A Month to Remember: June 2025

While January will probably hold the title for “Longest Month Ever” each and every year since we’re all coming out of our post-holiday/New Years hazes and are trying to brave what’s left of Winter, I feel like June – and specifically June of 2025 – is a close second. This month felt like it went […]

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Summer Sweets: Lemon Posset

We are coming out of the tail end of an unexpected and extraordinary heat wave here in New England, with temperatures hitting the high nineties and occasionally cracking into the triple digits. It’s expected to break at some point tomorrow or Friday with rain and a much-needed cool-down – but in the meantime I’ve been […]

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“This is SummerWeen, This is SummerWeen…”

I had mentioned last week that during an afternoon we’d both had off from our respective jobs, my dear friend/neighbor/photographer extraordinaire Dan and I headed out to Salem, Massachusetts for a proper “SummerWeen” celebration. In that post from Friday, where I’d written exclusively about Blackcraft Salem, I’d also given a brief summary into what SummerWeen […]

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Local Loves: Blackcraft Salem

With today being the first official day of the Summer season, I thought it’d be the perfect opportunity to share some highlights from my recent “SummerWeen” celebration and highlight a local store and coffee shop based in my beloved Salem, Massachusetts! For those who may be unfamiliar with the concept of “SummerWeen”, it’s exactly what […]

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Give ’em Shell…

One of the most exhilarating parts of the (almost!) Summer season has been looking at my calendar and seeing how many things I’ve got planned over not just the next few weeks, but throughout the next couple of months, as well. Between day trips out to Boston, long weekends on the Cape and in Maine, […]

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Summer Refresher: The Sunset Cocktail

It’s been a hot minute or two since I shared a beverage recipe here on ‘Coffee & Chiffon‘, especially one so aesthetically pleasing and pretty as this one! I’m more of a food recipe enthusiast, but when I saw this one making the rounds on social media – I knew I had to try it […]

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Local Loves: Howard’s Drive-In

While there are many, many, many different road and seaside shacks in and around New England that offer plentiful servings of fried seafood, burgers, and/or ice cream – they are not all created equal – and over the years I’ve definitely stayed loyal to a few of my favorites. That’s not to say I won’t […]

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The Summer Foodie Kick-Off…

Regardless of temperamental and unpredictable weather here in New England, I’ve wasted no time in hitting the ground running once June kicked off, beginning the tradition of visiting some of my favorite local seasonal spots and indulging in some of my favorite Summertime delicacies over the past few days/couple of weeks. One of the very […]

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