Trip Review: Our Weekend at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference
If the slight pounding in my head is any indication, then I’d say we had a very successful weekend visiting the San Antonio Cocktail Conference. This was our 3rd time attending the festival, and it always makes for a great little getaway with lots of fun festivities. Of course, since San Antonio is just an hour and […]
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Love what you read here about free travel? Now you can have it too!
Important announcement time! As of this week, I’ve officially launched my own consulting business, Magnuson Consulting Group, LLC. Primarily, I’ll offer consulting in the areas of travel planning and a mile- and points- booking service, as well as some other areas. I even have packages developed for first time campers! Why, you may ask? Well, because […]
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My Top 10 Pantry & Freezer Basics
A friend reached out to me recently with a blog request. She told me that she felt like she was “failing the pantry and freezer game.” She wants to cook more, but is quite busy. She thought perhaps if she had more things on hand in her pantry and freezer that she could just throw together in […]
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My two newest credit cards: both Southwest Airlines Visas!
If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to travel more, then it’s time to jump into action and earn yourself one of the best travel-hacking values on the market: the Southwest Companion Pass. I’ve written a lot about the Southwest Companion Pass in the past, but here’s what you need to know: You earn it […]
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Make a Plan to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions & My 4-Week Meal Plan
It seems like there’s been a lot of haters discussing the topic of New Year’s Resolutions this year. “Just be healthier all year,” they say. “Don’t go on a diet, adopt a lifestyle change forever instead!” And while they may have good intentions, I tend to think these platitudes overlook the difficulty in creating real […]
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Three Tips for Hosting a Standout Brunch at Home
We’ve just finished our 4th annual New Years Day brunch party, a great excuse for us to kick off the year surrounded by family and friends and of course, lots of festive beverages. Over the years, we’ve perfected our brunch-hosting skills, and have come up with three main tips for hosting a brunch that’ll leave […]
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Fried Green Tomato Salad & Marinated Chicken Thighs
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and for us this evening that was certainly the case. I’ve been in a cleaning-out-the-freezer kick, and one of the items I was planning on using this week was a bag of marinated chicken thighs. I use chicken thighs instead of breasts or tenders because they […]
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What Did I Learn from the Meal Delivery Kit Review Series?
This post contains affiilate links. For more information, see our advertising disclosure. As most of you know, for the past month, we’ve been trying out the many “meal-in-a-box” type delivery kits. Having tried five of the leaders in this increasingly congested field, here are my takeaways. If you can, you’re still better off just shopping […]
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Meal Delivery Review Series: Freshly
This is the fifth and final article in a series on “Meal Delivery Kits”. Read my first article on Hello Fresh, second article on Green Chef, third article on Plated, fourth article on Blue Apron, or scroll on to see my experience with Freshly. We made it! Our final article in the meal delivery kit series, […]
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Three Simple But Tasty Make-Ahead Lunches
Since we’ve been on our meal-delivery kit kick, I’ve been relieved of having to do my normal meal planning for dinner times, but that has come with one small flaw: we usually use our dinner leftovers for weekday lunches, but with meal delivery kits there aren’t any leftovers. So, after a couple weeks of sandwiches, I decided it […]
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