Intense Weekend
I recently received in the mail my very own copy of Eric D Lehman’s “Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut.” I heard it being talked about on the radio and thought it might be fun to explore in greater depth...
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Baseball game
I checked out a Red Sox/Yankees game at Yankee Stadium this weekend. It wasn’t the game that was the most impressive, it was this picture taken with a smart phone. I applaud the photographer’s skills....
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Part 2: Zip Lines!
Oh Dang! I got food poisoning last week! It was really gross! But to continue with the previous story, last weekend Jen and I hit up some ziplines. We purchased the tickets the day before the event and...
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Essex Clipper
This weekend Jen and I took a ride on the Essex Dinner Train. This adventure, like so many others this summer, spawned from our Connecticut guide book. Train! The evening began at 4:30 when we arrived...
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Casino!
This weekend I went out to breakfast with Jen and my folks at the Todd English restaurant in the Mohegan Sun Casino. After eating, Mom D and I decided to try our luck at gambling. Mom D left 13 cents...
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CT Clock Museum
This weekend Jen and I visited the Connecticut Clock Museum in Bristol, CT. I must admit that this visit was mostly unplanned and spawned more from a random flipping through a CT guide book than from a...
View ArticleHarriet Beecher Stowe House
Last weekend Jen and I visited the Harriet Beecher Stowe House on Farmington ave in Hartford. This neighborhood was the place to be in the 1880s – Mark Twain lived next door and the Hepburns (of the...
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Newport Mansions!
As celebration for the conclusion of my Ohio duties, Jen and I headed to Newport, RI this week for tours through some of the Newport Mansions. We bought passes for five of the mansions and visited them...
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Mansion the Second
The second mansion that Jen and I visited on our recent trip to Newport was the Marble House. I think this one might have been my favorite. The House was owned by Alva Vanderbilt, who sounds like she...
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Mansion the Third
Rosecliff was the third mansion on our list, and the only of the bunch that can still be used for functions. This one features a massive ballroom and is far less of a house as much as a support...
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Mansion the Fourth
The Elms, the next stop on our mansion tour, includes a conservatory. Soo cool. Ever since my trip to Baltimore I have wanted a palm house or a conservatory. I was extremely stoked to find that The...
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Mansion the Fifth
Jen and my last stop on our Newport mansion tour was the Breakers. This was the summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt and is the quintessential gilded age mansion. The house is INSANE. Pretty much every...
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Storm King!
At the recommendation of Dr. Scott, Jen and I took Saturday to head east to New Windsor, NY to visit the sculpture garden Storm King. In addition to a ridiculously awesome estate name, this 550 acre...
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Gillette’s Castle
Long before Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor William Gillette made famous the world of Sherlock Holmes through his theatrical depictions. Quite a bit different from King Camp Gillette, creator of the face...
View ArticlePeaky Blinders
A week ago Jen and I started watching the Netflix original show Peaky Blinders. Huh? You ask? What on Earth is Persnickety Biscuits? Well, good friend, Pesky Blunders is a 1920’s mob story with...
View ArticleLong Flights vs. Short Flights
For me there is one very particular difference between a long and a short flight. It’s more potent then the time in the air, the TV in the back of the seat in front of you, the jet lag or the mediocre...
View ArticleDoors are complicated.
This past weekend my father in law came over and we worked aggressively on building the doors for this biggest of big summer projects: The Shed of 2015. Prior to the final website post which will...
View ArticleThe Board Room
In doing research for no-technology February I stumbled upon a Board Game cafe in Middletown called “the board room”. For a $5 cover, you go in and can play any of a TON of games that they have on the...
View ArticleThe MRI
On Saturday I got an MRI. I’ve had a lump on my shoulder for a really long time and recently it started discomforting me at night. I went to get it checked out a week or so ago, and my Doctor advised...
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Superbowl
I made a Flying Elvis out of brownie bits in preparation for the big game last night. It might not be the most beautiful Flying Elvis you’ve ever seen, but I bet it’s the most beautiful brownie Flying...
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