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A Documentary About The Important Things
“We spend so much time on the hunt, but nothing ever quite does it for us. And we get so wrapped up in the hunt, that it kind of makes us miserable.” – Dan Harris Ok, so maybe not the most uplifting words for my first blog post of 2017, but stick with me! First, before…
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Links I’m Loving and What I’m Looking Forward to: November (+ Gift Guide Ideas!)
Hello and happy November! I hope you’re all having a relatively stress-free and enjoyable month before the holidays are here full force. By now, you’re probably getting ready for your Thanksgiving festivities and have begun your holiday shopping. It’s a busy time of the year, but also *in my opinion* the most fun and best…
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Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Philadelphia is a city filled to the brim with art. It’s home to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with the famous Rocky steps, along with the Barnes Foundation, Rodin Museum, and many others. Philly is also the mural capital of America, where you can find huge, stunning murals on seemingly every street. One of my favorite pieces…
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Visit Covent Garden, London
If you happen to ever find yourself in London, your visit has to include a stop to Covent Garden, the popular shopping, dining and performing area in the West End. It’s quite easy to spend an entire day here exploring and enjoying the sights. I spent the day enjoying a pint at The White Lion pub,…
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Travel By Yourself – Experience a Solo Vacation
One thing I’ve always wanted to do in life is to take a trip by myself. As in a new city, foreign country, doing it on my own kind of trip. It’s an idea that’s so terrifying yet so exciting at the same time. I’ll be getting a partial taste of such a trip this…
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Memorable Music: Adele
Once every so often, we come across a performance so beautiful, so chilling and so stunning we can’t help but to be moved. This is one of those performances. Adele’s iconic “Someone Like You” is one of those songs that tugs on the heart strings no matter how many times we’ve heard it. I tear…
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Saturation & Contrast: Filtering Ourselves on Instagram
Instagram is seemingly a world of its own; a universe filled with perfectly filtered selfies, landscapes, food and designer #OOTD. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Instagram requires more consistency, curation and cleverness in order to make a bigger impact. That impact is most often measured in likes and comments. Social media is fascinating; people truly open…
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How To Cope When Parks and Rec Ends
When we all came to realize that this is the final season of Parks & Rec, we pretty much felt like this: And with yesterday, February 13th, being the historic and sacred holiday of Galentine’s Day, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to prepare ourselves for the inevitable end. You might experience a dark time post-P&R and…
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Definitive Divas
I’ve been searching for some blogging inspiration for the past few days and thought about all of the things I love in life – food, travel, music – when I realized it’s been some time since I wrote a musical post – musical theatre to be exact. So today, I decided to write about several female…
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How To Spend Your Snow Day
If luck should have it that your classes have been canceled or you’re off from work due to the white stuff falling from the sky, you’ll have an entire day to spend how you please. Snow days are the perfect day to relax, get things done, or do a mix of both things. Here’s my list…