Ultimate New England Fall Road Trip Itinerary • The Blonde Abroad

[ad] What do the stars have in store for you in 2025? ✈️ 🌍 ✨ Check out my @expedia Travel Shop to find the best hotels and excursions in each of these incredible locations! Here’s where to travel this year based on your zodiac sign: ♈️ Aries 🇳🇦You’ve probably had your eye on African travel […]

A Surprising Realization I Had About Motherhood While Ice Skating

We are at the public outdoor skating rink in our city, and it is cold, but I am hot. Sweat forms on my neck and torso. My body, prone to hot flashes now that I am in medical menopause, floods with prickly heat whenever I am stressed, embarrassed, or overly warm. I have brought my […]

How to Make a Charm Necklace

I didn’t grow up in a jewelry family. I come from practical Midwestern folk who are more likely to send you 50 pounds of beef for the freezer come Christmas than pass on a family heirloom. But I’ve always been fascinated by the everyday jewelry people wear, since I started wearing my dad’s wedding band […]

Recipe: Dark Chocolate Chili Mug Cakes

Better Living uses affiliate links. If you make a purchase through them, we may receive a small commission (for which we are deeply grateful) at no cost to you.   For those times when you really need a chocolate fix, but you’re not loving the idea of making a whole cake, try this recipe […]

The Top 29 Prebiotic Foods for Better Gut Health

  If you want to live a vibrant and healthy life, more and more research is discovering that focusing on your gut health is key. To get started, we’ve outlined the top 29 prebiotic foods for better gut health below!  Your gut is home to trillions of friendly microbes, known as your microbiome or […]

Have a Delicious Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? Tomorrow I’m throwing a small birthday gathering, so today we’re tidying up the house and putting together a party playlist. (Any crowd-pleasing song recommendations?) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web… I’m planning to cuddle up in this pretty […]

Which Hot Drink Are You?

Disclosure — In order to grow our small business, Cup of Jo earns revenue in a few different ways. We publish several sponsored posts each month, which are always labeled at the top. We also sometimes earn an affiliate commission on the sales of products we link to. We feature only items we genuinely love […]

Valentine’s at Nemacolin: Marie Antoinette-Inspired Tea & Romance

  If you’ve been following our travels, you read about our recent Nemacolin review and know we fell head over heels for this mountain retreat last spring. Now, Nemacolin Valentine’s Weekend brings an exclusive high tea experience to this luxurious Pennsylvania resort that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. Bisou Bisou: A Marie Antoinette-Inspired Dream […]

A Funny Relationship Question | Cup of Jo

When I met Freddie this past fall… …and he gave me his number, I entered him into my phone as “Freddie Sopranos.” His Hinge profile had mentioned not once, but twice, how much he loved the HBO show. I’d never seen it, so I started watching, curious to find out what all the fuss was […]

A Week of Outfits: Emma Copley Eisenberg

Emma Copley Eisenberg, who wrote the bestselling novel Housemates and runs the newsletter Frump Feelings, lives in Philly with her partner, Art, and their cats, Tofu, Sesame, and Gabriel. Here, Emma talks about soft robes, size-inclusive vintage stores, and not being an “ironing girlie”… Jacket: Katie Sturino x The Drop. Pants: Katie Sturino x The […]