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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

In my latests for @gardenandgun.com, I recommend you stash the passport, grab your weekender, and explore these Southern destination dupes gardenandgun.com/articles/sev...

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Seven Beautiful Places in the South That Feel Much Farther Flung

These stateside “destination dupes” feel a world away

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

File under: Cutest Story I've Written this Year.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We're getting a bit loosey goosey with the term camino. Next thing ya know, we'll have a Chicken Strip Camino, a harrowing walk through Charlottesville's famous Route 29 Raising Cane's, Popeye's, KFC corridor.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

And finally #3, I went off the rails a bit to get this quirky story on Merle Haggard's California Zephyr train car now in service for Virginia Scenic Railway gardenandgun.com/articles/wai...

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Waitin’ for a Train: Now You Can Actually Ride in Merle Haggard’s Personal Dome Car

In Virginia, one writer went a little off the rails to get the wild backstory

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

#2 Botanical breaks are booming. But what’s behind our love of traveling to gardens? I traced the trend to ancient Egypt to find out for @nextavenue.bsky.social www.nextavenue.org/botanical-br...

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Botanical Breaks

Why garden tourism is blooming in 2025 and where you should visit

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Travel publicists, send me your quirky stories. Luxury amenities are great, but the stories I'm interested in have some eccentric detail, offbeat element, or peculiar provenance.

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Garden & Gun @gardenandgun.com · 06/01/2025

Squeeze the day: Two revitalizing juice recipes to jump-start the new year. buff.ly/4h6vrDT

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Looking for luxury hotel brands that still carry hard copy daily newspapers for guests.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

How can you turn 4th grade state history lessons into a great spring break family trip? Here's my Washington state itinerary for ParentMap www.parentmap.com/article/fami...

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Bring Washington State History to Life With a Family Vacation

Transform textbook learning into real-world knowledge with a trip to a historic destination

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Proud to accept this DEI recognition from the @natjaorg.bsky.social

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Source Request: I'm looking to speak to flight attendants and flight utility crews about the filthiest places on planes for Fodor's. DM open.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

What I’m trying to say is, you heard a funny rhyming book while I took “Oh the Places You’ll Go” as an edict.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Just saw SpaceX’s break up from Turks & Caicos

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

SOURCE REQUEST: I'm looking for Virginia companies with great employee wellness programs (think health education, fitness programs, stress management strategies, flexible work arrangements, and a positive company culture) for a story for Virginia Living magazine. #journorequest

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Looking for an MD to comment on the physical trauma that could result from stowing away on a plane. #journorequest

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

#journorequest I'm looking to interview a sustainable second-hand shopping expert who can speak to the environmental impact of the clothing industry for a piece for USA Today. DMs open.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Once more with feeling, Go Navy! Beat Army! ⚓️

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Lots of projects in the works for 2025. Looking for more stories at the intersection of travel, history, food, and hopefully 🤞 humor.

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

But the most important of these to me was examining travel through the eyes of families like mine, those caregiving for someone with dementia thefoodsection.com/mindful-of-a...

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Mindful of aging diners' needs - The Food Section

Culpeper, Virginia leads way for dementia-friendly restaurants

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

🧵It was a growth year in my freelance career. I wrote dozens of stories, landed dream pubs like Travel + Leisure, BBC, and Smithsonian, but most importantly, got to make a living doing what I love. Here are some of my fave pieces…

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

When your subject emails after a story goes live with "Great article! Very much appreciate you putting a spotlight on this." 😭 ☺️

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thrilled to be one of the dozen. Go read AND subscribe!

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Kinsey Gidick @kinsey-gidick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It feels very weird to join another platform and do a formal intro, but here goes: I'm a freelance writer based in central Virginia. I try not to limit myself to a beat, but generally speaking, I cover travel, history, food, and books. The quirkier the story, the better.

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