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Long Weekend Havana: North Beach’s Secret Escape Beneath a 1920s Bank
Long Weekend Havana: North Beach’s Secret Escape Beneath a 1920s Bank

Discover The Long Weekend Havana in North Beach — a 1920s bank turned cocktail escape with a lively Havana bar upstairs and a secret vault lounge below.

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What’s Happening This Weekend in San Francisco - October 24 – 26, 2025 | Your Guide to the City’s Most Exciting Fall Events
What’s Happening This Weekend in San Francisco - October 24 – 26, 2025 | Your Guide to the City’s Most Exciting Fall Events

Discover the best things to do in San Francisco this weekend, October 24–26 2025! From the Diwali Festival of Lights and the North Beach Halloween Night Market to a rooftop day party at Via Hotel and the iconic Sandcastle Classic, here’s your luxe city guide for fall events, music, and nightlife.

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🖤 What’s Happening This Weekend in San Francisco (Oct 10 – 12)
🖤 What’s Happening This Weekend in San Francisco (Oct 10 – 12)

October in San Francisco hits different — jet trails over the Bay, tacos on the street, and music in the air. This weekend, Fleet Week roars back, the city’s best block parties light up downtown, and the vibes are pure California gold.

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✨ What’s Going On in SF This Weekend (Oct 3–5, 2025)
✨ What’s Going On in SF This Weekend (Oct 3–5, 2025)

There’s something electric in the air in San Francisco this weekend. Between deep acoustic guitars echoing in Golden Gate Park and music spilling from Castro Street corners, the city becomes its own symphony. Hardly Strictly returns like a ritual — one where strangers become companions for a set, and melodies become shared memories.

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What’s Happening in San Francisco This Weekend (Sept 19-21, 2025)
What’s Happening in San Francisco This Weekend (Sept 19-21, 2025)

Discover the best things to do in San Francisco this weekend, September 19–21, 2025. From Portola Music Festival at Pier 80 to Flower Piano, Oktoberfest, and the Greek Festival, here’s your ultimate SF weekend guide.

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What’s Happening in San Francisco This Week: New Bars, Vintage Markets & Chocolate Dreams 🍫✨ September 8th
What’s Happening in San Francisco This Week: New Bars, Vintage Markets & Chocolate Dreams 🍫✨ September 8th

Discover what’s new in San Francisco this week! From the Dandelion Chocolate pop-up in Union Square to a vintage revival in the Mission, plus live music lunches, SF Opera’s Dead Man Walking, and a new North Beach cocktail bar—your guide to the best events and openings in the city.

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This Weekend in SF: Climbing, Culture & Disco in the City by the Bay
This Weekend in SF: Climbing, Culture & Disco in the City by the Bay

Explore San Francisco’s best events this weekend, Sept 5–7, 2025. From Poolside’s Union Square Daytime Disco to Opera in the Park, Chinatown Car Show, North Face Climb Festival, and Off the Grid at Fort Mason—your ultimate SF weekend guide.

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Romantic IRL: Where SF Singles Are Actually Meeting This Month
Romantic IRL: Where SF Singles Are Actually Meeting This Month

Skip the apps and meet IRL. Here are the best SF singles events this month, including Thursday’s buzzy pop‑ups, stylish speed dating nights, and a waterfront salsa social.

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What to Do in San Francisco — August 19–24, 2025
What to Do in San Francisco — August 19–24, 2025

Biweekly city guide dripping in shadow-drenched glamour. This week, chase low-lit jazz, courthouse-lit soccer thrills, soulful Korean–American eats, and wine-tinged edges of nightlife that feel like velvet.

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🎤 Outside Lands 2025: Your Ultimate Weekend Survival Guide
🎤 Outside Lands 2025: Your Ultimate Weekend Survival Guide

Outside Lands 2025 is back in Golden Gate Park with headliners Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, and Hozier. Discover the ultimate survival guide for music, food, drinks, and festival fashion so you can enjoy every set, every bite, and every vibe this weekend.

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Romantic Nights in San Francisco: Where to Go When You’re Feeling Bold
Romantic Nights in San Francisco: Where to Go When You’re Feeling Bold

Ready to turn up the romance? These bold San Francisco date night spots—rooftop lounges, secret speakeasies, and moonlit walks—are your perfect excuse to flirt a little harder.

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Live Deliciously by Love Me Stone is a sanctuary for the soft-hearted and soul-led. A love letter to the women who romanticize the quiet, crave connection, and find magic in moonlight, kisses, poetry, and the everyday sacred. This space is for the tender and the intuitive—the ones who feel deeply, dress with feeling, and live for softness over status. Come for the cozy rituals, the late-night thoughts, the scent of a new book, and the kind of love that starts with self.

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Love me, Stone

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October’s Darkest Obsessions: New Mafia Romances Worth Losing Sleep Over

Discover the best dark romance books of October 2025 — Huntsman by Naima Simone and The Devil by Michelle Heard. Mafia, obsession, and heartbreak collide in these new must-reads.

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Spooky, Sexy, and Smart: October Reads That Hit All Three

Curl up with stories that seduce, scare, and spellbind. These October reads mix dark romance, gothic fantasy, and irresistible danger.

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Book Review: The Caged Girl by Monica Arya

In The Caged Girl, Monica Arya delivers a haunting dark romance about captivity, passion, and the fight for freedom. Beautifully written, devastating, and unforgettable.

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Book Review: The Favorite Girl by Monica Arya

Monica Arya’s The Favorite Girl is a chilling descent into control, trauma, and obsession. Behind the white walls of the Ivory Estate, perfection hides a predator’s paradise. This is one of those thrillers that gets under your skin—and stays there.

