Living
Take A Local Vacation
You can appreciate this city in a whole new way if you book a rental house or a boutique hotel in the Nulu area of town. We found three rentable spots that can move you out of the suburbs for the night and into this growing area of fun and shopping. Hotel Distil...
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Try a Solo Trip
"At first you feel awkward...then after a while you just begin to live." At 24, I've traveled alone twice journeying to Mexico and — most recently — Cuba. Traveling alone means that in the most practical ways, you don’t have the luxury of depending on someone familiar...
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Catch Up & Curl Up
If you’re like me, 2019 went by in such a blur that it was difficult to keep up with the books, TV, and music that everyone was talking about. Last year brought us Lizzo and Billie Eilish, not to mention the final season of Game of Thrones and Margaret Atwood’s The...
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Fond of Louisville: 4 International Foods You Have to Try This Month
Madeleine Dee (AKA The Seasoned Cynic) is the owner of Fond, Fond Originals, and Bold BirdProductions. You can watch her cooking show, Easy Elegance, on YouTube. Subscribe to her website for recipes, stories, and videos here. A new year is upon us, and it’s so...
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What Can We Learn From International Influencers – Damaris Phillips
She Makes You Laugh While She Teaches You How To CookLouisville’s own Damaris Phillips (@chefphillips, @bluebirdandblackberries) first rose to fame and popularity in 2013 when she won the ninth season of the Food Network TV series Food Network Star. From there she...
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What Birthday Trip Would You Take?
She chose the Greek Islands full of sun, sights, and stairs Whenever a sibling in the Mikan family turns 40, they get to choose a destination for an epic birthday bash. They’ve celebrated birthdays in Costa Rica, London, and Vegas. This past August it was Sondra’s...
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You’re Invited: Get Your Galentine’s Party Tickets Here
Join us on Galentine’s Day as we celebrate our 28th Birthday and the anniversary of the Women’s Rights Movement. You will spend your evening networking with the community, listening to motivational speakers, and have chances to win some amazing giveaways and door...
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Fond of Lou: Chocolate Pretzel Crinkle Cookies
My grandmother’s name was Norma Lee. She was warm, gentle, clever, funny, and talented. Most importantly, she expressed herself and her love for others with food. When she passed away, she took a part of me with her, and I only recently accepted that she’s gone. In...
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Just Ask Joyce: Should This Couple Get Back Together?
Q: “How do I know if I can trust someone who has lied to me and has almost cheated on me? My boyfriend showed up four hours late and said his phone had been without service all day and he couldn’t return my messages. When he got in the shower, a text appeared on his...
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Travel to New Zealand
Katie and Jake stand on Roy's Peak Pike in New Zealand.Katie McBroom’s experience in New Zealand can be summarized through a single story. Ten days into her epic outdoor adventure with her husband Jake, they decided to embark on a hike through the Tongariro Alpine...
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Is Your Baby Keeping You Up at Night?
Maggie Moore had a loving marriage, the perfect pregnancy, and an easy delivery. Motherhood, she assumed, would be a joyous and magical experience — the climax to a perfect story. And then her son was born, and he would not sleep. Like, ever. She and her husband would...
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Find Peace, Beauty, and History in the Orkney Islands
It was a 2014 National Geographic cover story that planted the seed of travelling to Scotland’s Orkney Islands, but perhaps the longing was something more primitive, tied inexplicably to Wendy Sirchio’s ancestral roots. What else would make a solo trip to the remote...
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