Hello from your favorite amateur style photographer! While Dan continues to recover from COVID-19, I thought I’d share some less-than-professional-looking selfies of a new addition to my closet that I picked up during my most recent outing to Plum. Valentine’s Day might be over and in the books, and Spring may not start in another […]
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One of the perks of both living and traveling around the Pioneer Valley as extensively as I do is that I am only a quick walking or driving distance from so many wonderful and unique small-owned businesses- including boutiques, restaurants, venues and cafés- and I try to frequent them as much as possible at various […]
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Many, many years ago (and it feels like a lifetime, really!) long before I finished college and started working my way through various firms and office gigs to get where I am now- I worked a couple of part-time jobs- including waitressing, doing lights at a comedy club and spending plenty of nights and weekends […]
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Hello everyone- and hello 2022! Happy New Year and Happy (belated) 2nd Birthday to ‘Coffee & Chiffon’- which was first launched on New Year’s Day back in 2020. Simpler times. While I hit the ground running shortly after the ball dropped, and have been on the move and working since this past weekend wrapped up- […]
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With Troy back in town for a few days before he flies home to California, and us not wanting to keep eating at the same locations in the Valley over and over- we decided to take a trip down Memory Lane (see: Rhode Island) to have dinner at a dining/banquet hall that is a popular […]
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Although I tend to stick a little closer to home around the Holiday season- what with Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc., involving family gatherings and late night parties with friends- I never deprive myself of the opportunity to travel somewhere relatively new, do some exploring, meet new people and both dine in and shop at businesses […]
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When it comes time to narrow down my favorite things for the month of October, I’m always left asking “you mean I can’t just say the whole month?” Alas- these posts are always limited to products, things I’m binge-watching, a few odds and some of the ends I’ve stumbled upon during the weeks leading up […]
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Justifying my splurging on brand new makeup simply because it’s Fall might not make sense to many people- but considering I went pretty minimal for the Summer since it seemed like a waste of perfectly good product and money to have expensive foundations/tinted moisturizers, bronzers or eye shadows slide right off of me in the […]
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