Cafe Girl Chronicles
Stories, serendipity, and the people we meet along the way.
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First, let me thank everyone for touching base to make sure that all was well at the Chronicles. I’m happy to say that it is. That, for the past six months, I’ve been taking a small break. I’ve been “unplugged” from everything: book, blog, twitter, FB and, yes, even email.…
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Are You Living a Colorful Life?
In my book, Any Color but Beige: Living Life in Color, I finally realize that the picture-perfect life I created for myself was missing something essential –…
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Travel Essentials VII: 5 Things You Should Always Have in Your Suitcase
I consider myself both a veteran and inveterate traveler. There are certain travel rituals that I practice that enable me to hop on a plane…
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The Versatile Blogger Award – Now I Get It!
I am grateful to two fellow bloggers who have nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award – and it’s not just about the recognition and…
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Ten Tips for Being a Great Speaker – or, Dear God, Please Don’t Let Me Sound Stupid
I sell color for a living to paint companies around the world. By that, I mean those little paint chips (swatches) and color fans you…
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I’m Catherine Larose — storyteller, traveler, and dweller in possibility.
For years I’ve been collecting stories in cafés, on trains, in airports, and around dinner tables.
Café Girl Chronicles is where I share reflections on connection, friendship, reinvention, and the people we meet along the way. Big moments may change the course of our lives, but it’s often the everyday exchanges—over coffee, conversation, and unexpected encounters—that become the stories we remember.
Those moments can happen anywhere. I’m simply looking for the places where they’re most likely to find me somewhere between life and latte.
