Author: candacebd
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How “Cultural Firestorms” Turned Goop Into An Empire
It started out as a passing curiosity, but then, a couple thousand words later, I was in — and hooked. Sure, I’d read Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop newsletter before, and I’d even spent a week cooking meals from her latest cookbook, It’s All Easy, for a Delish story, but I’d fallen out of touch with her…
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Frontiers: 7 Places You Need To Hit Up In Los Angeles
There are so many things to do and see in Los Angeles that it can be hard to narrow it down to just a few ways to spend your time. Let this be your guide.
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The Little Detail That Sets ‘Making It’ Apart From Other Competition Shows
Let me go right out and say it: I don’t like most home decor shows. Or reality competition shows. Both tend to be wallpaper TV to me; something you put on in the background to have some ambient noise while you unload the dishwasher or fold laundry. I don’t get invested. Or that interested, for…
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What I Wish I Knew Before Booking A Norwegian Cruise Lines Vacation
For years, I’ve dreamed of visiting Greece. The aqua-to-turquoise waters, the blue-domed white buildings, the culture, the pastichio — so this year, Nate and I set out to make it happen. There were so many places I wanted to see that the cost of hopping from island to island started to add up quickly, and…
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My Weird, Wild Trip Down The Oregon Trail
If you grew up during the ’90s, chances are you played Oregon Trail, the educational video game where you did little more than press buttons and ration your spendings (and meals) until you either made the 2,200-mile trek … or died of dysentery. And it seemed like everyone died of dysentery. So much so that…
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How One Parkland Student Uses Photography To Grieve, Cope, And Heal
It’s a small, one-page article, but it’s the most powerful one I’ve read in Elle all year. The magazine’s June issue featured a 200ish-word essay from Kyra Parrow, a photographer and student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. For four years, she’d been capturing her high school experience through the lens of a camera, snapping…
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Check Out Google’s Pop-Up Mini Golf Course
One of the best parts of summer is uncovering fun things to do that were totally off your radar — a street fair, a chance encounter with the ice cream truck, an impromptu cookout with friends. Google gets that (and the need for surprising marketing tactics that help sell its products), and this season, the…
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Birthday Cake Monster Cookies
This whole experiment started because I bought one too many cake mixes. I know, I know — who does that, and when is it ever a problem?! The thing is, since it’s just Nate and me at home, there isn’t much of a need for an entire vanilla cake. Plus, I’m less of a cake…
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A Better Way To Think About “Work-Life Balance”
I’ve chased it for years, and I know you have too. Everyone talks about the elusive “work-life balance,” that magical state where you can put in just as much into your home life as you do your career, coming out on top in both arenas. A year or two after Lean In came out, and…
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The Most Fun Workout You’ll Have This Summer
I’m not someone who looks forward to exercising. In fact, I dread it to the point that an hour before every OrangeTheory class I took during my 6-month run with it, I’d come up with a litany of excuses why I couldn’t possibly hit the gym that night: I’d just eaten, I’m too tired, I’m…
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Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts
I know what you’re thinking: Brussels Sprouts are the foul, tiny cabbage-like roughage every cartoon rails against from the moment you’re old enough to sit through an entire episode of Looney Tunes. You’re conditioned not to like them, and there’s no way, no how you’re going to start eating them now. I’ve felt the same…
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What’s Inside Fab Fit Fun’s Summer 2018 Box
It’s hard to scroll Instagram without coming across an influencer — or an ad — promoting Fab Fit Fun’s subscription boxes. After trying Birchbox for nearly two years (and with friends who’ve extensively reviewed other brands), I always wondered: Can it live up to the hype? Do you really get more than $50 worth of…
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