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Finding a neighborhood bar / coffee shop on vacation
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Resist the urge to tick another place off your list - find a spot you like, pretend you live in the neighborhood and go back every single day / night
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8d
Life Hacks
Take public transit to the airport, splurge on an uber on your way home
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Split the difference + give yourself a little more $ to spend on your trip!
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4w
Life Hacks
Being a Barbecue-tarian
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Defined as being vegetarian but eating barbecue. Life’s too short and barbecue is too delicious
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5w
Life Hacks
Doing your makeup in Sephora
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You’re busy, you’re out and about, you don’t have time to go home and do your makeup!
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6w
Life Hacks
Weigh your baking ingredients
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This rec is coming to you live as I re-bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies after miscalculating the number of cups of flour I needed
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8w
Life Hacks
You don’t have to be good at art to do it
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This watercolor of a carousel I did looks like a deranged horse and who cares!
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8w
Life Hacks
Stopping on your run to take a picture
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I used to think stopping in the middle of a run was a cardinal sin that negated the entire thing. Turns out stopping for 10 seconds won’t actually affect your overall pace (you might even get faster) and you get to capture ma nature in all her glory!
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8w
Life Hacks
Eating a nectarine over the sink
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Nectarines > peaches and that is a hill I am fully prepared to die on
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9w
Life Hacks
Not having white sheets
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Be bold!
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10w
Life Hacks
Watching house hunters international while you fold your laundry
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The episodes are only 20 mins, plus if you miss something, you don’t need to worry because it will be recapped at least 3 times
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11w
Life Hacks
Having a Stoop Sale
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Sell some clothes for $5, make at least one new friend
11w
Life Hacks
Ena
NOT connecting to the in-flight wifi
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Planes are the last frontier that email has not reached. Keep it that way!
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12w
Life Hacks
Refill fancy hand soap bottles with the cheap stuff
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No one has to know!
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12w
Life Hacks
Aya C
Always bring a swimsuit!
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12w
Life Hacks
Just Jump In
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Wading is a waste of time
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14w
Life Hacks
Becca Mandy
Making Coffee Cubes for Iced Coffee
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14w
Life Hacks
Design Your Dream Summer
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SUMMER SHOULD BE FUN
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15w
Life Hacks
Keep Moving Forward
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One of my mom’s friends has a mantra for when you have travel mishaps (cancelled / delayed / re-routed flights): keep moving forward. I like to also apply it to life. This Charley Mackesy drawing illustrates (literally) the same point.
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15w
Life Hacks
Making a to-do list
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Have been known to write something on the list after already completing it, solely for the immense pleasure of crossing it off. Sue me!
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16w
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Making popcorn on the stove
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Top with nutritional yeast and salt 👩🏼🍳
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16w
Life Hacks
Keep a pair of socks in your sleeping bag when camping
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do not, under any circumstances, wear them out of the sleeping bag!
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16w
Life Hacks
Keep a copy of the New Yorker on you at all times
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More lightweight than a book, and when you finish an issue you can toss it in the recycling or leave it behind for others to enjoy!
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16w
Life Hacks
Putting sunscreen on your hands
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The girlies back home in Kentucky have resorted to wearing driving gloves. I’m not there . . . yet!
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16w
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Using store bought brownie mix and adding fancy toppings
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Crushed peppermints during the holidays, freeze dried raspberries for galentines, maldon sea salt the rest of the year. I’ve made brownies from scratch and they simply aren’t as good. In the words of our Lord and savior, Ina Garten, “store bought is fine!”
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16w
Life Hacks
Using bread to sop up leftover sauce
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“Scarpetta” in Italian. Not to be confused with the new Nicole Kidman show!
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16w
Life Hacks
Strega Nona
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Strega Nona is the best character to make iPhone stickers with. Apparently this Etsy shop also makes literal Strega Nona stickers. Che bella!
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17w
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Putting clean sheets on your bed before you leave for vacation
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Future you will thank you!
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17w
Life Hacks
Bathroom Map
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Otherwise, just walk into any hotel with confidence
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17w
Life Hacks
Keeping a shim in your purse to steady uneven tables at restaurants
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My mom’s best friend puts them in little plastic ziplocks with a laminated piece of paper that says “WEDGE” you put on the table so you don’t forget it. I once used it at torrisi to great effect!
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17w
Life Hacks
Not Brushing Your Hair
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In first grade my art teacher told me she thought it was great I never brushed my hair. I took it as a compliment then, and according to this nyt article I was also way ahead of the trend. via Cup of Jo aka @joanna goddard
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