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Author: Jen A. Miller

  • Single Girl’s Guide to Spring Flower Arrangements

    Single Girl’s Guide to Spring Flower Arrangements

    Sara Bodle Picks the Best Spring Flower Arrangements for our Homes

    Spring Flower Arrangements
    What better way to celebrate the season than to fill your home with the bright colors of Spring’s best blossoms. A simple bouquet of fresh flowers can do wonders to brighten a room and lift your mood. It’s one of my favorite tricks for giving my living space an instant and easy boost of good energy.

    To find out more about what we should look for when shopping for fresh flowers this season, I turned to our interior design expert and regular  Single Diaries’  contributor Sara Bodle. We already know this girl’s got an eye for decorating on a budget so I knew she’d be the perfect person to turn to for advice on buying the best buds without breaking the bank.

    Read on for her top tips for creating the best Spring flower arrangements for your home.

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  • Single Girl Reads | Summer Reading List

    The Single Diaries Summer Reading List 2014

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    Last week I visited two historic public libraries for the first time in Boston and New York City. Aside from the beautiful architecture and the wonder I felt at being in such awesome buildings meant solely for reading and educating, these visits reminded me that I am behind on my reading goal for the year. With a little more free time on my hands, a number of cities enticing with scenic areas ideal for a quiet moment, and more than a few plane rides, I put together a list of books I plan to tackle during the summer. Whether you’re hitting the beach, jetting off on a plane, or claiming a sidewalk table in your hometown or a foreign city, here is your summer reading list. 

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  • 6 Ways to Keep Your Crew Connected

    6 Ways to Keep Your Crew Connected

    How to Stay Connected When Your Closest Friends Live Far Away

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    Staying in touch with your best friends after college can prove to be a real challenge. It’s not that we want to let these relationships go, it’s just that keeping them tight-knit becomes much more difficult post-graduation. It’s easy to take for granted how effortless it is to stay on top of every detail of our best friends’ lives while we’re in college. We are constantly surrounded by the girls we care most about. Sharing classes, apartments, dining halls, and gyms makes it easy to bump into one another and catch up at a moment’s notice. When we’re thrust into the real world staying connected doesn’t come so easily. We graduate, move, and start forming new lives apart from our closest crews.

    Yet, as difficult as it may be, keeping up these relationships is important for many of us. These are the girls that knew us in our crazy years. The ones who helped us get into our best relationships and out of our worst ones. The friends who we pulled all night-ers with in the library and at the bars. They are the girls that know us best and that no matter what will always be our closest crew.

    To help you keep the those relationships ties as strong as ever, we’ve got 6 tricks to keep you and your crew connected no matter how much distance keeps you apart. Check our list and then share your tops tips with us!

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  • National Burger Month | California Style

    Celebrating National Burger Month with our favorite burgers in California

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    It’s only fitting that I was born in Burger Month (I’m a self-professed über carnivore). I checked in with some of my food-loving friends for their recommendations of the best burgers in California (including a few for you non meat-eaters) to bring you a list of must-try’s to celebrate this glorious “holiday”… and, of course, no list would be complete without the quintessential California burger joint: In-n-Out, so scroll down to see how our burger lovers order theirs.

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  • Travel Gear for Your Weekend Getaway

    Travel Gear for Your Weekend Getaway

    12 Essential Pieces of Travel Gear for Perfect Packing

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    Planning to jet set for the long weekend ahead of us? There are countless sources available with tips on how to perfect the art of packing. We believe however, that great packing begins with great travel gear. Having the right equipment can eliminate much of the hassle that comes with travel and prepare you for an awesome trip. 

    Read on for 12 pieces of travel gear we think are essential to add to your arsenal of summer tools and what to look for out of each.

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