Art walks provide an affordable, excellent opportunity to view art, meet artists, and often enjoy free canapés and beverages with your girls, or date. Galleries feel totally fun and unpretentious during Art Walk as the atmosphere is more reminiscent of a cocktail party. Below find links to a few of the West Coast Art Walks [...]

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Agate hunting is a rewarding, meditative, cost effective activity suitable for girlfriends, couples and families. Agates make beautiful jewelry and awesome home decor accents. Below, Dr. Karen E. Bledsoe beaks down the basics of this classic beach coming pastime. Article excerpts via helium.com.
What: Agates are transparent stones made up of quartz and a [...]

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The working girl is unlike any other woman you will get the chance to encounter. While the average American works around 10 jobs by the age of 40, this inspiring woman has worked 59 jobs in 22 cities and 4 countries! Karen Burns relays her lifetime of work in The Amazing Adventures of [...]

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Urban beauties, we all know that many are pinching pennies this summer to save money in this economy. That doesn’t mean that you can’t treat yourself to a summer vacation! How about a staycation right here in your home of Washington State?
Ladies, we are blessed with a beach right next door. Let’s [...]

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Finding the time to plan and take a trip with your girlfriends can be difficult, and sometimes we need a little extra help. That reason was the inspiration behind Lisa Kasanicky’s (lisa.kasanicky.com) latest book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Girlfriend Getaways”. With crash courses in travel planning, packing advice, and great deals and specials, Lisa [...]

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Maria Ross, the brand builder and marketing diva behind Red Slice LLC, recently gave us some hot tips on how to spend a fab day in San Francisco.
Guide to Chestnut Street via www.chestnutshop.com Chestnut Street is composed of an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, coffee houses and services. While sophisticated in nature, the street has [...]

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Memorable Last Minute Memorial Day Getaways, near West Coast CRAVEcities
1. Yakima Valley, Washington’s premium wine region features small family operations where unpretentious hospitality is the norm. Comprehensive winery info here. Memorable home bases for your wine touring adventures: Hillcrest Farm Guest Cottages and A Touch of Europe B&B and Fine Dining
2. Near Nelson, British [...]

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Entrepreness, stylish Austin resident, and hot tipper Kerry Rupp of Holiday Golightly gave us the lowdown on how to spend a perfect girlfriend getaway day in her beloved city.
Guide to the SoCo ‘hood via Small Planet
It may be hard for visitors to Austin’s vibrant, creative and hip neighborhood known as SoCo to believe, but just [...]

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Overspend on a winter ski getaway and are now desperately seeking a low-cost vacation for spring? Abigail Beal’s article, Tips for a Fun All-Girls Road Trip provides some fantastic tips for roughin’ it on the open road, on a budget!
1. Have a plan
Plan out your trip and get directions to where you are going. [...]

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Adult camps have surfaced all over the United States in recent years—Gladiator Training in Las Vegas, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in New York, Poker All-Star Bootcamp in Atlantic City, etc. The abundance of these camps signifies an intense desire to toss aside the computer and return of tangible human experience… Not to [...]

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