The latest positive local news from East Lothian: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida Edinburgh.
Archerfield Walled Garden is stocking honey from hives on its own estate and welcoming back a former cafe chef, Amy French, with her new business Bakes by Frenchie.
Haddington Pipe Band has launched Let Us Play, its 2027 fundraising calendar, featuring the band's first performance at Edinburgh Castle and copies bound for as far afield as New Zealand.
East Lothian outdoor adventure company Wild Cairns has been picked for Small Business Saturday's Nation's Favourite Businesses line-up, months after launching a pay-it-forward youth access fund.
Haddington Concert Society, founded in 1986, has marked 40 years and 300 concerts with an anniversary season at St Mary's Kirk, including a specially commissioned piano work.
Aberlady boutique hotel The Leddie has hosted its first wellness retreat with walks through Aberlady Bird Reserve and forest bathing at Gosford, alongside creative evenings with local makers.
Gullane's Fidra Fine Art is showing work by 24 professional members of Visual Arts Scotland until 29 November, in what the gallery calls probably its most varied exhibition yet.
Family-run Dunmuir Hotel on Newhouse Terrace in Dunbar has been awarded a bronze Green Tourism Award after working with East Lothian Council to make the business more sustainable.
North Berwick's Bare Beauty, a holistic garden courtyard studio, is a finalist for Beauticians of the Year at the 15th Scottish Hair & Beauty Awards, with winners revealed in December.
Clifftop cafe Drift at Canty Bay, near North Berwick, featured in the opening episode of More4's Scotland's Golden Coast, with owners Jo and Stuart McNicol showing life behind the scenes.
Inclusive Musselburgh cycling club In-Tandem East Lothian has bought six new tandems, including an electric-assist model, and is inviting disabled riders and volunteer pilots to come and try them.
Dunbar Art Route, the open studio trail running from West Barns through Belhaven into Dunbar, returned in October with more than 60 artists across 32 creative spaces.
Dunbar Music Festival, which dates back to 1988, filled the East Lothian town with almost 60 free gigs across 18 venues, from pubs and hotels to community spaces.
The Brunton has curated a series of autumn afternoon concerts at Musselburgh's Northesk Church, mixing harp, Lieder and Irving Berlin with a cup of tea afterwards.
North Berwick's former Nether Abbey Hotel has reopened as The Bass & Barrel, a dog-friendly pub, restaurant and 12-bedroom hotel built around seafood, Scotch steaks and a classic pub welcome.
East Lothian's Yester Farm Dairies, run by Simon and Jackie McCreery, has won the Farmers Weekly Diversification Farmer of the Year award for turning its milk into cheese and yoghurt.
Verdant Parks is investing a record £4 million in Thurston Manor Holiday Park near Innerwick, adding a swimming pool, padel court, adventure golf and a new entertainment complex by Easter.