This past Saturday marked one of the first genuinely warm and sunny days we’ve had here in New England in quite some time. It also marked the beginning of Maple Season here in New England, with many of our local sugar houses offering pancake breakfasts, syrup sampling, and plenty of freshly-made products and goodies for […]
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Although quite a few of my Valentines Days over recent years have been what some would consider a little unconventional (having been in a relationship since 2019 that then went long distance in 2020) I will always appreciate and look forward to a holiday that lets me celebrate love, chocolate, and the color red. Sure, […]
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Every year, around this time, I like to dedicate a post to the recently chosen “Color of the Year” via the creative minds over at PANTONE. It’s become a tradition of sorts here at ‘Coffee & Chiffon’, dating back to shortly after I’d first launched this blog in January of 2020 and talked about incorporating […]
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I am in full-blown “Last Minute Gift Shopping Mode” right now – picking up and wrapping those final items that give the gifts I’ve already painstakingly selected earlier this year that little something extra when I finally hand them to their respective recipients. While being in stores or scrolling through multiple feeds late at night […]
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Nothing gets you into the holiday spirit in New England quite like an impromptu heavy snowstorm that results in traffic delays and school/business closures! And with us being only just a few days into December, it seemed fitting that we got our first heavy snowfall of the year this week! On Wednesday night after finishing […]
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It’s been hard to plan consistent outfits over the past week or so, since temperatures have varied between “warmer than expected” to “much colder than anticipated” – often over the course of just a couple of hours – which means I’m usually grabbing heavier jackets or sweaters to wear over long dresses when I’m at […]
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With Dan back from Arizona just in time to catch peak foliage here in New England, we recently made the most out of a sunny weekend morning/early afternoon with plenty of leaf peeping, pumpkin picking, and apple cider sundaes around a couple of our favorite Autumnal spots in both New York and Vermont that we […]
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What do you do when your friend-neighbor-photographer is away in Arizona for a couple of weeks to help his absolute sweetheart of a grandmother get situated in her Fall/Winter home, but you have a really cute and seasonally-appropriate sweater you want to show off before you head to a Berkshires-based pumpkin & Halloween event? You […]
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