The week before Thanksgiving – to me, anyway – has always been the unofficial beginning to the Christmas season. Even if you’re not ready to trim the tree or climb up onto your roof to start affixing your 25,000 imported Italian twinkle light ala Clark Griswold just yet, it’s time to get them on standby […]
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Hello from North Carolina, everyone! After a bizarre travel day consisting of delays, cancelations, and being re-routed all over the East Coast due to the (currently) ongoing government shutdown, I eventually made it into Raleigh this past Saturday evening – and only a couple hours later than my originally planned arrival time – for a […]
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I’m sure I’ve mentioned this multiple times in the past, but September 1st, for me, as always marked the beginning of the Fall season – regardless of the weather or still-scorching-hot-temperatures outside. It’s the beginning of the “ber” months and therefore it’s okay for me to start indulging in pumpkin spiced-everything and making sure any […]
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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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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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Although I’ve been slowly but surely beginning the process of packing up my Fall/Winter wardrobe to put away in storage for another few months, setting aside things I didn’t wear throughout the colder seasons to have cleaned and donate, and airing out some of my Springtime and Summer dresses and tops- I’ve made sure to […]
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I love a lot of things about New Years. The idea of a clean slate, the optimism and hope so many of us share that the year ahead will be better than the last, the parties, the snacks/meals and champagne- but most of all I love everything and anything glittery and sparkly! I’m a sucker […]
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L. M. Montgomery once wrote “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,” and I’m sure many of us Fall Girls can relate. I know I’m repeating myself, maybe for the hundredth time here on ‘Coffee & Chiffon,’ when I say it is my absolute favorite month out of the year- […]
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