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Tag Archives: alternative living
Benefits of Simple Living
TrailerChix talks with Lissa Forsterer about how living large in small spaces can help you get back in touch with your family and gain control over your life when simplifying the way you live. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel…
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Tagged alternative living, benefits of simple living, simple living, small footprint
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Yes, You Can Juice In A Small Footprint
Limited counter space has often kept people from juicing, but it doesn’t have to. There are a number of very good compact machines that will allow you to get all the health benefits that come from juicing. Here are…
Campground Etiquette
It doesn’t matter if you’re staying a night or a season, following a few camp etiquette rules will not only improve your experience, but also that of your fellow campers. Let us know if we’ve forgotten any!…
Posted in Travel
Tagged alternative living, Campground, chick, RV Full time, small space living, trailer, trailer chick, trailer living
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Restoration
Wow!!! It was great to hear from so many of you in response to my towing article – you shared such fantastic examples of confidence, accomplishment and anticipation, as well as self-reward in the form of a massage or…
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged Airstream, alternative living, small space living, tires, Tow, trailer, trailer living, trailerchix, travel, travel trailers, used trailer, woman, women on the road
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Videos: TrailerChix at TEDx 2011 Small Footprint Living
These videos were recorded May 14th, during a TEDx Salon at Portland Concordia University. The event was entitled Mainstreaming Alternative Housing: How to Integrate Small Footprint Living into America’s Cities and Towns Advantages Of Small Footprint Living Small Footprint…
We Want to Give You 12 Extra Hours a Week
The average woman spends over 1.72 hours a day on house cleaning and men you are not far behind, you spend a little over 1.5. That’s almost two hours a day, or more than 624 hours a year spent…
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged alternative living, life balance, lifestyle, saving time, small space, small space living, trailer, trailer living, trailerchix, woman
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Small Places for Meditation
A Guiding Hand One of the great advantages of not having a dishwasher is that it offers you time to focus on your breathing as you think about how warm and soothing the lather feels on your skin –…
Passion – It’s Addicting!
Rather than starting out answering your questions, I’d like to ask something of you…. Of all the lovely people I’ve met during my three short years of glamping…”Rose” is one of the most intriguing, joyful and absolutely passionate yet. …
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged alternative living, camping, RV Full time, Shasta, trailer, trailer living, trailerchix, woman, women, women on the road
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Perfect Pantry Part Two
Now that you have filled your trailer with the tools you need to create delicious, and impressive meals, let’s talk a bit about some of the things that you should always keep on hand. In your pantry, always keep…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged alternative living, green, pantry, small space living, trailer, trailer living, women
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Living with the Masters
Big Art for Small Spaces. While visiting Monet’s home in France in the mid-80s, I learned that he had a custom of celebrating the “opening day of picnic season”. He carted the indoor furniture to one of his many…
Posted in Design
Tagged alternative living, patio, small space living, trailer, trailer living, women, women on the road
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Preparing the Perfect Pantry
This begins a three part series on How We Roll—getting your galley set up and ready to prepare the most basic to the most complicated menus. When you exist in a small space, there is no reason why you…
The Glamping Craze Holds Strong!
‘Glamping’ is a growing trend that highly appeals to women. Here are some clues on what to look for if you’re looking for a glamping ground. One word that keeps coming up more and more in travel articles is…
Destination: Roadside Attraction
7 roadside attractions that should be on your bucket list! 1803 may have been the birth of the road trip in America when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took off on their famed journey up the Missouri River and…
Posted in Travel
Tagged alternative living, camping, roadside attraction, RV Full time, RV parks, shelah johnson, trailer, trailer chick, trailer living, trailerchix, travel, women, women on the road
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Deanna Wohlgenuth
Are you chasing HAPPINESS? Deanna Wohlgemuth was and she found it! TrailerChix talks to Deanna about her approach to small footprint living and running two successful businesses out of her 1966 Airstream Caravel trailer in Portland, Oregon How…
A well dressed trailer is ALWAYS skirted!
