Well hello there! I had meant for this post to go live this past Monday, but when one of your dearest friends from California enlists your help so they can drop by New England to surprise their mom for Mother’s Day- one tends to get caught up in the specifics of the covert-level plan- as […]
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In a couple of weeks it’ll have been three years since I first moved to my lovely little loft in the Pioneer Valley out here in Western Massachusetts- although approximately two of those three years having been significantly hindered and limited with what I could do or see due to the COVID-19 pandemic- but with […]
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It’s getting to be that time of year when I am craving all of the tropical fruits and flavors- like watermelon, kiwi, mango, coconut and especially bananas! Some of you may remember my Banana Cream Pie Parfaits I had shared last April in preparation for Easter dinner, and while the assembly of these pudding cups […]
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How have we made it to (almost) May already?! Does a lot of travel and being busy pretty much non-stop truly make the time fly by faster or what?! It feels like just yesterday I was saying my fond farewells to the month of March and gearing up for a lot of Spring sightseeing and […]
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Although my full tip-of-the-cap to April 2022 will be up on the blog a little later on this week, it’s about that time where I share a few of the products, finds and odds and ends that I’ve been loving and obsessing over these past few weeks leading into the (hopefully) wonderful month of May! […]
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Although it took a little while- our Winters are persistent, after all!- it’s beginning to look more and more like Spring in New England! Flowers and trees are blooming, the days are longer and warmer- and I’ve been gradually bringing out some of the newer additions to my 2022 Spring/Summer wardrobe to wear around work […]
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Although it’s still a little early in the year to steadily and consistently grill outdoors for backyard BBQs or cookouts- that hasn’t stopped myself or my friends from preparing dishes to get us feeling more seasonal with every nice, sunny and warm day we have here in New England! One of my favorite Springtime/picnic snacks […]
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It’s not every day that your best friend’s daughter- a little ball of energy and sassiness that you’ve played with, snuggled with, read stories to and watched grow- turns five years old. So when Andrew recently invited me to come down to Maryland for Haven’s fifth birthday party- I booked a same-day, round-trip flight immediately, […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 