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Q1908 Recipe: Recreating The Fairmont Empress 1908 Gin Cocktail From Our Trip To Canada

Last Christmas, my husband and I visited Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. We stayed at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, which is a stunning historic castle hotel next to the harbor.…

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Vikingsholm Trail: Tips For Hiking To Lake Tahoe’s Castle on Emerald Bay

You can’t see it from the road above as you drive into Emerald Bay, but tucked on the shore & hidden among trees is the Vikingsholm Castle. This Scandinavia-style castle…

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23 San Francisco Facts: Interesting, Wacky & Delightful Facts About SF

Obviously I’m biased since I live here, but San Francisco is just so unbelievably cool. It’s like an onion – layers and layers to this city. At first glance, you…

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Outdoor Voices Review: A Curvy Girl’s Honest Thoughts On This Trendy Athleisure Brand

Outdoor Voices: the chic, colorful athleisure brand that I feel like popped up overnight and is now everywhere I look. Online and in real life, too. But, are they worth…

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Robin’s Easy Homemade Pickles

When I met Robin 9 years ago, he could just barely manage to whip together a Kraft box of mac and cheese. Fast forward and now he’s such a talented…

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Weekend Diaries: Tennessee Valley Hike in the Marin Headlands

I woke up at 6am on Sunday morning to get ready for an early morning Tennessee Valley hike with a friend. (Slow morning fog drifting out the window, hot coffee,…

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The Nature Hashtags That Will Get You On The Explore Page (2020)

Calling all wanderbabes, adventure bros and nature photographers! This post is for you! I’ve been blogging & Instagramming for over five years and used popular hashtags to grow @thewhimsysoul to…

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Where To View Colorful San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds

I kept thinking: this isn’t real. I’m on Mars. From the distance, they just look like normal ponds in the middle of a field, but upon walking closer, the water…

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Mezger Family Zinnia Patch: A Pay-It-Forward Flower Field Near Woodland

The thermometer read 94 degrees as we rolled up to the Mezger Family Zinnia Patch outside Woodland, California. There were a few people in the flower field picking blooms and…

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Araceli’s Lavender Gin Fizz: A Tasty AF Lavender Cocktail Recipe

This summer I visited a lavender farm in Northern California and I took home some culinary lavender buds. I spent the drive back home brainstorming the perfect cocktail recipe for…

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