Author: candacebd
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Forget Resolutions: Set 2025 Off Right with a ‘TOP’ Assessment
If you’re hung up on your 2025 resolutions & goals, try the TOP assessment. These 3 questions will help you home in on what you really want.
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Review: Is the Laithwaites Wine Subscription Worth It?
Whether you’re scrolling Instagram or simply picking up your mail, you’re probably getting bombarded with wine delivery services. From Winc to Firstleaf, vino subscription services abound, and as we try each one, we’ll share our honest review. First up: Laithwaites. The Deal: As an introductory offer, you can score eight bottles of wine—red, white or…
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The Ultimate Green & Goldies Cookies for USF Fans
With the holidays approaching, we wanted to share a throwback to one of my favorite recipes from The Collegiate Cook: USF Gameday Recipes, the cookbook Nate and I developed in 2014. It’s designed for University of South Florida fans—hence its green and gold color scheme—though I’ll be honest: You could sub in any color combo…
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The Thrill of the (Thanksgiving Turkey) Hunt
Every November, it’s turkey-hunting season for my father. He prefers shopping carts to shot guns, but he hunts all the same. “The meat manager at Publix says they’re going to have the biggest birds ever this year,” my father announces. Whether we’re cooking for six or sixty, he abides by one mantra: The larger the…
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‘Night at the Roxbury,’ ‘Talladega Nights’—Will Ferrell’s Roles Make for Great Costumes
We’re a little over a week out from Halloween, and you haven’t settled on a costume. Squid Game seemed like an easy win—until you realized everyone you know is dressing up that way. You want a pop culture costume everyone will get right away (because how annoying is it to explain who you’re supposed to…
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31 Halloween Zoom Scavenger Hunt Ideas
When it comes to online icebreakers, you really can’t beat a Zoom scavenger hunt. They may seem overdone, but they’re the fastest way to get people moving—and engaged, rather than secretly scrolling other sites mid-call. Plus, it’s low pressure, and you learn a lot about each other in the process. So, if you’re planning an…
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‘Mythic Quest’-Inspired Halloween Costume Ideas
It’s hard to believe we’re already on the final day of the 13 Days of Halloween! We figured we’d close things out with an Apple TV+ show that never fails to crack us up: Mythic Quest. ICYMI—which, given the severe lack of programming on Apple TV, we wouldn’t blame you—the comedy follows a group of…
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2021’s Breakout Halloween Costume: ‘Squid Game’-Inspired Styles
If your TikTok feed is suddenly full of dalgona candy and green-and-white tracksuits, blame it on Squid Game. The thriller—about 456 people, all in serious debt, who agree to compete in a series of basic games to win a cash prize (or die trying)—became an instant hit on Netflix after its debut. And, since it’s…
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‘Matilda’-Inspired Costume Ideas (Because The Book/Movie Is Criminally Underrated)
Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ is iconic, and we’re paying homage to the book—and 90s movie adaptation—with Matilda costume ideas (including the Trunchbull), sourcing clothes from Amazon. That way you can get them with two-day shipping!
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Jack Skellington-Inspired Hot Cocoa Bombs
If you want to dress up as Jack, Sally, or even Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas this Halloween, there’s no shortage of off-the-rack costumes you can buy from, well, just about anywhere (from Amazon to Hot Topic to Walmart). But if you’re really looking to go all out this year—or simply host an epic…
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‘Cruella’-Inspired Costume Ideas
Disney’s prequel to 101 Dalmations is all about the wardrobe. So much so, in fact, that there are licensed sewing patterns to help you recreate every major look from the film. But if you’re not so crafty, there’s an easier way. We’ll show you how, with these Cruella-inspired costume ideas, all based off of Emma…
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Borrow Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Look This Halloween
At an event where everyone spends hours—if not days or weeks—preparing to be seen, Kim Kardashian’s 2021 Met Gala look stood out for doing the exact opposite: She covered up entirely, head to toe. And in doing so, became one of the most talked-about looks of the night. She was lauded by Vogue for the…
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