Katie Jackson

4 weeks ago | today.com | Allie Wise |Katie Jackson

Create your free account or log in to save this articleMay 9, 2025, 6:41 PM UTCIt’s safe to say that every woman knows what menopause is. It’s the natural process that indicates the end of your menstrual cycle and brings with it quite a few hormonal changes. (Hello, hot flashes!) But what about the awkward stage that precedes it? If you didn’t know, there’s a transitional period called perimenopause that can occur when a woman’s estrogen levels start to drop.

Jul 12, 2024 | courier-journal.com | Katie Jackson

Today is National French Fry Day — and yes, it's on a Friday. For years, the made-up holiday was on July 13. But in 2022, fast-food chains Checkers and Rally's organized an online petition to get the National Day Calendar to move National French Fry Day so that it would always fall on a — wait for it — Fry-day. So now the annual event happens each year on the second Friday in July, which makes it July 12 this year. Here are some of the best deals you can get from restaurants today.

Jul 9, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Katie Jackson

The emphasis is squarely on the City of Lights this summer, but Paris isn’t the only French locale readying for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In fact, 14 other cities, stretching north to south, from Lille to Marseille, and east to west, from Lyon to Bordeaux, will be hosting soccer, cycling, sailing, golf and more. Then you have the Tahitians, who are praying for perfect weather. Their tropical island, nearly 10,000 miles from France, is where you’ll find one of the Games’ newest sports: surfing.

Jun 7, 2024 | today.com | Katie Jackson

My shoe obsession predates my ability to walk. In fact, one of my first memories is of me trying to eat one of my grandma’s saddle shoes. It looked like a giant inverse Oreo. It tasted like leather. Later, as a much wiser four-year-old, I wrote off Cinderella as a Halloween costume because I knew glass slippers were far from practical. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate a cute shoe. But when it comes to footwear, comfort comes first. As a full-time travel writer, my feet get put through the wringer.

Nov 21, 2023 | robbreport.com.au | Katie Jackson |Belinda Aucott

Opened in August, Molori Mashuma is the newest Rora Private Collection safari camp and its nestled within the wildlife-rich Mashuma Pan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Opened in August, Molori Mashuma is the newest Rora Private Collection safari camp and its nestled within the wildlife-rich Mashuma Pan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Most safari lodges rely on game drives to stay in business.