Local Loves: Strawberry Hollow Farm

With just a few days left until Halloween and my only recently returning to the East Coast after an extended stay in Southern California, I had limited time to catch up on grabbing some pumpkins and new Halloween décor to get my apartment window displays ready to go before I head down to Maryland this […]

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Embrace The Spooky…

Being back home has been an adjustment, to say the least. My mind and my body are still very much running on West Coast time, which has made my sleep and meal schedule a little off-balance, and I’ve been spending the last couple of days desperately hitting the “reset” button to try and get myself […]

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Fall Foodie: Mini Pumpkin Scones

Now that I’m back in New England and have access to my kitchen again, I thought it was time to share another pumpkin-infused mini breakfast recipe (to serve as a follow-up to last month’s tiny pumpkin muffins!) that you can whip up in the days leading up to Halloween. While scones sometimes get a bad […]

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“I’m a loner, Dottie. A Rebel.”

To close out my stay in California, Troy had a surprise for me this past weekend. After grabbing brunch at STOWAWAY, which I wrote about earlier this week, we hit the road to get some coffee and plan out the remainder of our Saturday afternoon. I’ve grown accustomed to SoCal’s insane traffic over the years, […]

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This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween…

It was only a matter of time, but we’ve come up on the last couple of days of my extended West Coast journey. In a little over 24 hours I’ll be boarding a plane back to New England to ride out the remainder of my vacation before it’s time to return to work, colder weather, […]

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OOTD: Crisp and Cozy…

I haven’t had much need for sweaters here in Southern California. It’s been sunny and warm every single day since my arrival a couple of weeks ago- and any clouds, fog or early morning precipitation is usually cleared up by the time I step outside to start my day. I’m so not used to wearing […]

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Haunted Happenings…

Although I’ve been in California for nearly two weeks now, my “official” vacation didn’t kick off until today. Since my arrival at the beginning of the month, I’ve been working remotely throughout San Diego and Orange County- starting my day at four in the morning and wrapping up e-mails/tasks around 1:30 in the afternoon. Sure, […]

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Not-So-Local-Loves: S3 Coffee Bar

There’s a lot of things I’ve grown to absolutely adore in the nearly twenty years I’ve been traveling to San Diego. The friends and extended family I have there. The scenery. The beaches. The music venues (and music scene, of course!) The great places to eat and drink- plenty of which I’ve written about on […]

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