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Kara Harms

(She/Her)
San Francisco
As seen in: Whimsy Soul, The New York Times, Yahoo Life, NPR, People, TODAY, Yahoo, Yahoo Creators, The San Francisco Standard
Covers:  Travel, California, lifestyle, body positivity, Airbnb hosting, hotels, wellness, fashion, beauty
Travel Expert | CEO of Whimsy Soul | Influencer of 9+ years | WSET 2 | Founder of Whimsy Homes, an Airbnb in CA

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Kara Harms’s Biography

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Kara is an experienced photographer, speaker, and the CEO of Whimsy Soul, a lifestyle website that earns more than 6 million readers annually. She is also a contributor to Yahoo Creators.

She founded Whimsy Soul in 2015 after graduating from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in 2014 with a BA in Advertising and also a BA in Art. She is passionate about inspiring other women to live a life with whimsy, and has been creating powerful storytelling content online for 9+ years.

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Kara Harms’s Journalist Portfolio

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From JFK to the Jungle: Discover the Unexpected Adventure of Guyana A Short Flight Away

From JFK to the Jungle: Discover the Unexpected Adventure of Guyana A Short Flight Away

Discover the untamed beauty of Guyana with adventures like anteater spotting, swimming in waterfalls, and sav…

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'White House of the West' Spotlight: Inside the Fairmont Penthouse Suite's Iconic Rooms

'White House of the West' Spotlight: Inside the Fairmont Penthouse Suite's Iconic Rooms

Inside San Francisco's most expensive hotel room starting at $20k a night. The sheer scale of the Penthouse S…

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Book the Entire Spa? Stars, Mineral Pools & Wellness at Fairmont Sonoma's Luxurious Escape

Book the Entire Spa? Stars, Mineral Pools & Wellness at Fairmont Sonoma's Luxurious Escape

Guests can now rent out the entire Fairmont Spa for a luxury night of wellness under the stars

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What a Bay Area Influencer, a Realty Agent and a Baker Have To Lose if TikTok Is Banned

What a Bay Area Influencer, a Realty Agent and a Baker Have To Lose if TikTok Is Banned

The Biden administration might outlaw one of the highest-traffic websites in the world, shutting off a lucrat…

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Videos from Royal Caribbean's Ultimate World Cruise are captivating TikTok viewers

Videos from Royal Caribbean's Ultimate World Cruise are captivating TikTok viewers

Passengers on the epic around-the-world cruise are going viral as they share the voyage on TikTok. Over nine …

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The 9-month-long Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise just began and a TikToker has already laun...

The 9-month-long Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise just began and a TikToker has already laun...

The 9-month-long Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise is a-sail and a TikToker is using a bingo card to foll…

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I Went to a World Cup Game in Santa Clara. Here's What Nobody Tells You.

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By Kara Harms
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Whimsy Soul and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. World Cup 2026 "Please stop throwing each other into the air. If you keep doing that, we'll have to remove you from the stadium grounds." The Michelob Ultra DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area World Cup Stadium gave this warning with a slight giggle in her voice, because let's be honest here, you can't not laugh at the situation.
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This Tiny Blueberry Patch on a Napa Mountain Produces 1,000 Jars of Jam a Year

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By Kara Harms
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Whimsy Soul and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Clif Family Winery Farm (Kara Harms) I woke up in San Francisco on a Tuesday morning buried in fog. By the time my car climbed Howell Mountain two hours later, I was standing in full June sunshine, listening to bees work through a garden, watching a hummingbird loop between the flower rows above us. This is the Clif Family Winery farm, and it does not feel like Napa.
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Every Artist Dominating Your Feed Right Now Played BottleRock First. I Went to Find Out Who's Next.

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By Kara Harms
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Whimsy Soul and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. BottleRock 2026 (Whimsy Soul team) The night before BottleRock kicked off, I curled up in bed and turned on the new summer hit series "Off Campus", which racked up 36 million views in 12 days, only to see the one and only Remi Wolf performing in a cameo halfway through the pilot episode.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, college newspaper as a photo journalist.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, but I do own a typewriter someone left in my lobby. A potted plant sits on top of it currently.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

I'm a Notion girl. Can't live without it.
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