It’s time to pull out the warm woollies, reach for your favorite leggings and check to see if your Wellingtons have sprung a leak. After you’ve done all that, check to see if your trailer is skirted. Skirts can…
Move Over Astroturf
Trailer Chicks are Bringing Curb Appeal to the Park! Trailer living and travel are not without their dull spots, but with some smart design and a little creativity your entrance can emanate a feeling of “Welcome Home,” even if…
Posted in Design
Tagged alternative living, camping, chicks, creativity, curb appeal, design, fire, RV Full time, small space living, Solar, trailer, trailer chicks, trailer living, trailers, travel, vacation
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Wrap It Up, We’ll Take It!
Often considered the ugly stepchild, the house trailer has been relegated to the outskirts of town. But designs like this older mid-century single-wide deserve a seat at the big people’s table. And when you consider how much debris goes…
French Press – The Swiss Army Knife of TrailerChix
Every trailer chick knows that it’s not how many kitchen tools you have that matters, but the versatility in each of them. Each kitchen gadget has to function like a Swiss Army knife. When space is at a premium,…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged alternative living, Bodum, BonJour, camping, chix, Cocktails, coffee, coolers, fleur de thym and citrus cooler, French press, fusions, ginger green tea cooler, land yacht, mint mocha cooler, new trailers, recipes, RV Full time, RV vacations, shelah johnson, small foot, small space, small space living, summer beverages, the good life, trailer, travel trailer, woman, woman lifestyle, women on the road
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No One Pumps Iron Like A Trailer Chick!
How to season your cast iron One of the most challenging rooms for me to downsize was my kitchen. I love cooking, canning, and baking. Nothing brings me more joy than feeding people. So when it came to packing…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged active woman, alternative living, book review, camp cooking, camping, caravan girl, cast iron, cast iron cookbook, chick, chix traveling, cooking in small places, dutch ovens, iron skillets, Joanna Pruess, mhaithaca, RV, RV Full time, shelah johnson, small space living, trailer, trailer living, travel, travel trailer, women on the road
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Brown Chicken Brown Cow
Location: 2730 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR Food: Breakfast Taco and Steamed Burgers Phone: 503.970.6746 www.bcbcpdx.com Trailer: 16 ft. 1966 Aladdin OMG, where has steamed meat been all my life? (I do need to get off the West Coast.)…
Brother Bob’s Roving Bakery
Brother Bob’s Roving Bakery Location: 2730 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR Food: Bakery Phone: 503.780.8212 Trailer: 21 ft. 1979 Terry One would be hard pressed to find a roving bakery, let alone one that offers such a variety of…
Learn How to Backup a Trailer like a Pro
Congratulations, you found the deal of a lifetime. Now how are you going to get it home? Having the ability to back up a trailer gives you the same sense of freedom and independence as parallel parking. It takes…
Posted in CleverChix
Tagged alternative living, backup, backup cameras, camera systems, DIY, reversing, RV, RV park, shelah johnson, small space living, trailer, travel, travel trailer, women on the road, womentrailer living
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How to Start Your Own Fire
No trailer camp site is complete without the smells and sound of blazing wood and nothing says welcome like the glow of a warm fire. With that said, it has come to our attention that there are still some…
Posted in CleverChix
Tagged alternative living, camp cooking, camping, chix, DIY, fire, fire wood, garden art, garden screens, living on the road, RV travel, RV vacations, shelah johnson, small foot, small space living, Stan Malino, trailer living, travel trailer, woman, woman lifestyle, women
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Watts Up?
The answer for most people is, “Yes, they are. Watts are totally up.” Do a quick scan around your trailer and see how many items you have plugged in at this second: TV? Laptop? Coffee maker? Ipod? Phone charger?…
Posted in CleverChix
Tagged alternative living, chick, chicks, coffee, RV Full time, trailer, trailer chick, trailer chicks, trailer living, trailers, women on the road
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The American Clipper Rocked its Way into my Heart
It was 10 am Friday morning at a tree-covered lot on Sauvie Island, 20 minutes north of Portland, Oregon. I was stretched out on my bunk working on my laptop when I saw a wonderful thing out of the…
Posted in Every Woman Has a Story
Tagged Airstream, alternative living, American Clipper, Clipper, dogs, how to, Portland, small space living, trailer, women on the road
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