A Month to Remember: October 2024

Happy (Almost!) Halloween, everyone! Before I get ready to stock up on some extra candy for Trick-or-Treaters and plan what horror movies I’m going to watch to close out the month tomorrow night, I wanted to take a fond look back at October – and all the spooky and not-so-spooky adventures that came with it […]

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Not-So-Local-Loves: Bartlett House

I had wanted to share this post last Friday, but I was both recovering from a 24-hour cold (it always happens with the change in seasons, and I’m doing much better now!) as well as finalizing the last of my car repairs and maintenance as we approach the colder months here in New England. An […]

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The Headstone Tour…

Now that we are right in the middle of spooky season and I have been traveling all over the state of Massachusetts in recent days for get-togethers with friends, visiting family, having my car repaired/prepped before the frost starts appearing on my windshield and other Halloween-centric activities and adventures, I thought I’d share three of […]

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Welcome Great Pumpkin…

It comes as no surprise that I love any and all things Fall and Halloween, and that I am truly living my best life this time of year. I’ve been a full-blown Autumnal girly since I was a little kid, and I don’t think I’m showing any signs of slowing down with my obsessions and […]

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The Ocean Called…

It feels like I hit the ground running since my return home to New England this past weekend after a brief stay in Delaware and Maryland. I had gotten on the road early on Friday morning, beginning the long drive through New York, New Jersey, and parts of Pennsylvania while in route to meet up […]

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A Month to Remember: September 2024

It goes without saying that I’m very excited for October and all the things I have planned during it. It’s my favorite month with my favorite holiday (Halloween!) and I’ve got a lot of spooky events with friends and local lore/destinations to write about here on ‘Coffee & Chiffon‘ throughout the next few weeks – […]

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Local Loves: Ciesluk’s Farm Stand

I’ve been living in the Pioneer Valley for just over five years now, and while I’d been pretty familiar with parts of Western Massachusetts for much longer than that, having visited friends for many long weekends, holidays, celebrations, etc., before I moved to the area, there were still plenty of places I didn’t know about […]

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A Little Hocus Pocus…

With a long weekend trip to Maryland planned at the end of this month to meet up with Andrew and the kids for the first time in what feels like forever, I’ve been crafting and customizing little gift bags for each of them – as is my tradition whenever we all get to spend time […]

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