Below you’ll find links to some of Spencer’s work. Here you can visit the magazines Spencer oversees, read articles and view TV segments about weddings, travel, etiquette, arts, entertainment and all other things lifestyle, as well as a couple of more news oriented pieces.
If you don’t find what you’re seeking, want to see more or notice broken links and would be so kind as to report them, email Spencer at penfemme@gmail.com.
Enjoy!
Melanie
As editor of New Orleans Bride Magazine, Spencer strives to bring the best and most luxurious services, ideas and inspiration to the city’s sophisticated brides.
Louisiana Life magazine, issue archive (managing editor)
Acadiana Profile magazine, issue archive (managing editor)
New Orleans Homes, magazine, issue archive (editor)
New Orleans Bride Magazine, issue archive(editor)
Bon Vivant blog (Spencer’s blog about living well and artfully in New Orleans and beyond), MyNewOrleans.Com
Ardent Spirits, installment of “Along the Way” column that publishes in each issue of Louisiana Life magazine
Southern Charm, installment of monthly Biz Etiquette Column in Biz New Orleans Magazine.
“Julia Reed’s South: Spirited Entertaining and High-Style Fun All Year Long,” by Julia Reed, Rizzoli New York, 2016. Images by Paul Costello
Julia Reed’s South: An Interview with the Author about her book, the New Orleans food scene and learning to make cocktails as a child in Mississippi, Bon Vivant
High Rollin’: VIPs live large in Louisiana’s luxurious casinos, Louisiana Life Magazine
Light and Day: An uptown villa glimmers with sunny interiors and sumptuous surfaces, New Orleans Homes & Living Magazine
Cajun boucherie story for Acadiana Profile Magazine
Lâche Pas: Sustaining and spreading the tradition of Cajun boucherie, Acadiana Profile Magazine (This piece won an International Regional Magazine Award of Merit for an Arts & Culture feature)
Booze News: Taking the Drink & Learn Class at Broussard’s, New Orleans Magazine
Proof of Pampering: A burgeoning spa business is rubbing it in, New Orleans Magazine
Lifelike, review of Blanton Museum exhibit in Austin, Arts + Culture Texas magazine
Timely Twists: Houston textile designer Rusty Arena celebrates 25 colorful years, ModernLuxury Interiors Texas
Houston Brides Magazine Fall/Winter 2013 (editor in chief) – ModernLuxury
Easy Southern Escapes, Spencer’s former column for ShermansTravel
Easy Southern Escapes it the weekly column about charming Southern towns Spencer pens for ShermansTravel.
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Houston, Texas – Reuters
In Armstrong’s Austin, Beer-fueled disappointment – Reuters
Former first lady Barbara Bush: ‘I’m tired now of the elections’ – Chicago Tribune
White House kids talk growing up presidential – Austin American-Statesman
Red carpet, choppers, champagne greet Formula One in Texas – Reuters
Spencer interviewed author Lisa Birnbach, who wrote the seminal work, “The Official Preppy Handbook,” and its sequel, “True Prep.”
Prep is back: Old is new again 30 years later with author of ‘True Prep’ – Austin American-Statesman
Houstonians have long embraced sleek, sexy mid-century design – Houston Chronicle
Butlers leading a life of intrigue in service to Houston’s upper crust – Houston Chronicle
Western wear isn’t just for the rodeo: The cool kids don pearl snaps – Houston Chronicle
Melanie Warner Spencer 