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Trend Alert: Move Over, White Sneakers: Earth Tones Are Taking Over

I’m (Jo) on our annual family vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana and drove into Whitefish yesterday to pick up some Sourdough Pizza Dough at Fleur Bake Shop and Huckleberry Peach Pie at Loula’s Cafe. Yum! I also stopped into a few shops to look at fall clothing and got super excited about the

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Behind the Books—What a Literary Agent Really Does. An Interview with Jane Hamilton.

We all have books we can’t put down. We all have books we’ve abandoned after 50 pages. And most of us have wondered, at some point: Who decides which books actually get published? To find out, FabList sat down with literary agent Jane Hamilton, who represents fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and YA. We asked her

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Shopping NYC: From the Upper East Side to Little Italy — 30,000 Steps Later, Here Are Our Faves

I (Chrissie) was recently in NYC before attending a wedding in Connecticut and had an awesome solo day visiting a number of stores on my list. I started at 10 am on the Upper East Side and finished the day, 30,000 steps later, in Little Italy with a well-deserved foot massage! Here are the stores

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It’s The Little Things: Little Things That Make Life Happier

We spend a lot of time analyzing the big purchases—the cars, the couches, the investment handbags. But when we look at simple day-to-day happiness, it’s often the little things we purchase that make a real difference. It’s the dental floss that somehow makes us want to floss our teeth, the watch that keeps track of

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How to Master The RealReal: 10+ Strategies, Top Categories & Our Favorite Brands

When The RealReal (TRR) launched 15 years ago, it completely redefined luxury consignment by bringing an upscale, authenticated marketplace straight to the internet. It’s said that 10,000 new items are added to TRR daily, so how do we navigate that!? General browsing can lead us down fun rabbit holes, but when we’re looking for something

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Hiking The Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB). 9 Parents, 14 Young Adult Kids, and 7 Significant Others.

The Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB) is a 105-mile circular hiking route that circles Mont Blanc across France, Italy, and Switzerland. The entire hike takes 7-11 days, but it can also be hiked in sections. Four years ago, my husband and I joined a group of friends and did half of the TMB, hiking counterclockwise

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A Week Hiking in Switzerland with 17 Friends: How We Planned It and Where We Went

6 Days of Hiking on The Bernese Oberland Section of the Via Alpina Trail Over the past 5 years, we’ve done a number of overseas hiking trips together with a group of our close friends (Tour de Mont Blanc, the Dolomites, the Haute Route, Patagonia) and have loved the combination of incredible scenery and rigorous

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Sneak Peek into Fall Fashion Finds at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

One great perk of the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is that it gives us a sneak peek into the upcoming fall trends by featuring brand-new fall fashion items released early at deep discounts. Once August 10th rolls around, prices roll back up, and the window closes on the great early fall deals. We know summer isn’t

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Beauty, Bath, & Gift Finds from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale runs through August 10, meaning you have a couple of weeks to take advantage of these unbelievable prices before they return to normal! The sale has great deals on the everyday makeup, skincare, and bath items we all use, so it’s a great time to stock up at deep discounts. Also,

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