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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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The Red-Eye Flight Saves You a Hotel Night and Costs You Your Entire First Day. Here’s When It’s Worth It and When It’s Not
A Red-Eye Flight Saves 1 Hotel Night. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a reporting question…
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Rochester, Minnesota Has 70,000 Mayo Clinic Employees and Basically Nothing Else. Here’s What the City Looks Like Behind the Hospital
Rochester Minnesota Is Built Around One Employer With More Than 70,000 Staff. That claim is more useful when it is…
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Northern Wisconsin’s Resorts Don’t Get an Off-Season for Residents — Here’s Why Winter Is the Hardest Part
Northern Wisconsin’s Resort Economy Lasts 12 Months for Residents. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a…
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When Visitors See Only the Border Story, They Miss What the Rio Grande Valley Is First: Home
The Rio Grande Valley Is Home Before It Is a Border Story. That claim is more useful when it is…
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Why Duluth’s East End Can Feel Like Two Different Markets — Prices Shift Block by Block Despite Lake Views and Old Houses
Duluth’s East End Has Lake Views and Older Houses. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a…
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Three Kentucky River Towns Across From Cincinnati Prove the Border Is More Than a Line—Here’s What Changes for Visitors
Kentucky’s Ohio River Towns Face Cincinnati Across the Water. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a…
