As wild as it is to me to be typing this right now, today is my last official day of my thirties – with tomorrow marking my grand entrance into the big “4-0” – an age, new decade, and era I truly wasn’t sure I was going to make it to, especially in my wilder […]
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Even though the holidays may be done for now, that doesn’t mean my festive and celebratory attitude has been packed away alongside my ornaments just yet. I’ve still got some post-Christmas and belated-New Year’s events planned! Each year when compiling my holiday shopping list, I break down my friends/family into two categories – people that […]
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I’ve been back in Massachusetts for a couple of days now, having missed some wild weather (including a few tornado touchdowns!) as we begin to transition from Summer to Fall – but the mornings have had a delightful chill to them, and the storefronts are starting to display more and more pumpkins and mums – […]
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It’s kind of wild, but mostly funny to think about my trips to Las Vegas throughout my early twenties – where the only places I’d ever frequent regularly were the Strip or Fremont Street regardless of the size of the crowds or the length of the lines that developed depending on the occasion/event, or holiday. […]
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It’s hard to believe that we’re almost to the halfway point of 2025. It feels like I’d only just left Las Vegas after ringing in the New Year there this past December/January, but here we are! Summer is essentially underway and it’s about that time for me to take pause, acknowledge my progress (while still […]
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Good Morning and Happy Monday, everyone! Before we begin winding down the month of April and prepare to welcome May with open arms, I wanted to take the opportunity today to share a few of my favorite finds, purchases and gifts from these past few weeks that have made what has otherwise been a very […]
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When I’d initially sat down to write this post over this past weekend, I truly wasn’t sure if it was something I should actually publish or not. I’d heard a quote in recent years that went along the lines of something like “stop letting bad people live in your head rent-free“, and I absolutely believe […]
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When I think of “milestone” dates, I usually associate them with happy memories and moments – birthdays, anniversaries, a date commemorating an accomplishment or reaching a goal – but life is filled with both good and bad, and milestones can mark sadder and more traumatic events, as well. Yesterday, for example, marked five years since […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 