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Laura Bass's avatar

I love an at-home latte too! Loved getting to hang with you in Nashville! And the film scan of the “enchantical” gardens - 😍! Also, excellent drunk raccoon poem!

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

Getting to hang IRL was such a highlight! Also, thank you for the compliments on the poem and the picture! 💛

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L. Hoover, Writer (LaShunta)'s avatar

I think I need to revisit some Real Housewives soon. I am so behind. Good job on getting the workshop done it is hard to balance it all but it is so important to make some time for you.

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

You definitely should revisit housewives!! SLC is a fantastic one to start with.

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Valerie S's avatar

That’s so cool that you got to do a workshop with Lyndsay! I loved her book of poems. Your poem is so good!

And I also loved the Party in the USA and Gossip Girl references.

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

Thank you, Valerie! It was fun to write. I’m also glad you can appreciate my nearly 20 year old pop culture references 🥴 (I feel old).

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Megan Hogg's avatar

My biggest takeaway from this post was that I MUST get maple butter and make a latte with it!! That’s genius. I also loved your reflections from your Nashville trip. It sounds so wonderful. I’m glad you also loved season 2 of NWT! I think I watched it in 3 days 🫣

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

You MUST! It’s so good. Every day I count down the hours until maple butter latte time. And I’m so glad you liked NWT! I’m a little sad I binged it so quickly because I want more.

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Megan Hogg's avatar

Same!! I need another hit!

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Jessica Fountain's avatar

Not me crying into my own coffee mug thinking back to Nashville and meeting IRL. Can we please make that happen again? Also I need a vox on more of a breakdown of the latte at home haha do you do everything into the glass (which I’m ordering too) or do you do everything first into a shaker bottle then pour into glass? 🤎☕️

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

Yes yes yes, please! And I brew into the latte glass just because it fits better under the machine, but it would probably be cleaner to brew into the shaker and then add ice!

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Kristina Tucker's avatar

Agreed, let's start a voxer thread on at-home coffee making please. And the line "half of the allure of coffee is its vessel." amen. Love you both and just want to go back to those IRL hugs so bad!

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Laura Rennie's avatar

LOLed at the Party in the USA and Gossip Girl references! Your drunk raccoon poem is seriously amazing. Nashville was something else! So so glad I got to meet you.

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Kelsey Aldinger's avatar

Thank you for appreciating my mid-2000’s pop culture references and my poem 🤣 meeting you was such a highlight of the trip!!!

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Alyssa Silvester's avatar

Love what your daughter calls the botanical gardens!! Your raccoon poem is amazing. So happy to have met you IRL!

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Aly Prades's avatar

I have so much fomo from the Exhale retreat! So glad you got to go! Loved the drunk raccoon poem!

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