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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Recreating Yourself – Encore!
We recreate ourselves constantly whether we realize it or not. It happens naturally as we live our lives. Outwardly we go from daughter, to wife,…
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My Carrie Bradshaw Moment – My First Public Reading
I’ve had a lot of Carrie Bradshaw moments over the last few years: walking away from the wrong man at the right time, falling for…
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Regrets, I’ve had a few…
Many years ago, I stumbled headlong into an intense affair with a handsome but unavailable Swede. I clearly recall walking down Michigan Avenue arguing both…
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Girls’ Nights In — Celebrating Good Times, Good Friends and a Good Book
People often ask me, “Why did you write a book?” If they are friends who know me well, I will often mischievously reply, “I did…
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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.
