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3 days ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
Every year, I go into summer with big aspirations and a mile-long list of things I want to accomplish. If my nostalgic summer movie rewatches taught me anything, it’s that a bucket list is of paramount importance when designing your ideal summer. Unfortunately, I’m usually lucky if I check off one or two of my goals, the rest falling to the wayside as the demands of everyday life take over.
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1 week ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
Spritzes are not only the drink of the summer—they’re literally a lifestyle. The second you take a sip, they invoke a luxurious, free-spirited energy that encapsulates summer to a T. But like all responsible adults, I don’t indulge in a spritz every day. They’re reserved for patio nights or beach days, but that doesn’t mean I don’t constantly crave the energy they exude—minus the actual alcohol.
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1 week ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
Living in Texas, I’ve been dealing with hundred-degree temps for a month, so it’s hard to believe that it’s technically not even summer yet. You’ve probably been operating as if it’s summer for weeks now (we all know summer actually starts with the first spritz of the season), but the Summer Solstice officially arrives on June 21.
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2 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
It’s no secret that the dating scene is just as perilous as the job market right now. It’s an endless cycle: download the apps, swipe endlessly, go on a couple of first dates, get ghosted, and swiftly delete every dating app. Then, you find yourself back at the start, redownloading all the apps a few weeks later.
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2 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
One of the best parts about growing up in the early 2000s was the peak vampire pop culture era. There were Twilight midnight release parties. Everyone was binge-watching The Vampire Diaries. We were all primed and ready to accept a life of bloodthirst and immortality if the opportunity arose. But like all trends, vampires eventually took a backseat to the next fictional demon craze. Zombies became the It girls, then they were kicked to the curb for the fae renaissance, and so on.
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3 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
When The Everygirl’s junior graphic designer, Marta Taras, moved into her current studio apartment in downtown Chicago, it was her first time designing a home completely for herself. After moving to the U.S. from Belarus at 24, graduating from college, and then going through a divorce, she finally had free rein—at almost 30—to decorate her apartment exactly how she saw fit.
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3 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
The best part of summer is when my OOO status is set and my schedule is free to fill with my true purpose in this world: binge-reading books. From June through August, my number one priority is my Goodreads yearly reading goal, and I want every free second to be spent with my nose deep in a beach read (preferably by a body of water, but I’m not picky). More specifically, I want to read what BookTok calls “spicy” romance books. You know the ones.
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3 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
As a kid, the pinnacle of summer was eating a brightly colored popsicle as it rapidly melted and created a sticky film over everything in sight. Ideally, I’d be by some sort of body of water, and with no school, long days, and warm weather, couldn’t bring myself to care that I was now covered in popsicle juice. Nowadays, my popsicles have been replaced with summer beverages like spritzes and frozen margs, but that doesn’t mean I can’t channel that summer nostalgia.
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3 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
There are few directors who have impacted the cultural zeitgeist quite like Nancy Meyers. Sure, directors like Tarantino and Nolan have their own dedicated flock of finance bro–esque fans who worship their every move, but those auteurs don’t hold a candle to the phenomenon that can only be described as the Nancy Meyers effect. She hasn’t even released a movie in the past decade, but she’s a part of everyday conversations like she’s on a Wicked-level press tour.
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3 weeks ago | 
theeverygirl.com | Lauren Blue
For me, Mother’s Day planning is a breeze. I know exactly what my mom likes and how she would love to spend the day. On the off chance I’m coming up blank, she’s also happy to share what’s on her wishlist or offer up some ideas for what her ideal day would look like. Planning Father’s Day activities, on the other hand, is a completely different story. Every time I ask my dad what he wants to do, I’m usually met with some sort of noncommittal grunt that I can assume means he doesn’t care.
