When sitting down to compile this month’s assortment of “Favorite Things”, I realized that the majority of what I loved and obsessed over throughout February were things that I had watched in-between working, making travel arrangements over the next couple of months, and brushing eight storms’ worth of snow and ice off of my car […]
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It can prove to be difficult to make any short or long-term plans here in New England, particularly in the Winter when the weather is at it’s most unpredictable. I have a flight planned to North Carolina this coming weekend, and I have been obsessively and frantically checking the forecasts and radars for any inclination […]
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It’s not often I get snowed in while visiting my mom in Central Massachusetts. In recent years, I’m usually at my apartment or in my neighborhood within the Pioneer Valley when the bigger storms hit – and I pass the time waiting for plows and sanders by binge-watching comfort movies or my favorite television series, […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Although this will be another year where Troy and I will be celebrating our relationship and all things love and romance from opposite sides of the country, that doesn’t mean I can’t treat myself to some of the typical fanfare that comes with today’s holiday – like taking myself out to […]
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Much like my January had been, my schedule throughout February 2025 remains packed and busy, and I have been going non-stop with my full-time job, my new weekly radio show on MarkSkinRadio.com, planning both national and international travel within the next couple of weeks and months (!!!), and attending parties and get-togethers with my friends […]
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With yet another Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl coming our way this weekend, I’ve been trying to plan a dish that can not only feed and please a crowd, but could also provide some warmth and a little comfort given the recent drop in temperatures and uptick in snowstorms here in the Northeast over the […]
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January is one of those months that, year after year, always feels like it takes a lifetime to get through. I’ve seen a lot of memes on social media in recent days that are in the style of “it’s only January 45th!” that crack me up, and make me feel a little better since I […]
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To say I’m still recovering from this past weekend would be an understatement. While I wasn’t out drinking or dancing until the early morning hours, I was still traveling all around the Northeast to enjoy a couple of belated-birthday celebrations that consisted of some of the best food I’ve ever in my life. How could […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 