About 40 guests noshed on cheese and crackers Thursday at the grand opening of the women’s accessories store Girlie Girl Shop at 97 Audubon St. Merieta Bayati, who co-owns the shop with her fiancé, ...

Before she opened the Girlie Girl Shop, some of her family members and friends treated her ambition as nothing more than a pipe dream, says the 26-year-old Bayati. They were especially skeptical of ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - A Lake Charles woman is hoping to impact the lives of young girls and women. “Who feel that they’re not pretty enough, who feel like they don’t fit in, this is for them,” ...