Wha-Wha-Whale! Rentschler Field, East Hartford February 19, 2011 Often, when winter hiking, my wife asks me if I’m sure I’ve dressed warm enough. “Yes,” I always say, and then rattle off the list of gear I have on/with me. After attending the Whale Bowl AHL hockey game on the most ridiculously frigid night of the … [Read more...]
National Champion Huskies (2011)
2011 UConn Men’s Basketball Arrival of Champions Bradley Field, Windsor Locks For 38 years of life, my favorite two teams (by far) are the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers. The Eagles have zero Super Bowls WON THE SUPERBOWL IN 2018!!! and while the Flyers have two Stanley Cups, I wasn’t old enough to … [Read more...]
Cavalry Brewing (Closed)
Bring on the Cavalry! Cavalry Brewing Oxford [May 2014 Update: Cavalry has closed. This came as no surprise to me, despite my effusive description below. This page was written back in 2010, when the CT craft beer landscape was infantile and owning a brewery was very difficult. Over time, Cavalry's beers fell … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Vernon
Charles Ethan Porter House 17 Spruce Street To me, the story here isn’t so much the Porter house, but the road up to it. Holy cow. I have no idea how the people that live up here drive anywhere during any snow or ice accumulation. There’s just no possible way. The road up to the Porter house on the dead-ended … [Read more...]
SMS Resources
So, you're wondering, how can you help the SMS community? Easy. You can poke around these Damian pages and click on a few links and learn about one of the many rare chromosomal syndromes that exist. (Hey, since MY kid has SMS, that’s the one I happen to care/know about the most.) Also, you can talk to your friends … [Read more...]
Calvin
April 2011 We went and did it. We had another kid! Calvin Dán was born healthy and hale in April 2011. Hoang did great throughout the process it went much quicker than Damian – despite Calvin being almost a pound and a half bigger. I sat here a while wondering for a while what I’d write about regarding this new … [Read more...]
Family
Our Boys April 2011 Our lives just got 50% more complicated. And wonderful. With baby Calvin entering the world in April 2011, we have entered the world of multiple children. Actually, our journey with Calvin began years ago – in a way. In an odd twist of irony, Damian was an easy baby. Quiet and compliant; we … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock
Fly Eagle Fly! Route 66 Hebron Equally handsome from either direction, Eagle Rock stands sentry in Hebron, Just north of the Marlborough line. Probably the proudest of Connecticut's roadside painted rocks, and one of the few fully endorsed by the town in which it resides. Which is Hebron. Not Marlborough. By mere … [Read more...]
Wolf Den
Ol' Put 'Er Down Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret 2011 & 2017 I visited Wolf Den on more than one occasion, so I'm combining two separate pages into one. 2011 Ask people ‘round here where the Wolf Den is and they’ll most likely point you to Mohegan Sun Casino's concert arena. And while that’s a late … [Read more...]
Indian Chair & Table Rock
Pull Up a Chair to the Table Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret There's more than two named rocks at Mashamoquet Brook State Park, but you've chosen to read this page, so I won't hold you back... Indian Chair It’s a rock. Shaped like a chair. It’s in the middle of the woods at Mashamoquet Brook State Park … [Read more...]
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