stockings, bag charms and even dog leashes—all destined to go under the tree this season. Here’s how local shop The Elegant Needle caters to both seasoned stitchers and those who are just picking up a needle for the first time. 🧵🪡

Here come the holidays. And here comes holiday shopping. But instead of racking up receipts and stalking celebrity gift guides, some gift-givers are choosing to make handcrafted presents for their loved ones. Needlepoint is trending online as crafters show off their handmade ornaments, stockings, ba...

11/05/2025

[Sponsored] If you’ve ever faced a family law issue like divorce, custody or estate planning, you’ve probably heard a lot of advice from friends, family or even the internet. Here's more from The Law Office of Ivy L. Graham about how family law has changed, and why what worked for your parents or neighbors may not apply today.

Sponsored by The Law Office Of Ivy L. Graham If you’ve ever faced a family law issue like divorce, custody or estate planning, you’ve probably heard a lot of advice from friends, family or even the internet. “Don’t move out, or you’ll be accused of abandonment!” “You need a legal separ...