A Case of the Mondays.....?

Good Afternoon All,

As it turns out, I woke up and it's apparently Monday. When did that happen? 
I only had a four hour shift at work and when I was done, it was like, 'oh ... I'm done. Guess I'll go to the tea shop'. 

Not sure what it is about the Fall menus all the coffee shops get in, but they're addictive. And you mix Chai tea with Apple Cider ... Amazing. And they're all called something different. At Starbucks .. it's just called a Hot Apple Spice with Chai. At Biggby and ChocolaTea ... it's called a Chider, and at Water Street Coffee ... it's called a Witches Brew (that last one is my favorite) 
There's also this Mobile coffee shop that is often seen at our local Farmers Market. It's an old ambulance vehicle that was converted over and it's called Coffee Rescue. Catchy, huh? And so far, whenever I catch them ... they make this FANTASTIC Iced Chai that I put in a pump of coconut. 

So if you ever find yourself in the Kalamazoo, MI area ... check these guys out! They usually post their location for the day on their website. The Coffee Rescue

Moving on from my typical name dropping ... 

I love the Fall. If you're a native to Michigan, you know immediately where I'm going with this. If you're not, let me explain. In the Fall here, the leaves start changing colors rapidly. So you only get a few days to TRULY appreciate it. The temperatures rise and fall from the sixties to seventies. The apples are growing full and plump and that means apple picking at my favorite orchard in Grand Rapids with my bestie, Ashleigh. In the Fall, it means that the Fair comes into town and the air is filled with the smells of cotton candy, fried snacks that no one should technically be consuming, and more apples. 

For me, this is my favorite time of the year. It's also such a good season for holidays. Like Halloween. Which I won't go into right now because seriously, as we get into October, you're going to get NOTHING but my Halloween favorites. But there's the pumpkins, and the decorating, and the Fall raking and the new book releases. Fall book releases RULE. Just saying. 

Mackinac Bridge

Yep! This Monday's entry was all about Fall. 
Now I'm going to go back to sipping my Chider and watching the ducks swim in the stream outside ChocolaTea! I hope you guys have an excellent start to this week and I wish you the best.

-Taryn