A Few of My Favorite Things: February 2024

With February coming to an end soon, albeit a somewhat extended one since it’s a leap year this year, and plans for March starting to swirl around both inside my head and on my schedule – I wanted to take some time to share some of the gifts, purchases and odds and ends that have […]

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Trees and Top Hats…

It seems almost unjust to have to return to work so soon after wrapping up such a fun and busy weekend but alas, here I am, preparing to start another Monday morning (albeit from the comforts of my cozy living room/office set-up!) of phone calls, e-mails and meetings. Is it possible to rewind the clock […]

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A Few of My Favorite Things: November 2023

I hope that everyone who celebrated last week had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! A few days off to savor some good food, great company, and recover from some out-of-state-travel this past weekend was exactly what I needed to feel refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to get back into work and blogging again! Although I’m going to […]

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Feeling Festive…

Without fail, the debate over when it’s acceptable to decorate for the holidays rages on into the days leading up to Thanksgiving (and it has been since the day after Halloween!) It is an extremely divisive topic- right up there with anything surrounding politics or religion- but I think a fair, nuanced compromise/suggestion would be […]

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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 dΓ©cor to get my apartment window displays ready to go before I head down to Maryland this […]

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Local Loves: Blooming Table Events

Everyone who knows me well knows that I love a good party, and when asked to plan one or assist in the planning of one- be it for a birthday, bachelorette party, Halloween, etc.- I take it very seriously. It may be because of my somewhat meticulous nature and peculiar eye for detail, but I […]

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A New England Summer Giveaway!

I’ve been talking about doing this since I reached 500 posts here at ‘Coffee & Chiffon’ last month, and because it’s been a minute or two since I’ve had any type of giveaway/contest (I love being able to host them!)– but with work, travel, and Summertime plans being essentially non-stop over these last few weeks- […]

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Local Loves: The Painted Stone

With Mother’s Day coming up within the next couple of weeks, and my planned mini-vacation to California happening right before it- I wanted to get a head start on picking out a unique and beautiful gift to give my mom before I made my way to the airport for take-off (and we have dinner plans […]

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