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Cutting Yourself a Break is Motherfucking Glorious

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  • ExplorHer, Road to an Imperfect Life

Something crazy happened last week when the whole family came down with the flu: I cut myself a break. Yes, women and overachievers, I did that. I let some shit slide. I did some things with only 75% effort and...

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So Many Daydreams, So Little Time

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  • Expat, ExplorHer, Global, Travel

I think I was always meant to live abroad. As I stand in my kitchen in Mexico, making a meat sauce for tonight’s pasta dinner, I’m listening to a Parisian playlist I found on YouTube. It’s a mix of flavors...

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Life Uncorked: Finding Beauty in Unlikely Places ⎮ Lisa Hickman

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Today in our series Life Uncorked: Inspiring Truths from Everyday People, Drinking the Whole Bottle brings you Lisa Hickman, an actress and author of Ordinary Magic. I actually have never met Lisa but when a mutual friend posted about Lisa’s new book on...

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A Tree Full of Stories: The Evolution of Our Favorite Christmas Ornaments

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  • Family, Uncorked!

What is more festive than twinkling lights on a beautiful tree as the backdrop to delicate, unique ornaments that each have their own story? The first Christmas tree Husband and I had together, in our first apartment, was pretty void...

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Missing Christmas: A Downside of Being an Expat

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  • Expat, Family

There were so many details and procedures and considerations to think about when we were moving for the Dominican Republic to Mexico. But one of my top concerns was Christmas and if we’d make it home. Throughout our 6 years...

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Why I’ve Ditched Resolutions for Good… and How to Make New Ones??

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I’m not ditching resolutions; I’ve full on ditched them. Heave ho. No remorse. Resolutionless. It isn’t that I don’t like the idea of goals. I just feel that telling myself I’m going to do something now – after having had a whole...

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7 Good Gifts for Bad Moms (and if you don’t like them you could f*ck off)

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  • Uncorked!

The reason the movie Bad Moms was such a stinking success – so much so that they made a sequel for the holidays – is because it’s so true. Every mom strives to make the holidays perfect for their kids....

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4 Uncommon and Clever Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas

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  • Uncorked!

Sometimes I feel like I missed my calling as a North Pole elf. I love giving gifts but I love wrapping them even more! There is pride in every present I wrap. Each wrapped with precision, each ribbon twirled perfectly....

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Gift Guide for Kids

Gift Guide for Kids Who Like to Do All the Things

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Want to spend more time enjoying the holidays and less time making lists and checking them twice? Avoid the things your kids don’t need and let us help you. Check out Drinking the Whole Bottle’s 2017 gift guide for kids...

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Vacation Photos: Our First Beach Trip in Mexico // SnapShots of Platanitos

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  • Family, Travel

We just got back from a mini family vacation in Platanitos, Mexico – our first beach trip in our new home country. It had been 5 months since we left the beaches of the Dominican Republic and we hadn’t been...

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Jennifer Legra ⎮ Author

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Jennifer Legra is a writer, personal growth mentor, and community consultant that helps people uncork and savor their best lives. Drinking the Whole Bottle was created as a reminder that each person can create a delicious life by celebrating small moments, finding magic in the mundane, and making choices in the direction of the life they want. Our lives are a collection of our days, collect them with wonder. She has been featured in leading media outlets. She currently lives in Mexico with her Husband, kids, and rescue dogs.

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