Category: Fun
Add a little more joy to your weekday with posts designed to bring out the fun in your life, featuring things to do, easy party ideas, games and more
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Add This to Your Bucket List: The Lantern Fest
Chances are, you or least 12 people you know have taken part in a themed 5K or obstacle course within the past two years. (Heck, the thought of being splashed with colorful powders like a human tie-dye t-shirt was enough to sign up, and I consider running a form of Sisyphean torture.) Now, though, there’s…
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Creative Outlet: What the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) Is Really Like
If you’ve even been to a Ren Fest, there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed the Society of Creative Anachronism at work (or play). Here’s what goes down.
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Frontiers: A Gothic Tour of New Orleans
In our second installment of Frontiers, blogger Meghan R. Rose lets us tag along on her trip to New Orleans (AKA NOLA), where she takes in all the city has to offer, from beignets to voodoo museums. Frontiers: New Orleans, LA For the last months of 2014, my man and I had been planning a trip to New…
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7 Ways to Be Your Own Valentine
You don’t need to be in a relationship to enjoy that red, pink and all-things-heart-shaped holiday known as Valentine’s Day. In fact, it’s a perfect excuse to #treatyoself. (But if you are in a relationship, you could always just forward these ideas to your partner in crime.) Here are just a few Valentine’s Day gift…
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Frontiers: 8 Reasons You Must Visit Chicagoland
Introducing a new series at Life Between Weekends: Frontiers! We’re convinced that everyone has their own version of the city they live in — places they love to eat, visit and hang out at that you absolutely can’t miss — so in each edition, we’ll ask one person to give us a tour of their…
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Happy Monday! Get Free Chipotle Today
Turns out, there is such a thing as a free lunch, though your lunch isn’t techinically free today. If you order an entree featuring sofritas — a shredded tofu that’s braised with chipotle chilis, roasted poblano peppers and spices — on Monday, Jan. 26th, make sure you ask for the receipt. Show it to Chipotle…
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One Awesome Thing You Can Do for Your Body (and Brain) Today
Deep down, we all have a “should” list. It’s the 392-plus things we tell ourselves we should start doing, often once a day: floss more, read more, keep a journal, get eight hours’ sleep, start an Instagram photo-a-day challenge. The list seems to continually keep growing, and bit by bit, your day is gobbled up,…
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10 Shows on Netflix Worth the Time Commitment
Sometimes, you just crave a little veg-out time, where you can get lost in a great show…and then obsessively talk about it to every friend, relative or unsuspecting-person-walking-his-dog you meet. We get it. For those chilly nights when you’d just rather stay in, consider tuning in to one of these treats:
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An Inside Look at Epiphany in Tarpon Springs, FL
Since we posted our Tarpon Springs tour and Epiphany preview, we thought we’d share the highlights for anyone who couldn’t make it. Growing up in Tarpon, I never realized how unique the Greek Orthodox Epiphany celebration was — or how relatively unfamiliar most people were with it — but that became crystal clear when a…
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Instant Happiness Boost: Taylor Swift-mas Is A Thing
You deserve to spend the next six minutes and eleven seconds feeling all gooey-happy-emotional (or as the kids say on Tumblr, get all the feelz). Even if you can’t stand Taylor Swift, you need to see what she did for “Swiftmas.” especially right around the 3:45 mark.
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