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Get Away with Your Girlfriends

Get Away with Your Girlfriends

This past weekend a friend from college was in town for work.  It was so great having her here, especially since we are gearing up for an upcoming girls weekend that we have planned in May.  Seven of us who all met freshman year in the dorms...

 

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Pat Summitt

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Pat Summitt

Legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt stepped down today as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team.  Pat was diagnosed last summer with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.  I only find it fitting...

 

Makers and Shakers

Makers and Shakers

Why Not Girl! Jen Bemisderfer of Alexandria, VA recently told me about Makers, a digital initiative recently launched by AOL and PBS that is celebrating trailblazing women through video.  The site is part of a television documentary series...

 

Garlic Wafers

Garlic Wafers

Spanish chef Elena Arzak was named the Vueve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef last week and I only found it fitting that we feature one of her signature embellishments as this week’s featured recipe.  As a three Michelin star...

 

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Penny Williams

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Penny Williams

This coming Monday is the 116th annual running of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious racing events.  Almost 30,o00 runners from around the world are slated to take to the streets...

 

Cat Cora’s Spanakopita

Cat Cora’s Spanakopita

I have to admit that there is no other reason why I selected this dish for today’s Why Not Girl! Monday recipe other than the fact that I’m a huge fan of spanakopita and that it’s from Cat Cora, Food Network’s first...

 

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Gina “Mrs. Green” Murphy-Darling

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Gina “Mrs. Green” Murphy-Darling

The idea of ”being green” has definitely grown in recent years.  We’re encouraged to recycle, drink out of reusable water bottles and shut the lights off when we leave a room.  But how many of us truly understand the...

 

Smoked Salmon Wraps

Smoked Salmon Wraps

To kick off our week out on a healthy and convenient start, I wanted to share today’s featured recipe on One If By Food, a food blog started by Lauren Smith, a Why Not Girl! of the Week.  I couldn’t help but think that her recipe...

 

Walking a Dream

Walking a Dream

In the past week we have featured two thrity-something Why Not Girls! who have traveled far for a life’s adventure.  Well, we happened upon this article from Women’s Adventure magazine featuring a Massachusetts woman who just...

 

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Danielle Gillis

Why Not Girl! of the Week: Danielle Gillis

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all had this dream: move to Paris, enroll in a French culinary school and learn how to bake the most amazing baguettes, tarts and pastries.  Oh yeah … and then get to eat them, too!  Our...