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Cali Roadtrip: San Francisco to Los Angeles, DAY 1!

The reality of the impeding week still hadn’t set in as I heaved my 43 pound zebra print suitcase into the back of the cab. On the thirty minute ride to the marina, I mulled over my past. At 24 years...

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May 17, 2012 -

by Traveling Fig

in 'Merica

The Best Healthy Baked Ziti!

Baked ziti. Perfect dish to bring to a party, to a new neighbor, to a grieving friend. But it’s also the perfect dish to increase your waistline tenfold. Here is my healthy version to the classic baked ziti, and truthfully, you...

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May 16, 2012 -

by chelseagilson

in Cooking, Get Healthy

Miss America Pageant Interview Questions

Well. I thought i would never ever be posting about Miss America after my misfortune with the pageant (I was all set to compete and a few weeks before competition the director told me I actually had aged out – I’m only...

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May 01, 2012 -

by Traveling Fig

in Pageants

Boston Birthday Celebration Guide

Boston Birthday Hotspots As a non-celebrator of my own aging, I usually avoid throwing myself a Boston Birthday Bash. BUT I absolutely get giddy over planning for someone else’s big day and stress for ions over where to have the hooplah! here...

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April 30, 2012 -

by Traveling Fig

in Boston

Mock On Stage Pageant Questions for the Bitter-Hearted Runner Ups.

Considering I’m quite bitterly boycotting my identity as a ‘pageant girl’ ever since I aged out and didn’t get one chance to compete in Miss America and Miss USA unfairly chose the prettier, smarter, taller candidate over me… I’ve decided to make...

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April 17, 2012 -

by chelseagilson

in LOL, Pageants

A Weekend in Stowe, Vermont: Dining!

DUTCH PANCAKE HO– USE Boasting the NY Times praise “The world’s most Decadent Breakfast”, the Dutch Pancake House at the Grey Fox Inn is a Stowe must. The menu offers more than 80 variations of the dutch pancake, which is a magical 12″ crepe-like pancake with...

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April 16, 2012 -

by chelseagilson

in 'Merica

A Weekend in Stowe, Vermont: Skiing!

LESSONS LEARNED 1. don’t ski if there’s a frost bite warning. You didn’t listen to me and bought tickets anyways because your a true new englander and you ain’t afraid of no frigid ghosts. Dummies. Go back inside and get a...

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April 16, 2012 -

by Traveling Fig

in 'Merica

Miss America Organization Pageant Platform Sample

I gave 110% in preparing for the Miss America Boston/Easton pageant only to be told 2 weeks before the big day that the directors had mistakenly overlooked that I had aged out (I’m only 24!!!) This platform, therefore, never had the chance...

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April 14, 2012 -

by chelseagilson

in Pageants

Baked Garlic Lemon Tofu

As a workout-aholic, i’m always looking for new ways to add protein without depleting my wallet. If I could afford to, I’d fill my blog with salmon, swordfish and lobster recipes.. but tofu is going to have to cut it. I buy...

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April 01, 2012 -

by Traveling Fig

in Cooking

Observations from train car 3, row 8

Plopped in the same purple bench seat, in the same train car, drinking the same weak dunkin donuts black coffee, I can’t help but wonder if this is real life. This sinking feeling of doldrom and continuity that might make others feel...

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