2021 July

  • You Must Sow the Seed Before you Reap the Harvest

    In 2014 Pete, Kole, and I decided to move from Connecticut to Minnesota. Pete’s brother had recently passed away from ALS, and their parents were a...
  • Southern Comfort Food and Mexican Cuisine in Kansas

    Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its bank. In 1803, most of modern ...
  • Trains, Planes, and Climbing in the Sunflower State

    Say one of your besties suggested a girl’s weekend to Kansas City. Would your next question be, “The one in Missouri or Kansas?” Or would you be li...
  • A Woman’s Heart is a Deep Ocean of Secrets

    We never realized that Mallory had something to hide. We thought she was always open with us throughout junior high and high school. So, when we we...
  • Fabulous Friends and Food in Oregon

    Oregon grows, catches, and brews incredible edibles, from black truffles and filberts (aka hazelnuts. 95% of the nation’s commercial crop is harves...
  • Go West Young Girlfriends—to Oregon

    Oregon has much to love for My Girlfriendships® followers of all ages: If you love shopping (like we do here) you’ll love this: no sales tax! We’l...
  • What's in a Name?

    For 31 years of my life, I would introduce myself like this: “Lisa London, L-O-N-D-O-N, just like the city”. The name would roll off my tongue easi...
  • England’s Fantastic Foods with Friends

    Some of us here have to admit that the names England uses for some of their dishes leave us a bit puzzled as to what they really are. For example, ...
  • A Getaway with Our Merry Girlfriends

    Show of hands: How many of you went—or wanted to go—backpacking through Europe with your bestie(s) after you graduated from ______ (fill in the bl...
  • Oh You Expected ME to Keep in Contact With YOU?

    I guess there always needs to be a balance in life right? That’s how friendship works. There are the givers, the takers. The good, the bad. The ela...
  • Beantown, Baseball, and an Accent of German

    The event known as the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World site of Massachusetts, which ...
  • Massachusetts = Fun + Girlfriends (+ those We Wish We Could Invite)!

    After a week exploring the beauty of Maryland, My Girlfriendships® ventures back to New England. Are you still trying to figure out the six New Eng...