Meet Denika, a house flipper and lover of travel. Denika and her husband Brad own Almburg Properties & have an inspiring journey that has led them to home flipping & extensive travel post-home sale. (I mean just look at this amazing home!). Check out our interview with her. Where do you live? We live in West
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Des Moines
Des Moines: Eat Real, Healthy, Delicious Food Every Week
As someone who loves to travel, explore, do yoga, and go a million miles a minute, I hardly ever make time to make my own meals. While I love the restaurant options in Des Moines, I like to try new things as often as possible! When a friend told me about The Grateful Chef and
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Travel
A Packing List for Our Road Trip to Arkansas
We are one week away from our road trip to Arkansas. Our original game plan was to head to NOLA for NYE for something different, but when it came to booking a hotel, it was costing us $1000+ just to sleep somewhere for a few days. We had all the points on our credit card
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From Iowa to China: A Sneak Peek Into Nine Months of Living in Wuxi
Hello! My name is Emily Cochran, a small-town native from Adel, Iowa. Since high school I have been a wandering soul and have lived in a few US cities including Hartford, CT and Richmond, VA until nine months ago. Last year, my boyfriend and I were living a very ‘standard’ life in Richmond, both having
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Get Out of London – 4 Northern UK Cities You Can’t Miss
This guest post is by Kara Landhuis, a writer and graphic designer from Des Moines. After eleven months in the UK, Kara reflects on the top four places in the UK you should make time to travel to while visiting.
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Iowa
Run Drink Iowa: All 99 Iowa Counties
“So where are you from?” It’s an inevitable question when traveling, asked in hostels, during long-distance bus rides and of course over drinks at the local watering hole. Much of my late twenties was devoted to international travel and so this question came up a lot and my attempts to answer it were pretty varied. Most often I’d
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Iowa
A Weekend Getaway to Eastern Iowa
Labor Day weekend took us to one of the neatest places we’ve explored in Iowa, just along the Mississippi River. We had such a fun experience that we knew we had to share. From good eats to places to get outside and explore, our hope is that you can replicate this weekend getaway guide for
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Screen Printing on the Road with Ashleigh Brady
Meet Ashleigh Brady, an incredibly talented screen printer and creative spirit. She has sent me some of my favorite podcasts and following her work on Instagram is the best. I asked her to capture her recent trip from Des Moines to the west coast she took with her fiancé, Elena. Fun fact: she created the Iowanderers