Monthly Archives: August 2010

Legendary “Mory’s” Reopens at Yale

Go ahead carve your initials into the table. That’s what students did for decades at the legendary Mory’s, a drinking club at Yale University.

Mory’s originally opened its doors… Continue reading

The Story of Hand High School Football

Mike Seib, a Daniel Hand High School graduate, will soon be graduating from the University of Connecticut. He’s discovered his passion along the way and that is film making. Since… Continue reading

The Pilot Pen And Then What?

I headed out to the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament this week with my new camera in tow, trust me it was time to upgrade my “brownie” for the blog. I’ve… Continue reading

Bring On The Simpler Life

I’ve had some down time away from the blog to do that family vacation thing back in the Midwest where I found the economy, especially in Michigan, to be frightening.… Continue reading

“Sew” You Say You Were Needled and Framed?

Okay so I worked it all in, in the title, sewing, knitting and framing. This is a do-in-yourself post. Something I sewed for the closet window, frames I used and… Continue reading

The Secrets of Northriam Hill

At first glance this mansion on the highest point in Madison, Connecticut looks kind of spooky, reminiscent to me of a kind of “Dark Shadows” place called Collinwood where vampires… Continue reading

The National WWII Memorial Makes You Think

There is nothing like visiting the breathtakingly beautiful National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. especially at nighttime. The senses are just heightened.

On a very hot August night that’s where… Continue reading

Summer At The Connecticut Shore

I took some time to stop and enjoy a summer day in Connecticut, I haven’t done enough of that recently, you can probably say the same, just too much stuff… Continue reading