Through the years I’ve taken short and long breaks from blogging but I just can’t seem to let it go. I love it too much! So I’m back…again!
You may have noticed it looks a little different around here? I loved With Curls & Cocktails but over the past year (looking at you 2020) I had a lot, aka too much time, on my hands to think about the direction I wanted to go with my blog, my IG, my life and so Café Con Monica was born. I want to share a cup of coffee and chat about all my favorite things.
Some of what you can expect going forward…
- In 2020 I decided to leave the world of Education behind after 11 years and set out on a path to owning my own business. As of 7/28 I am a year in so I want to talk about what that looked like and how it’s completely turned my world upside down (in a good way!)
- I have drastically slowed down on cocktails and reunited with my love of Coffee and exploring new coffee shops to work from.
- We got a dog! Her name is Maki and she’s freaking cute ❤️
- I went through the worst reading slump since my early 20’s in 2020 but I’m slowly making my way back so you can expect lots of book talk.
- I still love all the food and travel, though I haven’t been anywhere but back home to Chicago since March 2020.
I want to be honest, this new blog format is going to be about what I want to chat about because I often felt pressured to post what sells before. So occasionally I’m going to talk about how body positivity is really hard work and fatphobia is real, how Texas politicians are awful people, how Black Lives DO matter and how people have behaved in disgusting ways during this pandemic. And it’s really ok if that is not for you because there is plenty of internet space to go around.
So I hope you’ll rejoin this journey with me.
Grab a cup & let’s chat!
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