What is Life Between Weekends?
Life Between Weekends (or LBW, or LBdubs, for short) is a lifestyle site founded in 2014 with a simple premise: Stop living for Saturday and Sunday. Anxiety used to well inside me as the weekend crept to an end; I dreaded Monday, and I realized I needed to take control of my time.
How could I start making moves toward my dream job?
How could I improve my current 9-to-5, if it wasn’t ideal?
And outside of work, how could I find more joy and meaning in each day? (After all, we’re so much more than what we do for a living.)
With those as my guideposts, I set out to create a site that shared career and life advice from experts, as well as craveworthy recipes (because great food = happiness in my book) and fun things to do, from crafts to places to visit.
As a result, Life Between Weekends (or LBW) is divided into three categories:
- Food: Recipes, food trends and baking/cooking hacks
- Fun: Things to do, fashion/pop culture trends, short stories, “Why Don’t You…” double-dog dares and other entertaining extras
- Fulfillment: Career advice, guides to finding (and getting) your dream job, volunteer work and other ways to live meaningfully
Who Writes This Stuff? (AKA About Us)
Hi! I’m Candace Braun Davison, a writer/editor and content strategist who develops recipes and runs an Airbnb on the side. I’m a bit of a human guinea pig, I suppose—I’m always down to try new things (like candle making, creating costumes for parties and baking pop culture-inspired recipes), which I tend to chronicle here. If the craft, DIY or recipe is too good to keep to myself, you’ll find it here (or PureWow, the incredible women’s lifestyle site I get to contribute to).
You’ll also see posts from my husband, Nate. He runs operations for our Airbnb and has a background in learning and career development, so I often turn to him for insights on those fronts. (I may be biased, but I also think he’s just an all-around awesome person to know.) He’s a hardcore runner and dabbles in 3-D printing and drone photography, so he’s often the voice behind those types of posts, as well as emerging tech/AI.
You’ll also find stories from our network of friends and freelancers. I love featuring new voices on the site, so if you’re interested in contributing, please reach out using the contact form below.
About Our Affiliate Content:
Our posts contain affiliate links, which mean we receive a commission from qualifying items sold through those links. They are all hand-selected by the writer. (Some items are gifted to us for free to test, though our opinions are our own.) We work with Skimlinks, Howl, ShareASale, Rakuten and Amazon Associates. Like Skimlinks, Howl, ShareASale and Rakuten, as an Amazon Associate we earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps fund the operation of this website.
Our Image Use Policy:
Working on a roundup or want to otherwise feature an image from our website on yours? I’m all for it. I only own the full rights to images credited to Candace Braun Davison/Nathan Davison (which includes pretty much all of my DIYs, reviews and recipes), so you can only use one of those images. And, when you do, all I ask is that you link back to the page where it appears.
Not sure how to tell if it’s my image or not? Look for the italicized photo credit underneath the first image in the story. (If all images are by Nate or me, I will put one credit under the first pic. If they vary, each image will have its proper credit.)
If you’re calling out a recipe or DIY, please don’t copy and paste the post or the full tutorial on your site. You can summarize it or list the ingredients.
Any other questions on that front? Reach out using the contact form below.
Contact Us:
We’re always looking for new contributors, story ideas, advertising/sponsorship opportunities and pen pals, so feel free to write to us at any time using the form below, or by emailing me (Candace) directly: candace [at] lifebetweenweekends.com.
You can also follow us (or DM us) on Instagram: @lifebetweenweekends.
