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You Go Girl fans know that if we’re traveling to a state that was once one of the original 13 colonies, we’re including Revolutionary-War-Independ...
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Palmettos? Why Palmettos? Isn’t that the name of those jeans some of us at
You Go Girl wore in the 80s and 90s? Or how ‘bout those giant bugs in F...
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How many of you girlfriends out there had to, at one time, be corrected for your pronunciation of Arkansas? We remember thinking, since when does a...
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Montana’s name comes from the Spanish word montaña, meaning "mountain" or more broadly "mountainous country.” You probably know it by its unofficia...
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When you hear the word “cheese”, what place comes to mind? Yeah, my first thought was France, too (remember Meg Ryan’s comment in French Kiss: “Did...
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Let’s start with the firsts, and we’ll finish with the seafood.
New Hampshire (nicknamed "The Granite State" referring to its extensive granite fo...
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Did you get to read about all the great things that embody Kentucky, and why we at
You Go Girl recommend it for your next getaway? Well, one thing...
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Quite a list! Let’s start at the top.
Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw language phrase okla humma, literally meaning honored people. (The w...
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Being a bit independent myself, I admire Rhode Island’s history. Its tradition of independence and dissent gave it a large role in the American Rev...
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You Go Girl is staying in the south again this week, visiting another Gulf Coast state: Mississippi (confess, you spelled that out rather than rea...
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While last week’s blog highlighted North Carolina as the first colony and the “First in Flight,” Sweet Home Alabama is home to many firsts as well:...
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Established as a royal colony in 1729, North Carolina was one of the 13 colonies and is named in honor of King Charles I of England who first forme...
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