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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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Why Being Clearly Foreign Feels Different Just 10 Miles Outside the Capital — and What Visitors Should Expect
Being Obviously Foreign Can Feel Different 10 Miles Outside a Capital. That claim is more useful when it is treated…
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The First Hotel Floor to Get Renovated Is a Revenue Clue—Here’s What It Means for Guests
Hotels Renovate Rooms by Revenue, Not Sentiment. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a reporting question…
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I Get Sick on Almost Every Vacation. Here’s What I Finally Figured Out After 10 Years of Trying to Fix It
Some Travelers Get Sick on Every Trip and Others Rarely Do. That claim is more useful when it is treated…
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Street Art Can Turn a Block Into a Visitor Magnet in 2 Years—But Rising Rents May Arrive Even Faster
Street Art Can Bring Visitors to a Block in 2 Years. That claim is more useful when it is treated…
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Travel Makes the Unknown Feel Less Like a Threat—Here’s Why New Places Start Feeling Manageable
Repeated Travel Makes Uncertainty Less Abstract. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a reporting question rather…
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Michigan’s Lake Michigan Shoreline Has Resort Towns Every 20 Miles. Here’s the 2 That Still Feel Local
Ludington and Manistee Have Lake Michigan Beaches Without Resort-Corridor Scale. That claim is more useful when it is treated as…
