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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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Fredericksburg, Virginia Has More Civil War History per Square Mile Than Anywhere Else in America. Here’s Whether That’s Enough to Build a Trip Around
Fredericksburg, Virginia sits 50 miles south of Washington DC in the Rappahannock River valley. Between December 1862 and May 1864,…
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9 Things That Go Wrong on International Travel Days — And How to Prevent Every One
International travel days are longer, more complex, and higher-stakes than domestic travel. A missed connection in Frankfurt doesn’t have the…
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New Orleans in October Is the Best Month the Tourist Brochures Don’t Tell You About
New Orleans is marketed primarily around Mardi Gras (February), Jazz Fest (spring), and the summer tourist season. What the marketing…
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Death Valley Is the Hottest Place on Earth. Here’s When It Becomes One of the Best National Park Trips
Death Valley National Park holds the world record for highest reliably recorded air temperature — 134°F in 1913 at Furnace…
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Corpus Christi Has 60 Miles of Texas Coastline That Most Beach Tourists Drive Past on the Way to South Padre
Most Texas beach tourists know two destinations: Galveston (too close to Houston to ignore) and South Padre Island (the spring…
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What Americans Got Wrong About Portugal — And Why It’s Not the Deal It Was 5 Years Ago
Portugal was, for a decade, the word that every budget-conscious American Europe traveler knew. “Why pay Paris prices when you…
