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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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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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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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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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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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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Despite the fact that temperatures continue to reach the high 70s/low 80s each afternoon and I am still very much wearing shorts and sandals throughout the day since returning home to New England, that hasn’t stopped me from beginning to unpack my Autumnal and Halloween décor, including some new additions I’d picked up as recently […]
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Last week, when winding down my recap of my time in Northern California and the Redwoods, I had mentioned that Troy had a surprise for me during our long drive back to Orange County – a place that was so unique and cool that it deserved it’s own post – and here we are! After […]
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