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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  • It’s All About the Shoes…

    My first stop on my trip was to the Tango shoe store, Comme Il Faut (loosely translated, it means as is necessary) to purchase a pair…

  • Arrived…

    It’s funny how it’s the simple things these days that give me the most pleasure.  That’s not to say that I won’t appreciate the week…

  • Maple Leaf Lounge – Montreal

    I have a half an hour wait before they call the flight to DC with a later onward connection to BsAs. I am traveling without…

  • My Last Date…

    You know, for a Cafe Girl who’s used to more than her fair share of on-line interest, and friends and family fix-ups, it has been…

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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.

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