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Guest Blog Posts:

Life List: Learn to Use a Knife
The Chopping Blog

The Anticipation of a RTW Trip
Meet, Plan, Go!

Interviews and Features:

Solo Female Travel: Traveling Alone in Guatemala as a Woman
Her Packing List

Competitive Eater Valerie ‘Valkyrie’ Bromann: Exclusive Interview
Tailgate Fan

Girls that go! An interview with Val Bromann of Choosing Figs
Go! Girl Guides

Radio interview
WLS Chicago

From fandom to Nathan’s
Rake & Herald

Hot dogs, cold shrimps
Rake & Herald

Meet Val Bromann & Her Eagle Creek Explorer LT
Her Packing List

Photo Friday: Career Break Timeline
Meet, Plan, Go!

Lists:

Travel Blogs I Love
Caroline Made This

Top 100 Travellers to follow on Social Media for 2014
ChilliSauce

4 Totally Biased Travel Blogs to Watch in 2014
Rexy Edventures

My Top 10 Travel Bloggers To Follow In 2014
Backpacker Banter

Speaking at Meet, Plan, Go Chicago

Meet Plan Go! Chicago 2012 Panelist
Read my take here.

Watch me on NBC Chicago Morning News.

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I turned forty this week and let’s just say I wa

I turned forty this week and let’s just say I wasn’t exactly looking forward to my birthday this year 😭😭😭 I guess I just always felt like by now I’d have everything a little more together than *looks around* this. I always try to write a birthday blog post each year so go to the link in my bio if you want to read more of me whining about getting old. 🤣

Today was my 40th birthday so I celebrated the bes

Today was my 40th birthday so I celebrated the best way I could right now: by eating my feelings... 😭
1: cupcakes from @sweetmandybs
2: breakfast of a croissant from @laboulangeriechicago and my free birthday @starbucks
3: lunch of chicken and mashed potatoes and corn muffins from @honeybutterchi
4: dinner of pork belly and cauliflower from @thewarblerchicago
5: even more cupcakes from @mollyscupcakes

Am I going to “celebrate” my birthday today? A

Am I going to “celebrate” my birthday today? Am I going to witness the start of a civil war?
Either way, if you need me today I’ll be in my bedroom crying under my covers.

Morning routine. 🐈 🐈‍⬛ 🛁

Morning routine.
🐈 🐈‍⬛ 🛁

How we feel about the Starbucks pistachio latte. 😋

So basically I need to stop standing in my own way

So basically I need to stop standing in my own way.

Happy 2021! 🎉 Did you make resolutions this yea

Happy 2021! 🎉
Did you make resolutions this year? I only kind of did because I already spent a lot of time this year reflecting on my goals and how to get there. I wrote more about it on my blog - link is in my bio.
For New Year’s Eve dinner I made myself a lobster tail with zucchini and mashed potatoes that I dumped way too much cream in 🤣 and had a bottle of Welch’s finest grape juice 🤣 (I actually did really good on last year’s goal to cut back on drinking!).

I’m secretly hoping my New Years date kisses me

I’m secretly hoping my New Years date kisses me at midnight. 😘
Happy New Year everyone!

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