LIVING Raechel Lambert LIVING Raechel Lambert

11 Simple things to make Airbnbs better

Airbnbs tend to focus on luxury items like a big flat-screen TV and 8 wine glasses, but completely miss the mark on a few necessities. Most of the items here are cheap (or even free) and will go a long way to making short-term rentals more comfortable.

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FOOD Raechel Lambert FOOD Raechel Lambert

Blood orange shrub (aka drinking vinegar)

Shrubs (aka drinking vinegars) are a great zero-proof cocktail alternative. I generally don’t drink alcohol (I make a few exceptions) but typical mocktails are way too sweet for my taste. Enter the shrub!

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TRAVEL Raechel Lambert TRAVEL Raechel Lambert

My first Fado

As soon as I arrived in Portugal I saw and heard lots of mentions of Fado, but had literally no idea what it was. A place? A food? An art? Turns out it is traditional Portuguese music.

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LIVING Rae Lambert LIVING Rae Lambert

Back to my senses (a poem)

This is the first poem I’ve ever written that I wasn’t forced to write. It’s about all of my favorite things to do and I’m sharing it here so I never forget how it felt when the world stopped.

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