Author: candacebd
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9 Websites for Creative Gift Ideas
Inevitably, every holiday season, there’s someone on your list who stumps you. Maybe even multiple people (eek). If you’ve exhausted all of your usual haunts, and you’re still stuck on gift ideas, these sites may help. They’re some of my favorites for coming up with fun, unexpected-yet-awesome gifts. For the girly girl: Draper James If you…
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Accidentally Awesome Fudge Pecan Pie Bars
When it comes to Thanksgiving pies, only one matters in my family’s household: Chocolate pudding pie. It’s my dad’s specialty; so coveted he has to make two whole desserts (plus several pudding cups) to keep us from stabbing each other with forks, fighting for each morsel. I’m only just barely exaggerating here. The only one…
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You Don’t Need to Dissect Your Failures
Whenever something doesn’t turn out as planned, I typically overanalyze it until I make myself crazy. I intend to learn from the mistakes and move on, but my problem is that I rarely see the mistake, acknowledge it and keep moving forward. I pretend to do that, while inside, a tape recorder plays, looping the…
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Turkey Cheese Dip Is The Perfect Winter Appetizer
I’ve been obsessed with tracking down the recipe for a friend-of-a-friend’s turkey cheese dip ever since I first tried it when I was 12 at a holiday party. It was just the right combination of gooey, melty cheese, crusty sourdough (it was served in a bread bowl, after all) and fresh, white meat turkey. My…
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Letting Your Goals Lapse
At the beginning of this year, I challenged myself to post three times per week, Monday through Wednesday, no matter what. So far, I’ve stuck to that goal, even if it means staying up well past a respectable bed time or writing some quick, haphazard post just to say I published something. But this week,…
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20 Questions to Kickstart Conversation
The holiday season is upon us, which can make for some awkward small-talk — particularly at parties where you don’t know a soul. I asked around, and here are some fun questions that can get anyone talking. And if they don’t? Move along to the next person you see — you’re probably just dealing with…
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11 Signs You’re Watching an Early 2000’s Music Video
Sometimes you just need an impromptu dance party. NEED one. You just have to shake off the craziness of the day — or maybe add an exclamation point to the end of an already incredible one. In the midst of one such shut-up-and-dance moment, I found myself mesmerized by early 2000s music videos. The songs…
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What’s the Deal with Bulletproof Coffee?
People have been buzzing about bulletproof coffee — AKA adding butter and/or oil to your java — for a few years now, but the more I interview people for Delish.com, the more often it keeps bubbling up. (Go ahead, facepalm at my bad pun; I’m sure I have more percolating.) It came up again last week,…
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The Most Powerful Magazine Cover I’ve Seen in Months
By and large, magazines are still sold by their front pages. The face that graces the cover can make or break sales, which is why most of the time, every glossy you see will feature a celebrity striking a power pose. This month, Relevant took a very different — and refreshing — approach. The cover features…
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5 Movies to Watch on Netflix This Month
Some nights, you just want to veg out and mindlessly enjoy some quality entertainment — preferably without paying movie theater prices. Or having to put on pants. We get it. Here are some great shows and movies to catch on Netflix over the next few weeks:
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Frontiers: 9 Reasons to Be Obsessed with Portland, ME
Get the most out of a long weekend in Portland, ME, with fun things to do, sights to see and the best places to eat in town in Maine.
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Goals Check-In
At the beginning of the year, when I launched this blog, I set some wildly ambitious (and, okay, maybe unrealistic) goals for myself, and I encouraged anyone who’s reading to do the same. Yup, I get all rah-rah, “let’s do this!” about benchmarking my future and planning things out. Maybe it has to do with…
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