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Love me, Stone

Love me, Stone

Dark Romance

Where Books Get a Little Dark and Delicious

If you crave stories that take you to the edge of love and obsession, where morally gray heroes, dangerous desires, and hauntingly beautiful prose reign supreme—you’re in the right place. From dark romance that blurs the lines between passion and peril to emotionally gripping tales of love in the shadows, we devour it all.

Here, we review the best (and the most twisted) books in the genre, give honest recommendations, and fangirl over the kind of love stories that make your heart race—for all the right and wrong reasons.

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The Ultimate Guide to an

Amazon Side-Hustle

The Ultimate Guide to Crushing It as an Amazon Influencer & Associate
Introduction: Why Amazon is Your Golden Ticket

Whether you’re a TikTok star, a blogger, or someone with a knack for curation, Amazon’s programs make it stupid-simple to monetize your content. The commissions might be small, but the potential is huge. Trust me, I’ll show you how to turn clicks into cash.

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The Difference Between an Amazon Associate and Influencer

  • Amazon Associates: Anyone with a blog, social media, or website can join. You get unique links for products and earn a commission when someone buys through them.

  • Amazon Influencers: Tailored for creators with an audience. You get a personalized Amazon Storefront where you can curate collections, make shoppable videos, and more.

Pro tip: Be both! Start with Associates and level up to Influencer when you qualify.

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How to Join the Amazon Influencer Program

  • Apply via the Amazon Influencer landing page.

  • Link a qualifying social account (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Facebook).

  • Wait for approval (can be instant or take a few days).

  • Once accepted, create your custom Amazon Storefront URL.

Hot tip: TikTok and YouTube tend to get faster approvals than Instagram.

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Setting Up Your Storefront Like a Pro

  • Use high-res banners, an on-brand profile pic, and keyword-rich bio.

  • Organize your storefront with Idea Lists: Think "Beach Trip Essentials" or "Home Office Glow-Up."

  • Upload product review videos—they often get featured on actual Amazon listings.

  • Add shoppable photos with short captions.

Don’t just sell stuff. Tell stories. Build trust. That’s where the magic happens.

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Tools of the Trade: What You Really Need

  • Canva: For graphics, thumbnails, and banners.

  • Linktree or Beacons: One link to rule them all on your socials.

  • Google Sheets: Track your links, conversions, and commissions.

  • Amazon App: For quick access to generate links.

  • CapCut or InShot: For editing short-form video content.

Optional but amazing: Pretty Links plugin (WordPress) to cloak affiliate URLs.

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Top 5 AI Tools Creators Are Using Right Now

Discover the top 5 AI tools creators are using right now to save time, boost engagement, and elevate content quality. From OpusClip’s viral video editing to ChatGPT’s script writing, these tools help influencers and digital creators work smarter and grow faster this season.

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The Real Secrets Influencers Don’t Tell You About Making Money on Amazon

Curious how influencers really make money on Amazon? This no-fluff guide reveals the insider strategies, storefront secrets, and content tips influencers rarely talk about. Whether you're just starting or want to boost your affiliate income, here's how to turn clicks into cash—without a massive following.

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How to Grow on Pinterest as a Creator

If you're not using Pinterest to grow your brand as a creator, you're seriously missing out. This platform isn’t just for recipes and wedding inspo anymore—Pinterest is a powerful visual search engine that can drive consistent, evergreen traffic to your blog, product pages, affiliate links, and content across the board.

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Threads, Lemon8 & New Platforms Worth Testing in 2025

Here’s a breakdown of a few fresh platforms worth testing if you want to get in early and ride the next big wave.

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Email Marketing for Influencers: How to Own Your Audience

Email marketing isn’t just for brands with big newsletters or ecommerce stores—it’s one of the most powerful tools an influencer can use to grow, monetize, and own their audience.

Here’s how to start—and why you’ll never look back.

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How Much Should You Actually Charge as a Micro Influencer?

Whether you’re just getting your first brand collab or leveling up your rates, remember this: your influence is valuable.Set your prices like a CEO, negotiate like a boss, and build a brand that pays you what you’re worth.

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The Best Editing Apps for Polished, Scroll-Stopping Posts

Let’s be real—your content deserves to stand out. Whether you’re curating a dreamy Instagram feed, launching your next viral TikTok, or creating content for your blog or brand, polished visuals are a must. We’re talking crisp lines, buttery filters, and text overlays that pop.

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How to Batch Create a Week’s Worth of Content in One Day

If you're a content creator, influencer, or entrepreneur, you know that staying consistent on social media can feel like a full-time job. But here’s the secret that top creators swear by: batch content creation. Instead of scrambling to post something every day, you can sit down, get focused, and knock out a week’s worth of content in just one day.

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What Brands Really Look For When Choosing Influencers

If you’ve ever wondered what goes through a brand’s mind before they slide into your DMs with a dreamy collaboration, you’re not alone. The truth is, it’s not just about follower count or a perfectly curated feed.

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How I Made My First $1,000 as an Influencer Using Amazon

If you're ready to monetize your influence, I highly recommend starting with Amazon’s programs. They’re beginner-friendly, brand-aligned, and totally scalable.

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💼 How to Turn Your Content Into a Full-Time Income

From side hustle to CEO energy

You’re showing up online, creating valuable content, growing an audience — and maybe even making a little money from it. But let’s be honest… you want more.

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💸 The Best Affiliate Programs for Creators in 2025

Affiliate marketing is one of the easiest and most accessible ways for creators to make passive income — no product inventory, no shipping headaches, and no huge following required.

But not all affiliate programs are created equal. Some offer better payouts, better tracking, and most importantly — better brand alignment for creators like you.

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