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.…

● Latest Articles
  • How Travel Can Cure Writer’s Block

    Anyone who has ever stared down a blank page and blinked first knows how devastating writer’s block can be. I’ve read several articles on the…

  • Help! I’ve Run Out of Clever Travel Headlines

    But that doesn’t mean I’ve run out of travel destinations.  Look for posts from the road in January from the UK, Germany, Italy and Las…

  • Drum Roll, Please…

    As promised here’s the first chapter of my next book. It’s the follow up to my first book:  Any Color but Beige:  Living Life in…

  • New Year’s Menu – Humble Pie

    Okay, I thought I had a Chapter ready for New Year’s Day. But yesterday my editor returned my draft with so many comments and questions…

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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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