This week is a busy one for me, with working my full-time job, tying up some loose ends, running last minute errands and carefully packing for my upcoming three-week stay in Southern California. Given how long I’m going to be gone and how far from home I’ll be- I want to make sure I don’t […]
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This installment of ‘Local Loves’ is going to be a bit different than past posts. While I designate these (usually) New England-based spotlights on various businesses, attractions and oddities that can actively be visited/explored and experienced- this week’s travel/dining guide is serving more as a tribute to a place that I absolutely adore that recently […]
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When looking back on this past month and all the photos, videos and memories I’ve accumulated over the weeks leading up to now- I catch myself smiling at how much time I was lucky enough to spend with friends, family and in beautiful Springtime weather! This month has been busy, for sure- with travel (local […]
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In all my travels through the Berkshires over these past few years since moving to Western Massachusetts, there is a brightly-colored shop on Laurel Street in Lee- not far from a few restaurants and bars I’ve frequented- that I’ve driven by no less than a hundred times but had never stopped in prior to this […]
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Happy *almost* April, everyone! As excited as I am for the coming weeks ahead since I’ve got days full of travel, parties and (hopefully) some sunshine ahead of me- I have to take some time to acknowledge, pay respects to and give so much love to March 2023. While January and February felt like they […]
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Having to return to work on the first day of Spring and after a particularly superb long weekend just feels unfair- but I’m back at the office today and catching up on all the things I’d missed since I set off for a mini-“staycation” last week while Troy is in town visiting for a few […]
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! I’m sitting here with a cup of coffee (not a beer with green food coloring in it- I promise!) and am getting a slow and easy start to a somewhat extended weekend of adventure, live music and time with friends in and around New England. I had mentioned a couple […]
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I take full responsibility for jinxing all of New England when I recently wrote about how it was starting to feel like Spring here. Clearly my eagerness for a new and warmer season angered some higher power that somehow controls the weather, because it has been snowing on and off for about a week now- […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 