1,000 Posts and 1,000 Leaves..

I hadn’t realized I’d reached a blogging milestone here on ‘Coffee & Chiffon‘ until I’d gone back to make some revisions and add a few more foliage photos to this update when I noticed that this post is actually my 1,000th! I never in a million years thought I’d reach that number back when I’d […]

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Local Loves: Lost Time Books

Before we start getting real spooky here at ‘Coffee & Chiffon‘ in preparation for Halloween, I want to keep things a little more whimsical and cute in honor of the changing leaves with this most recent installment of “Local Loves”, which takes us back to Southern Vermont for a delightful and picturesque find right off […]

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Late Summer Amid The Sunflowers…

One thing I’ve noticed more and more over the years about the tail end of every Summer is how the scenery and the landscapes begin to change in gradual, subtle ways. The sun starts to set just a little bit earlier each night, hydrangeas begin to make way for sunflowers, and there are now big, […]

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A Month to Remember: July 2026

Similar to June of this year, July felt like it moved along at a remarkably slow, steady, and manageable pace, and despite how busy and active I was throughout 90% of it, I never felt like I was missing out on any of my Summer or like I was rushing through anything – and for […]

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Wine Flights and Time Capsules…

Anytime a weekend includes time with friends, family, good food and some spontaneous adventures (and getting some rest, too, of course!), I consider it a success. So this past weekend, which included all of those things and then some – was one for the books. On Saturday, which was filled with rain and passing storms, […]

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Cabins and The Cape…

Good afternoon and hello, July! It seems fitting that those of us here in New England would be welcoming a new month with the beginning of what is shaping up to be an absolute doozy of a heatwave, but here we are! I’m presently sitting in my air conditioned apartment with the shades drawn and […]

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A Month to Remember: March 2026

When looking back at this past month, it all feels like a bit of a blur – a blur filled with a lot of travel around New England, a lot of good food, and a lot of attempts to manifest Spring’s arrival amid frigid days and snow flurries – but a blur nonetheless. And now […]

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Waffles and Robert Frost…

With Troy finishing packing up the last of his belongings from his childhood home this past Saturday, that left our Sunday wide open for a daytime adventure. Given that he was still pretty spent from all the driving and boxing/unboxing in recent days, he generously stepped back and let me take full control of how […]

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