A Month to Remember: July 2024

Not since January has a month felt like it has lasted forever the way July has. I’m not complaining, by the way – since this past month has been absolutely superb and packed to the brim with a lot of travel to some of my favorite Summertime destinations in and around New England, plenty of […]

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Lunch in the Mountains…

I can’t remember the last time I had made the drive up to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Nestled amid mountains, rivers, waterfalls and railways – it’s a beautiful location any time of year – and I want to say I had last ventured North for a weekend stay years ago during the very last days […]

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Surf Rock Sunshine…

With my half days at work rotating with a new quarter and now falling on every Wednesday for the next couple of months, it seemed fitting to celebrate my mid-week freedom with a trip up to Rye, New Hampshire after I wrapped up e-mails and phone calls promptly at noon and closed my laptop for […]

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Escape to the Cape…

It’s been more than a minute since I’ve visited Cape Cod, specifically Hyannis, with my last trip there taking place well before the pandemic started as part of an early Summer getaway weekend with my group of girlfriends. The coastal community, filled with great cafΓ©s, shops, historical monuments, museums and of course – plenty of […]

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Local Loves: Ashfield Lake

I’ve always been and likely always will be a “beachy girl.” The ocean – any ocean! – is one of my favorite places to be in the Summertime, with many weekends of my life spent up at Rye and Hampton Beach in New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach and Ogunquit in Maine, and both Laguna Beach […]

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A Month to Remember: June 2024

And just like that – June 2024 is coming to a close! While making plans for Independence Day seemed like something I had plenty of time to do weeks ago, I’m now left frantically searching for a recipe I can whip up for a cookout I’m attending next week, double checking booking/restaurant reservations I made […]

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A Few of My Favorite Things: June 2024

Although my full recap and rewind of June 2024 will be up on ‘Coffee & Chiffon‘ by the end of this week and right before we cannonball ourselves into July – it’s worth mentioning now that I can’t believe the month is almost over! It’s been SO busy and filled with travel to both new […]

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Chasing Waterfalls… And Tornadoes.

Every Summer, amid working our respective jobs and participating in our hobbies of choice (which are usually shared and therefore we do them together,) my longtime/lifetime friend Sean and I try to carve out a weekend where we travel out of the city or out of state together to visit somewhere newish and have a […]

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